Oleg Alekseyev
Russian sportsperson
Олег Александрович Алексеев · オレグ・アレクセーエフ
- Born
- 27 March 1953
- Died
- 30 July 2015, Ulan-Ude
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Sport
- amateur wrestling
- Occupation
- amateur wrestler, historian
- Weight
- 82 kg (181 lb)
Oleg Aleksandrovich Alekseev (Russian:Олег Александрович Алексеев) (27 March 1953 – 30 July 2015) was a Soviet wrestler. An ethnic Buryat, he engaged in wrestling as a child under influence from his elder brother Vyacheslav, and progressed through national competitions. He became the first Buryat to become an Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR. He won the gold medal at the 1979 European Wrestling Championships in Bucharest. With the Soviet Union team, the team World Cup in Toledo, US 1979.
Towards the end of his sports career he worked as a coach.
Awards and honours
- Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
- Honoured coach of the RSFSR
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q4061709 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.