Sergey Alekseyevich Beloglazov
Born: September 16, 1956 in Kaliningrad, Russia
Sport Clubs: Dynamo Kyiv, Kyiv (UKR), CSKA Moscow, Russia
Sport: Wrestling
2- Time Olympic Champion
1980 Moscow 57 kg
1988 Seoul 57 kg
6-Time World Champion
1981 Skopje 57 kg
1982 Edmonton 62 kg
1983 Kiev 57 kg
1985 Budapest 57 kg
1986 Budapest 57 kg
1987 Clermont-Ferrand 57 kg
5-Time European Champion
1979 Bucharest 57 kg
1982 Varna 62 kg
1984 Jonkoping 57 kg
1987 Veliko Tarnovo 57 kg
1988 Manchaster 57 kg
Sergey Beloglazov and his twin brother [Anatoly], who always wrestled in one class lighter than Sergey, took up wrestling in 1968 and they both found their first fame at the 1974 European Junior Championships, where Sergey won gold and Anatoly won gold in flyweight and light-flyweight respectively. Both brothers competed in freestyle throughout their career. After winning silver in flyweight at the 1975 World Junior Championships, Sergey was named to the Soviet national team in 1977 and won the bantamweight freestyle title at both the 1980 and 1988 Olympics. This would almost certainly have been a triumvirate but for the 1984 Soviet Olympic boycott. Instead, in 1984, he competed at the Friendship Games, where he won gold. In addition to his Olympic titles, Sergey was the World Champion in 1981-83, and 1985-87, and won silver in 1979. He was European Champion in 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, and 1988. In 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, and 1986 he also won the World Cup. He won all his honors in bantamweight, except the 1982 World title, which he won in featherweight. Domestically, Sergey won four Soviet titles: in 1979-81 in bantamweight and in 1982 in featherweight.
After finishing his sporting career, Sergey worked as a wrestling coach. In 1990 he was hired as a wrestling coach at Lehigh University, the first former Soviet hired as a US college coach. He also worked as head coach of the US national freestyle team. From 1994-98 Sergey was the coach of the Japanese national freestyle team and, in 1998, moved back to Russia to start working as coach of the Russian national freestyle team along with his twin brother. From 2003-06 Sergey was again head coach of the United States freestyle team and from 2006-09 was head coach of the Russian women’s team. Since 2009 he has worked as head coach of the Singapore national team. From 2013 to 2016 he was the head coach of the Kazakhstan national team. Since 1998, an annual freestyle wrestling tournament in his and his brother’s honor has been held in Kaliningrad. Sergey Beloglazov was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2004. At the moment Sergei works with his twin brother Anatoly at the CSKA Moscow wrestling club.
Anatoly Alekseyevich Beloglazov
Born: September 16, 1956 in Kaliningrad, Russia
Sport club: Dynamo Kyiv, Kyiv (UKR), CSKA Moscow, Russia
Sport: Wrestling
Olympic Champion
1980 Moscow 52 kg
3-time World Champion
1977 Lausanne 48 kg
1978 Mexico City 52 kg
1982 Edmonton 57 kg
European Champion
1976 St.Peterburg 48 kg
4-Time World Cup Champion
1979 Toledo 52 kg
1981 Toledo 52 kg
1983 Toledo 57 kg
1988 Toledo 57 kg
Anatoly Beloglazov and his more famous twin brother [Sergey], who always wrestled in one class heavier than Anatoly, started wrestling in 1968 and they both found their first fame at the 1974 European Junior Championships, where Anatoly and Sergey won gold as a light-flyweight and flyweight respectively. Both brothers competed in freestyle throughout their career. Anatoly won the light-flyweight gold at the 1975 World Junior Championships and then moved up to senior ranks, where he was European light-flyweight champion in 1976 and World light-flyweight champion in 1977. In 1978 Anatoly started to compete as a flyweight and won the 1980 Olympic title in that class, was 1978 World Champion and won the 1979 World Cup. After the Olympics, Anatoly moved up to bantamweight and, in that class, won the 1982 World title and gold at the 1981 Universiade. In 1983 Anatoly moved back to flyweight and won bronze at the 1983 World Championships and gold at the 1984 World Cup, but missed the 1984 Olympics due to the Soviet boycott. Instead, he competed at the Friendship Games and won gold in flyweight.
Domestically, Anatoly won four Soviet titles: in 1977, 1979-80 in flyweight and in 1982 as a bantamweight. He retired from sports after the 1984 season and later worked as a wrestling coach. He was head coach of the Canadian national freestyle team from 1990-96 and the Australian national freestyle team from 1996-98. In 1998 Anatoly returned to Russia and started to work as coach of the Russian national freestyle team along with his twin brother. From 2012-2015 Anatoly was the head coach of the Belarus national team. Since 1998, an annual freestyle wrestling tournament in his and his brother’s honor has been held in Kaliningrad. Anatoly was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010. At the moment Anatoly is the head coach of CSKA wrestling cub in Moscow, Russia.