# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolay-balboshin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:28:19.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolay-balboshin"
name: "Nikolay Balboshin"
slug: "nikolay-balboshin"
description: "Nikolay Fyodorovich Balboshin is a retired Soviet heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He rarely lost a bout in the 1970s, winning five world titles, six European titles, and an Olympics gold medal in 1976. At the 1976 Olympics he pinned all his five opponents, in total spending less than 17 minutes on the mat. He was the Soviet flag bearer and a clear favorite at the Moscow Olympics, but injured an Achilles tendon in the second bout and withdrew from the tournament. He recovered by 1984, when he won his last Soviet title and was selected for the 1984 Games, but could not compete because of the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott by the Soviet Union. He retired from competitions to become a wrestling coach n Moscow. In 2006 he was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Soviet Olympic wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikolay_Balboshin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1949-06-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.88121066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Balbo%C5%9Fin"
    title: "Nikolay Balboşin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Balbo%C5%A1in"
    title: "Nikolaj Balbošin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Fjodorowitsch_Balboschin"
    title: "Nikolai Fjodorowitsch Balboschin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Balboshin"
    title: "Nikolay Balboshin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Balboshin"
    title: "Nikolai Balboshin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Balbo%C5%A1in"
    title: "Nikolai Balbošin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "نیکولای بالبوشین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Balbo%C5%A1in"
    title: "Nikolai Balbošin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Balboshin"
    title: "Nikolay Balboshin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Balbo%C5%A1in"
    title: "Nikolaj Balbošin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EC%BD%9C%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4_%EB%B0%9C%EB%B3%B4%EC%8B%A0"
    title: "니콜라이 발보신"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Balbosjin"
    title: "Nikolaj Balbosjin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko%C5%82aj_Ba%C5%82boszyn"
    title: "Nikołaj Bałboszyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Балбошин, Николай Фёдорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Balbosjin"
    title: "Nikolaj Balbosjin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1973990"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump