page_title: Vladimir Yumin
hierarchical_section_title: Vladimir Yumin
caption_attribution_description: English: Ramezan Kheder, Vladimir Yumin, Hans-Dieter Brüchert at the 1974 World Championships (freestyle wrestling, 57 kg)
context_page_description: Vladimir Sergeyevich Yumin was a Russian freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and world titles in 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1979, placing second in 1975 and third in 1973. He was also European champion in 1975–77. Domestically, Yumin won Soviet titles in 1973–75 and 1978. He placed third at the 1980 Soviet Championships and did not qualify for the Olympics. After that he retired and worked as a wrestling coach with the Turkish national team. In 2009 he was inducted into the International Wrestling Hall of Fame.
  Yumin was born in Omsk in Siberia, but soon moved to the south to Kaspiysk. He spent most of his life there, and died of a heart attack aged 64.
context_section_description: Vladimir Sergeyevich Yumin (Russian: Владимир Сергеевич Юмин; 18 December 1951 – 4 March 2016) was a Russian freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and world titles in 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1979, placing second in 1975 and third in 1973. He was also European champion in 1975–77. Domestically, Yumin won Soviet titles in 1973–75 and 1978. He placed third at the 1980 Soviet Championships and did not qualify for the Olympics. After that he retired and worked as a wrestling coach with the Turkish national team. In 2009 he was inducted into the International Wrestling Hall of Fame.
  Yumin was born in Omsk in Siberia, but soon moved to the south to Kaspiysk. He spent most of his life there, and died of a heart attack aged 64.
caption: Yumin (center) at the 1974 World Championships
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