Matwai Baranov

Matwai Baranov is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler.

Wrestling career

Baranov came 9th in the 1991 [World Wrestling Championships] at 68.0 kg. in Greco-Roman wrestling.
He competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, in wrestling at the age of 26. He wrestled in the Wrestling at the [1992 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg|Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman], and lost to Stoyan Stoyanov of Bulgaria in Round Two, and to bronze medal winner Rodney Smith of the United States in Round Three.