Gennady Sapunov

{{Short description|Russian wrestler (1938–2023)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1938|12|5}}

| birth_place = Muysky District, Buryat ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2023|8|30|1938|12|5}}

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| sport = Greco-Roman wrestling

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{{MedalSport | Men's wrestling (Greco-Roman) }}

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{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1963 Helsingborg | -63 kg}}

{{MedalGold|1965 Manchester| -63 kg}}

{{MedalSilver | 1966 Toledo | -70 kg }}

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Gennady Andreyevich Sapunov ({{langx|ru|Геннадий Андреевич Сапунов}}; 5 December 1938 – 30 August 2023) was a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed in the 1968 Olympics and won two gold and a silver medal at the World Wrestling Championships. From 1979 to 1990 he was the trainer for the Soviet Greco-Roman wrestling team.{{cite web |url=http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2001-08-21/8_1/ |title=Геннадий САПУНОВ |language=Russian |date=2001-08-21 |accessdate=2018-02-28 }} Sapunov died on 30 August 2023, at the age of 84.{{cite news |title=Не стало Геннадия Сапунова... |url=https://www.wrestrus.ru/news/17287 |access-date=30 August 2023 |publisher=Wrestrus |date=30 August 2023}}