After winning World titles in 1977 and 1979, Sergey Kornilayev, who competed in freestyle light-flyweight class his entire career, went to the 1980 Olympics as the favorite for the freestyle light-flyweight title, but a surprising loss by fall to North Korean Jang Se-Hong in a final round left him with a disappointing bronze. Kornilayev missed the 1984 Olympics due to the Soviet boycott and was forced to compete at the Friendship Games, where he lost to another North Korean, Kim Cher-Huan, in the final round and had to settle for silver. In addition to his 1977 and 1979 World titles, Kornilayev won two more World titles in 1981 and 1982 and a European title in 1985, while winning a silver at the 1977 Europeans. Domestically, Kornilayev won five Soviet titles (1977-79, 1981-82). After finishing his sporting career, Kornilayev worked as a wrestling coach. He became honorary president of the wrestling club Vityaz in Moscow and also served as the chairman of the board of trustees of the Moscow Wrestling Federation.
Soviet Union
Russian Federation