Feature article published on Olympic wrestling champion Anatoly Parfenov

A detailed feature has been published about Anatoly Parfenov, a Soviet Olympic wrestling champion with a remarkable life story. Parfenov was a peasant's son known for tremendous strength who served as both a stormtrooper and tanker during World War II, meeting victory in Berlin. After only five years of training in Greco-Roman wrestling, he won an Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight division and later coached the legendary Nikolai Balboshin. The article includes interviews with his son and students, as well as accounts from residents of his native village Dvornikovo near Moscow. Local residents shared numerous stories of Parfenov's extraordinary physical strength, including carrying logs from the forest either in his arms or pulling them on sleds like a horse, and incidents where he defended people from criminals using his formidable capabilities.