Birth Place: | Witten, Germany |
Death Place: | Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
Height: | 1.68m (05.51feet) |
Weight: | 70kg (150lb) |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Club: | SU Annen, Witten KSV Witten 07 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Klaus Rost (2 March 1940 – 10 August 2023) was a German lightweight wrestler. He competed in freestyle wrestling at the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1964. In Greco-Roman wrestling he won a bronze medal at the 1963 World Championships, and finished fourth at the 1968 Olympics and 1969 World Championships.[1]
Rost died in Witten on 10 August 2023, at the age of 83.[2]