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Place of Birth: Starohnativka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
About Ilya Mate
- Illya Fedorovych Mate (spelled Maté, Russian: ???? ????????? ????, IPA: [?'l?jæ ma't?], born 6 October 1956) is a retired Soviet Ukrainian freestyle wrestler.
- He won gold medals at the 1980 Olympics and 1979 and 1982 world championships, finishing third in 1981.
- Mate was reputed for his deceitfully flabby appearance, which misled his opponents into thinking of him as of an "easy prey," as well as for his springy sudden movements and the mat generalship, avoiding flukes, and providing no "chinks in the armor" for his opponents.
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