Adam Saitiev
Adam Chamidowitsch Saitijew (Russian Адам Хамидович Сайтиев; born December 12, 1977 in Khasavyurt, Dagestan ) is a Russian wrestler of Chechen origin. It was 2000 Olympic champion in free style at middleweight.
Career
Adam Saitijew comes from a Ringer family. He began as a child with the rings, where his father Chamidow was his first coach. His older brother is also Buwaisar Saitijew wrestler and Olympic champion as he.
Adam Saitijew trained as his brother in a Ringer Ringer center of the Russian Federation in Krasnoyarsk. His coaches are there or were Abdul Saitijew and Viktor Alexeyev. He wrestles with the free style. Officially, he is member of the military, but actually he thrives on the rings. Since Adam and Buwaisar Saitijew weigh the same, both are actually welterweight (up to 76 and since 2002-74 kg body weight), Adam went from 2000 in the middleweight (up to 85 kg or since 2002-84 kg body weight (bw ) ) to go to his brother on the mat out of the way can.
The international career of Adam Saitijew already started in 1993, where he competed in the Junior World Championships in Duisburg ( Cadets ) in the weight class up to 40 kg and won against Anatoly Guidea from Moldova and Mohamad Ali Gholam from Iran.
The next start at an international championship was then only in the year 1997. Saitijew Adam started it with the seniors at the European Championships in Warsaw. In the lightweight he came here to four wins, but lost to Yüksel Sanli from Turkey and Zaza Zazirow from Ukraine, finishing in 4th place. He was inducted in the same year at the World Championships in Krasnoyarsk. In the lightweight he came back again to four victories. But he lost in the decisive battles against Zaza Zazirow and Davoud Ghanbari from Iran and came only on the 6th Place.
Despite this unsatisfactory for a Russian wrestler results of the Russian Wrestling Federation held on to the great talent Adam Saitijew. In 1998, he was employed at the World Cup in Stillwater, Oklahoma in the welterweight division. He won there over the Cubans Daniel Gonzales Aguillera and the Iranian Majid Khodaee, but had by Alexander Leipold of Germany suffered a defeat, the 6-0 techn. Points was pretty clear. At the European Championships 1998 in Bratislava Adam Saitijew lost in his second fight against the Hungarian Arpad Ritter almost 4:5 with techn. Points. He had therefore no more to fight for the European title opportunity. With four wins but he fought his way up in the so-called " small final " before, in which it came to the bronze medal, defeating it Arpad Ritter 5-2 points. Became European Champion Alexander Leipold.
In 1999, paused Buwaisar Saitijew, who had become welterweight in 1996 Olympic champion and 1998 world champion in the world and at the European Championships and was at both events Adam priority. This then thank also with two title wins. At first he was European champion in the welterweight division in Minsk. On this occasion he defeated in the semifinals Alexander Leipold on points (3-0 techn. Dots). Adam Saitijew triumphed then at the World Championships this year in Ankara in the finals again about Alexander Leipold, he this time 6-3 techn. Points suggested.
In 2000, Adam Saitijew went up a weight class higher, the middleweight (up to 85 kg body weight) at the start. He was also in this weight class an immediate success and won the European title in Budapest, where he defeated Belarus in the final battle Baibulat Musaev. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, he was then in a very excellent shape and was with five wins in superior style Olympic champion. In the final battle, he defeated the incumbent while middleweight world champion Yoel Romero Palacio Cuba 7-1 techn. Points.
In the following years, Adam Saitijew suffered often in a persistent back injury that prevented or impeded serious training. He therefore launched even more in two international championships, which he won both. In 2002 he was in Tehran world champion at middleweight, with his final win over Yoel Romero Palacio 4-3 techn. Points this time narrowly failed.
In 2004, he lost in the important " Ivan Yarigin " tournament in Krasnoyarsk against Cael Sanderson from the United States and therefore was not nominated for the Olympic Games in Athens.
In 2006 he was finally in Moscow again European champion at middleweight. He defeated while the 2005 World Champion Rewas Mindoraschwili from Georgia ( 6-0 techn. Dots), David Bichinaschwili, Germany (5-0 techn. Dots), Taras Danko, Ukraine ( 8:1 techn. Dots) and Gökhan Yavaser from the Turkey (4:0 techn. dots). So he gave in the entire tournament only a single technical point from itself and achieved 23
In 2008, Adam Saitijew stood by the World Cup in Krasnoyarsk in the Russian National Season. He went there only once at the start, in which he 2-1 round win by points defeated the Americans Andy Hrovat ( 1:7, 1:0, 1:0). He underwent in Germany in 2008 and back surgery that prevented a start at the Olympic Games in Beijing from the outset.
International success
Note: all the competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Lightweight, then to 69 kg (body weight), welterweight, then to 76 kg body weight, medium weight, to 2001 kg and 85 kg, since 2002-84 kg
Swell
- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig
- Journal The Ringer
- Websites of Russian, U.S. and Iranian wrestler Association
- Website " www.chechensport.com "