Alexis Vila

Alexis Vila Perdomo ( born March 12, 1971 in Vila Clara ) is a retired Cuban wrestler and current mixed martial arts fighter. As a wrestler he was twice World Champion and won at the 1996 Olympic Games bronze medal each in free style in the light flyweight.

Career

Alexis Vila grew up in his native town where he started as a teenager in 1986 with the rings. He focused on the free style and launched for a wrestler club in Vila Clara, where Juan Caballero was his coach.

At the international wrestling mat, he first appeared in 1993, when he was already 22 years old. He started it in a World Cup tournament in Chattanooga, finishing in second place behind the Russians Peter Jumschanow. A few months later he took part in the 1993 World Championships in Toronto, where she won the world title immediately before Wugar Orudschow, Belarus, Jung Soon- won, South Korea and Ilyas Sükrüoglu, Turkey.

In 1994 he was in Mexico City and Pan-American champion before Jose Manuel Restrepo Gonzales from Colombia and Kanamti Solomon from the United States. In August 1994, he managed to defend in Istanbul the first time in 1993 won the world champion title. He won in Istanbul Jung Soon- won, Peter and Asen Jumschanow Tschetow from Bulgaria.

1995 Alexis Vila in Mar del Plata winner at the Pan American Games. He noted there Paul Ragusa from Canada, Tim Vanni from the United States and Jose Manuel Restrepo Gonzales to the places. His goal for the third time in a row to become world champion in Atlanta, but he could not convert. He lost in Atlanta namely in the final against his old rival Wugar Orudschow and therefore had to settle for second place ahead of arms Mkrttschjan from Armenia and Nader Rahmati from Iran content.

1996 to qualify for the Olympic Games in Atlanta he succeeded by a tournament victory in Cali / Colombia. In May 1996, he also launched the Grand Prix of Germany in Leipzig and won there before Wugar Orudschow, Romica Rasovan, Germany (formerly Romania) and Beyhan Gülfiliz from Turkey. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, he defeated Isaac Jacob, Nigeria and Filiberto Fernandez, Mexico, then lost to poor Mkrttschjan and won with victories over Victor Efteni, Ukraine, Vitaly Railean, Moldova and Wugar Orudschow still an Olympic bronze medal.

In May 1997, participated Alexis Vila in San Juan / Puerto Rico at the Pan American Championships. He won there before Eric Albarrion, United States and Ulises Valentini, Dominican Republic. After the award ceremony, he took advantage of an opportunity and sat down on the Cuban team and then emigrated to the United States.

Stay in the United States

In the United States Alexis Vila lived first in North Carolina and Michigan and found after a home in Miami, Florida. There, however, he was delinquent and had to serve a four-year prison sentence. He then found a job as a youth coach for wrestling and other martial arts at a charitable organization in Miami.

In 2007 he debuted as a mixed martial arts fighter and denied in this sport for the American Top Team to date 13 fights, of which he has won eleven.

International success as a wrestler

Notes

  • All competitions in free style
  • OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup
  • Half flying, weight category up to 48 kg body weight

Swell

  • Journal The Ringer
  • Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "
Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics Weight class (boxing) Chattanooga (Tennessee) 1993 World Wrestling Championships Ponce (Puerto Rico) Guatemala 1994 World Wrestling Championships 1995 World Wrestling Championships Tehran Athens
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