Alim Selimau
Alim Maximowitsch Selimow (White Russian Алім Максімавіч Селімаў / Alim Maksimawitsch Selimau; Russian Алим Максимович Селимов; Lezgian Селимрин Максиман хва Алим / Selimrin Maksiman chwa Alim; born January 26, 1983 in Kassumkent, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Belarusian wrestler lesgischer origin. Alim Selimow in 2005 and 2011 world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in the middleweight division.
Career
Alim Selimow went into Kassumkent, where his mother works as a teacher, to school. His father died early, and he was raised by his older brother, who also brought him in 1991 to wrestle. On the advice of an older friend, he went to Mazyr in Belarus, where the uncle of his friend Malik Eskenderow, a native of Dagestan, worked at the Children's and Youth Sports School as a wrestler coach for the Greco-Roman style in 1998. With him he improved significantly, so that he could go to the school of the Olympic reserve in Homel. On a visit to his native Dagestan after his World Champion title in 2005 Selimow said that it was " the great merit of his coach Malik Eskenderow that he became world champion ." Selimow was first freestyle wrestler, but after an injury, he joined the Greco- Roman style.
In the Wrestling World Championships 2005 in Budapest Selimow had been able to win all of his fights, including the duels against Kim Jung -sub from South Korea, Sándor Bárdosi from Hungary and in the final against Alexei Mishin from Russia.
At the 2007 World Championships Selimow tenth. 2006 was launched at the World Championships Vyacheslav Makarenko Dinamo Homel for Ukraine, but only reached the 22th place.
In 2008 it was not possible Alim Selimow to qualify for participation in the Olympic Games in Beijing. In the years 2009 and 2010, he was seen on any of the international wrestling mat. But in 2011 he made a comeback. He started here at the European Championships in Dortmund and lost there after two won battles against Jan Fischer from Germany, finishing in 9th place. At the World Championships 2011 in Istanbul, he surprised then the whole world and Ringer was with six winners for the second time world champion. In the final he defeated while the poles Damian Janikowski just on points ( 2-1 rounds, 3-3 points).
Alim Selinow is the first world champion wrestler from Dagestan. He won a bronze medal at the 2006 Military World Championships, was two-time champion of Dagestan in 2002 Belarusian Champion and 2003 Champion of Poland.
Alim Selimow is 1.75 meters tall and trained in the Trade Union Sports Club Homel. He is married and has one daughter. He graduated in 2009, the Sports Faculty of the State University " Francysk Skaryna " in Homel. After a brief military service, he studied history and psychology since 2010 at the State University " Yanka Kupala " in Hrodna.
International success
Notes
- All competitions in Greco-Roman wrestling
- WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
- Middleweight weight category to 84 kg body weight
Swell
- Journal The Ringer
- Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "