Alimbeg Bestayev
Alimbek Borisovich Bestajew (also: Alimbeg Borisovich Bestajew, Russian Алимбег Борисович Бестаев, Ossetian Бестауты Борисы фырт Алимбег / Bestauty Borisy fýrt Alimbeg, born August 15, 1936 in Tskhinvali, † 1988) was a Soviet wrestler. He was world champion in 1957 and winner of the silver medal at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne in free style at lightweight.
Career
Alimbek Bestajew grew up in Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz ) and was an Ossetian. He started in Ordzhonikidze with the rings belonged to one of the junior age to the best Soviet wrestlers in free style. In 1953 he became junior champion of the largest Soviet republic, the RSFSR, which is essentially today's Russia was identical and in 1954 he became junior champion of the Soviet Union.
1955 represented Alimbek Bestajew, after he had become this year for the first time Soviet champion before I. Dadaschew and Gabarajew, the Soviet Union at the World Festival of Youth in Warsaw and took there excellent 2nd place in the lightweight behind Poland Jan Kuczynski. Also in 1956 he succeeded two major achievements in international championships. First, he won the World Cup in Istanbul at lightweight and then he won at the Olympic Games the same year in Melbourne the bronze medal in lightweight. He defeated it against the former top wrestler Shigeru Kasahara from Japan and Imam Ali Habibi from Iran.
In 1957, he then succeeded in Istanbul by winning the world title at lightweight, the greatest success of his Ringerlaugbahn. He remained there unbeaten in five fights. Three wins and two draw runny fighting against Musa Aliyev from Bulgaria and Hayrullah Sahin from Turkey brought Alimbek Bestajew this victory.
But this victory ended the already short but very successful international wrestler career of Alimbek Bestajew. In the Soviet Union, it was in fact a competitor in 1958 in Vladimir Sinyavsky grown up, he could not defeat and the Soviet Union concluded in subsequent years at the international championships.
Alimbek Bestajew 1962 again Soviet vice-champion at lightweight. He had as a member of the military but long ago started a sports studies at the Military Institute of Sport in Leningrad, where he graduated in 1959. Following this he worked until his untimely death as a wrestler trainer.
In the Soviet Union Bestajew had received the then customary honorary title Honored Master of Sports and Merited Coach of the sport.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = free style, Le = lightweight )