Elbrus Tedeyev

Elbrus Tedejew ( born December 5, 1974 in Nogir, Nordossetische ASSR ) is a former Ukrainian wrestler of Ossetian origin. He was 2004 Olympic gold medalist in free style at lightweight. He was also 1995, 1999 and 2002 World Champion.

Career

Elbrus Tedejew began as a teenager in 1985 in Vladikavkaz with the rings, where he focused on the free style. His coach was Boris Sawlochow. In 1993 he went to the better training conditions, together with his coach to Kiev and became a member of the sports club " Vladimir Sinyavsky " Kiev, which is named after a former World Champion Ringer. Shortly thereafter, Boris Sachlochow died unexpectedly. The training then took over his younger brother Ruslan Sachlochow.

This led Elbrus Tedejew quickly in the Ukrainian top class of freestyle wrestler zoom, whose international career began at the Junior European Championships ( espoir = age group to age 20 ) in Kourtane / Finland. He won there this championship at featherweight before the Georgians and the Russians David Pogosjan Rasul Karavayev. In the same year he was already used in the Senior World Championship in Istanbul. After two victorious battles he lost there in the 3rd round against Juergen disc from Germany and finished in the final result the 7th Place.

At the European Championships in 1995 in Fribourg, he was defeated at featherweight against Magomed Azizow from Russia and Sergei Smal from Belarus. In the battle for 6th place, he had to admit defeat even from Armenia Araik Baghdarjan. At the 1995 World Championships in Atlanta Elbrus Tedejew could convince themselves fully. He defeated the defending champion Magomed there Azizow and defeated in the final also Takahiro Wada, becoming the first world champion.

In the following three years Elbrus Tedejew could not win another title more. But he still won several medals. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, he lost his third fight against the South Korean Jang Jae -sung, but then struggled with wins over Ramil Islamov from Uzbekistan and Giovanni Schillaci of Italy to the so-called "small" finals, in which he with a win over Takahiro Wada won the bronze medal. In 1997 he occupied at the European Championships in Warsaw after one defeat in the final battle against his old rival Magomed Azizow the second place, while he finished only fifth place at the World Championship this year after losing to Sergei SmaI and Magomed Azizow.

In 1998, he came at the European Championships in Clermont- Ferrand to 3rd place and at the World Championships in Tehran on the 4th Place. With both Championships he lost to the Bulgarians Serafim Barzakow. In Tehran, he was defeated in the battle for the bronze medal against the Americans Cary J. Kolat.

To the most successful year in the career of Elbrus Tedejew was the year 1999. Initially he was in Minsk Europe featherweight champion. He defeated while the new Russian star Murat Umachanow 9:6 tech. Points and in the final battle Serafim Barzakow narrow 3:2 techn. Points. This victory was followed at the World Championships in Ankara a second. In the decisive battles he celebrated this point victories over Serafim Barzakow ( 5:3 ), Cary J. Kolat (2:1) and Jang Jae -sung (3:1). He was world champion for the second time.

In 2000, Elbrus Tedejew was rested at the European Championships in order to compete at the Olympic Games in Sydney at its best can. This project went wrong but thoroughly. He initially succeeded, although a points victory over Jo Yang -Sun from North Korea, but in the very next fight he lost against his Russian rival Murat Umachanow clearly with 3:13 techn. Points, with which he retired and finished only 11th place.

2001 lost Elbrus Tedejew already in his second fight against the Russian newcomer Soslan Tomajew and got away with it only on the 7th Place. Things went better for him at the 2001 World Championships in Sofia, because here the rematch against Murat Umachanow he succeeded for the defeat at the Olympic Games 2000. Since losing to Serafim Barzakow, he could with a win over Mehmet Yozgat from Turkey more save the 3rd place.

In 2002, Elbrus Tedejew was then in Tehran for the first time starting at lightweight, for the third time world champion. He needed it six wins and suggested, inter alia, again Serafim Barzakow, who had also moved up to the lightweight, Engin Ürün from Germany and in the final Alireza Dabir of Iran. At the 2003 European Championships in Riga and in 2004 in Ankara, he finished 2nd place respectively. He was beaten while both times by Russian wrestlers, Irbek Valentinovich Farnijew and Machatsch Murtasalijew. Counter Irbek Valentinovich Farnijew he was defeated at the World Championship 2003 in New York and came there only the 7th Place.

For absolute high point in the career of Elbrus Tedejew then were the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Meanwhile, 30 years old, he played there all his experience and finished with five wins Olympic champion at lightweight. In the decisive battles he defeated Leonid Spiridonov of Kazakhstan while 4-1 techn. Points and Jamill Kelly of the United States 5-1 techn. Points.

After this great triumph Elbrus Tedejew Ringer ended his career.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, F = free style, Fe = Featherweight, Lightweight = Le, then to 62/63 kg or 66 kg body weight)

• 2000 11th Place, OS in Sydney, F, Fe, with a win over Yes Yong Son, North Korea and a defeat against Murat Umachanow;

• 2001 7th Place, EM in Budapest, Fe, Fe, with a win over Nicolaus Djouvas, Greece and a defeat against Soslan Tomajew, Russia;

• 2001, 3rd place, World Cup in Sofia, F, Fe, with wins over Norjin Bayarmagnaj, Mongolia, Shamzo Uchamadschapow, Kyrgyzstan and Elman Asgarow, Azerbaijan, losing to Serafim Barzakow and a win over Mehmet Yozgat, Turkey;

• 2002, 1st place, World Cup in Tehran, F, Le, with victories over Gregor Sarassin, Switzerland, Carlos Julian Ortiz Castillo, Cuba, Otar Tuschischwili, Georgia, Serafim Barzakow, Engin Ürün, Germany & Alireza Dabir, Iran;

• 2003, 2nd place European Championships in Riga, F, Le, with victories over Gregory Ferreira, France, Otar Tuschischwili, Gergely Szabo, Hungary and Serafim Barzakow and a defeat against Irbek Valentinovich Farnijew, Russia;

• 2003, 6th place, World Cup in New York, F, Le, with victories over Gregor Sarrasins, Ljulzim Vrenezi and Baek Jin- kuk, South Korea and a defeat against Irbek Farnijew;

• 2004 2nd place European Championships in Ankara, F, Le, with victories over Laszlo Szabolcs, Romania, Gergely Szabo and Zhirayr Hovhannesjan, Armenia and a defeat against Machatsch Murtasalijew, Russia;

• 2004, Gold Medal, OS in Athens, F, Le, with victories over Serguet Rondon Pedroso, Cuba, Otar Tuschischwili, Apostolos Toskoudis, Greece, Leonid Spiridonov, Kazakhstan and Jamill Kelly, United States

Swell

• Journal The wrestler, numbers: 8/1994, 9/ 1994 9/1995, 5/ 1996 & 8/1996,
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig,
• Website " oosetians.com "