Georgy Ketoyev
Georgi Watajewitsch Ketojew ( born November 19, 1985 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union ) is a Russian wrestler Georgian- Ossetian origin. In 2007, he both world and European champion, European champion again in 2008. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 he won a bronze medal. All successes he achieved in free style.
Career
Georgi Ketojew, whose father Georgians and whose mother is Ossetin, began in 1996 at the age of 11 years in Vladikavkaz with the rings. His Georgian name is Georgi Ketischwili. He has one brother, Leri Ketischwili, which is also Ringer, but Georgia is launched. Georgi Ketojew was first a member of the sports club Spartak Vladikavkaz and is now part of the sports club Alania to RNO. He is a Freshman, but denies currently his living only with the rings. Georgi Ketojew wrestles with the free style and is trained since the beginning of his career by Marik Tedejew.
At the international wrestling mat, he went so far only for Russia at the start. This international career began in 2002 when he European Junior Champion at the Cadets ( Cadets = age group up to 16 years ) was in Vilnius. In the junior level he was in 2004 in Sofia again Junior European Champion and again in 2005 in Vilnius even junior world champion at middleweight.
In the senior Georgi Ketojew has an extremely severe competition in Russia at middleweight. It is therefore likely to be a Russian champion easily be world champion. In the years 2005 to 2007 but he battled through victories in several important international tournaments the leading position in Russia. For this top position placement in the so-called " Ivan Yarigin " tournament in Krasnoyarsk is crucial in Russia. In this tournament, he finished 3rd in each of the years 2005 and 2006. 2005 behind Nauru Temresow and Vadim Lalijew and 2006 behind Adam Saitijew and Schirwani Muradov, all as he starting for Russia Caucasians. But to a use in an international championship in the seniors he was not.
In 2007 he won the tournament in the absence of the other top Russian wrestler like Adam Saitijew and Saschid Saschidow and was then employed at the European Championships this year in Sofia. There, he defeated former world champion knight from Hungary Árpád, Cantero Jackson Vaillant from Italy, Sergei Borchenko from Belarus and Taras Danko from Ukraine. In all four fights he was going far superior and achieved in these battles 35:1 techn. Points. Also at the 2007 World Championships in Baku, he was by far the best wrestler of his weight class and was with five victories and secure world champion. On the way to this success, he defeated among others the Germans David Bichinashvili 5-1 techn. Points, the US- American Joe E. Williams, Reza Yazdani of Iran and in the final battle Yusup Abdussalomow from Tajikistan.
In 2008 he again won the " Ivan Yarigin " tournament before Saschid Saschidow, Adam Saitijew and Soslan Kzojew. He was qualified for the European Championship in Tampere and the Olympic Games in Beijing. At the European Championships in Tampere he defeated four tough opponents: Árpád Knight, Vadim Lalijew, now starting for Armenia, Nauru Temresow, now starting for Azerbaijan and the 2005 World Champion Rewas Mindoraschwili from Georgia, he fight for victory with 2-0 round wins and 7: 3 techn. Points dominated secure.
As of mid-2008, rapidly escalating conflict between Russia and Georgia, which culminated in a war voices were heard before the Olympic Games in Beijing in Russia, where not start the " half - Georgians " Georgi Ketojew, but another wrestler in the middleweight division to leave. However, the Russian Wrestling Federation held to Ketojew, who was simply not to go because of his sporting achievements in 2007 and 2008. Georgi Ketojew won in Beijing initially the Chinese Wang Ying, the Uzbeks Zaurbek Sochiew and Nauru Temresow. Then he met in the semifinals of the Georgians Rewas Mindoraschwili. This fight was highly controversial because of the political situation in Georgia. From the beginning, it was found that Georgi Ketojew was no match for this situation. Revaz Mindoraschwili ruled him out of the fight beginning to clear and won the first round with superior 5:1 techn. Points. In the second round, initially scored Georgi Ketojew. But he was then intercepted and shouldered by 3:51 minutes of fighting time Mindoraschwili. Georgi Ketojew could fight against David Bichinashvili to the Olympic bronze medal because of this defeat only. He was placed in this fight until a few seconds before the final residue in before him still managed a score, with whom he still won the fight and the bronze medal. Olympic champion was Rewas Mindoraschwili.
After this fight Georgi Ketojew decided who constantly had to work off up to 10 kg of body weight to start in the middleweight division can to start from 2008 in the light heavyweight ( class up to 96 kg body weight). He then won in this weight class at the " Ivan Yarigin " tournament before his compatriots Alan Zasejew and Arslanbek Aliyev. At the European Championships in Vilnius, he played the final against Chetag Gasjumow from Azerbaijan, but against which he almost lost on points (1:2 rounds ) and thus became vice - European champion. In the Russian championship of freestyle wrestler 2009 he came heavyweight behind Chadschimurad Gazalow and Said Ibragimov only to 3rd place. Therefore the starting place at the World Championships in Herning / Denmark received Gazalow.
International success
Notes
- All competitions in free style
- OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
- Middleweight until 84 kg, light heavyweight to 96 kg body weight
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 http://www.peoples.ru