Khadzhimurad Magomedov
Chadschimurad Saigidmagomedowitsch Magomedov (Russian Хаджимурад Сайгидмагомедович Магомедов, scientific transliteration Chadžimurad Sajgidmagomedovič Magomedov, born February 24, 1974 in Makhachkala, Dagestan ) is a Russian wrestler. He was in Atlanta 1996 Olympic champion in free style at middleweight.
Career
Chadschimurad Magomedov began as a teenager in 1985 in Makhachkala with the rings. He was first a member of the sports club Spartak, then by Rossiya Makhachkala and finally SKA (Army Sports Club) Makhachkala. The coach, who mainly looked after him was Tscheralen Nussujew. He wrestled exclusively in free style and throughout his career at middleweight, where he weighed about 90 kg at a height of 1.78 meters and to the competitions abtrainierte the required kilos.
In the extremely tough competition in Russia, he was able to fight in 1996 at the top of the middleweights. His toughest rivals were doing Ruslan Katinowasow and Rustam Keleksajew. In that year he was first employed in an international championship, the European Championships in Budapest. He lost against Magomed Ibragimov there only from Azerbaijan and occupied the same excellent 3rd place. How well he has been trained in his youth, he then pointed at his next international launch, the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. He won there over Alioune Diouf, Senegal, Ariel Wilson Ramos from Cuba, Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi from Iran and Yang Hyung -mo from South Korea and thus became Olympic champion.
In 1997 he became European champions in Warsaw, where he among other things, against Andre Backhaus from Germany and David Bichinaschwili from Ukraine, for Germany was launched later, won and asserted itself in the final against Nicolae Ghiţă from Romania. In the 1997 World Series victory in Krasnoyarsk him get over Ali Reza Keser from Turkey, Yang Hyung -Mo u Soslan Frajew, European champion in 1994. Then he lost to the Americans Leslie Gutches just on points ( 2:3 techn. points). With another victory over Magomed Ibragimov he fought his way to fight the chance to Alireza Heidari from Iran for the bronze medal. But this fight he lost with 1:5 techn. Points, which came only on the 4th Place.
In 1998, he paused at the European Championships, but was back at the start of the World Championship in Tehran. He triumphed over Hans Gstöttner from Germany just 2-1 techn. Points and defeated in the rematch also the World Champion from 1997 Leslie Gutches (1-0 techn. Dots). But in his fourth fight he lost to Magomed Ibragimov and could come up with a victory over Magomed Kuruglijew from Kazakhstan only as the possibility of a fight for the bronze medal against Yoel Romero Palacio from Cuba. As in the previous year, he lost again and was thus again only 4 winners.
In 1999 he scored at the World Championships in Ankara victory over his old rival David Bichinaschwili, Yang Hyung -mo and Leslie Gutches. But in the final he lost again against Yoel Romero Palacio and thus became vice - world champion.
In the Olympic year 2000, he was beaten each of Adam Saitijew in the Russian championship and the " Ivan Yarigin " tournament in Krasnoyarsk. He had to be used this year no chance at the European Championships and at the Olympic Games. But in 2001 he represented the injured Adam Saitijew who became Olympic champion in 2000, with great success at the World Championships in Sofia, because he was there in his fourth attempt, finally world champions. He defeated among others, thereby David Bichinaschwili again, the defending champion Yoel Romero Palacio in 1999 and in the final the Americans Brandon Eggum.
In 2002, he had to bow to Adam Saitijew in the important national competitions again. In 2003 he was part of the contingent of the Russian team at the World Cup un Boise / United States. He denied there but only one fight he lost against the new American star Cael Sanderson, who was 2004 Olympic champion on points.
He then resigned and devoted himself to his coach training. He is now (2009 ) one of the coach of the Russian national team in free style wrestler.
International success
Note: all the competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Middleweight until 1996-82 kg 1997-2001 kg and 85 kg and from 2002-84 kg body weight
Swell
- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig,
- Journal The Ringer,
- Sites in the U.S. and the Russian Federation Ringer