Lincoln McIlravy
Lincoln McIlravy Paul ( born July 17, 1974 in Rapid City, South Dakota ) is a former American professional wrestler. He was medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games and the Wrestling World Championships in 1998 and 1999 in free style at lightweight.
Career
Lincoln McIlravy grew up in Philip and began at the age of five years along with two brothers with the rings. The brothers initially trained without a coach, supported by the father and according to written procedures. In high school in Philip The training was systematic and Lincoln McIlravy scored as a high school wrestler with great success. He was the fifth consecutive high school champion of the State of South Dakota. In addition, he was twice U.S. junior champion, once at the Cadets ( age group up to 16 years ) and once in the juniors ( aged up to 18 years ), always in free style. As a high school wrestler, he scored to 1992 about 200 wins and just 25 defeats.
As of 1992, he then attended the Iowa State University. There he came into the wing of the famous U.S. coach Dan Gable, who was 1972 Olympic champion in the lightweight ( free style ). In 1993 and 1994 he was the NCAA champion ( American students master ) in the spring and lightweight. In 1995, he was beaten in the final of this championship Steve Marianetti, finishing in 2nd place. The third NCAA title he won in 1997 in the lightweight front of Chris Bono. For his university, he played 174 fights, of which he won 172 and lost only two.
1996 Lincoln McIlravy tried to qualify for the U.S. Olympic qualifying heats ( Trials ) for the Olympic Games in Atlanta. But he failed to Townsend Saunders. From 1997 to 2000 Lincoln McIlravy was, who belonged to the Gateway Wrestling Club Coralville, also American Champion (AAU ) at lightweight.
In 1997 he qualified for participation in the World Championships in Krasnoyarsk. Thus began his international career as a wrestler. In lightweight, he won his first two fights, but then lost to the internationally highly experienced Zaza Zazirow from Ukraine and Davoud Ghanbari from Iran and therefore only came to 12th place.
In 1998 he won at the internationally renowned " Ivan Yarigin " Memorial in Krasnoyarsk, the World Cup in Stillwater and the Goodwill Games in New York. The thus obtained international experience, he was able to use positive at the World Championships in Tehran. He lost there though his first fight against the world champion of 1995 and 1997 Araik Geworgjan from Armenia with equal scores of 3:3 by judges decision, but defeated after Fatih Özbas from Turkey, Ahmat Al- Osta from Syria, Almazbek Askarov from Kyrgyzstan, Kim Eun - yoo from South Korea, Welichan Alachwerdijew from Russia, Igor Kupejew from Uzbekistan and Daniel Igali from Canada. With these seven victories, he fought his way to bravura manner after the unfortunate loss to Geworgjan nor the World Cup bronze medal.
In 1999, Lincoln McIlravy won again at the World Cup in Spokane before Daniel Igali, Amir Tavakolian from Iran and Yosvany Larrudet Sánchez from Cuba. Subsequently, he also won at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg in lightweight ago Yosvany Sánchez Larrudet and David Igali. At the World Championships this year in Ankara, he defeated the world-class athletes Ivan Todorov of Bulgaria, Ruslan Weliew from Kazakhstan, Amir Tavakolian, the Araik Geworgjan ( three -time World Champion ) and Yüksel Sanli from Turkey and was thus against the final Daniel Igali, which it almost is with 2:3 techn. Points had to admit defeat. Igali thus became world champion and Lincoln McIlravy Vice World Champion.
In 2000, Lincoln McIlravy picked for the third time winning the World Cup, which was held this year in the George Mason University in Fairfax, before Orestes Skobolewski from Ukraine, Yosvany Sánchez Larrudet and Saur Kasbekow from Russia. At the Olympic Games in Sydney he won the lightweight over Oziti Ibo from Nigeria, Yüksel Sanli and Ivan Diaconu of Romania and met in the semifinals on his old rival Daniel Igali that. This fight 6-3 techn Points won. For Lincoln McIlravy thus winning the Olympic bronze medal was just possible that he also realized with a victory over Sergei Demchenko from Belarus.
After the 2000 Olympics ended Lincoln McIlravy, only 26 years old, his career as an active wrestler because he. A job as a coach at his University, the Iowa State University was that he still holds (2009)
International success
National success
Note: all the competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, NCAA = American Student Sports Federation, AAU = Amateur Athlete Union, bantamweight, to 57 kg Featherweight, to 62 kg Lightweight until 1996 up to 68kg from 1997 to 2001-69 kg body weight.
Swell
- Journal The Ringer,
- Website of the Institute for Applied Training Science of the University of Leipzig,
- Website " www.hawkeyesports.com "