Ruslan Ashuraliyev
Ruslan Nuralijewitsch Aschuralijew (Russian Руслан Нуралиевич Ашуралиев; born February 20, 1950 in Makhachkala, Dagestan, † November 27, 2009 ) was a Soviet wrestler. He was a multiple world champion and winner of the bronze medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich in free style in a light - welterweight or.
Career
Ruslan Aschuralijew comes from Dagestan and began as a teenager with the rings. After initial successes, he was delegated to " Uroshai " Makhachkala where it is formed by the coaches Ali Aliev and S. Musaev one of the world's best freestyle wrestler in the lightweight and welterweight in the 1970s.
In 1969, he won a tournament in Minsk of the best young wrestlers from the socialist countries before Siegfried Jozlowski from East Germany and his compatriot Kagirow. 1971 Ruslan was in the V. Peoples of the USSR Spartakiade welterweight champion first before Marsagischwili and Jelkanow and was thus at a stroke of the Soviet top wrestler of his weight class.
His career in international championships began at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Ruslan had abtrainiert in the lightweight what it had cost a lot of substance. He won in Munich, although four fights but had against the struggling in outstanding form Kikuo Wada from Japan and especially to Dan Gable from the USA no chance. After all, he still won the bronze medal.
In subsequent years, he no longer trained but started from welterweight. At the World Championships in 1973 in Tehran, he knew to persuade and came among others to victories over the Mighty Adolf Seger from the FRG and Jan Karlsson from Sweden, but was defeated by Iranian Mansour Barzegar just on points and was runner-up.
In 1974 he was even more successful. He was first in Madrid European champions, where he defeated the German wrestler from East and West Adolf Seger and Udo Schröder and then he also won at the World Championships the same year in Istanbul. 1975 Ruslan started only at the World Championships in Minsk, in which he imagined in brilliant form. He won his six fights prematurely and was without blemish points for the second time world champion. He won it prematurely via Mansour Barzegar from Iran.
Favorites Ruslan went therefore to the 1976 Olympic Games to Montreal. However, from his previous form he was away a lot. He lost to Mansour Barzegar and against the Americans Stanley Dziedzic each on points and had to settle for 4th place with the ungrateful. As Ruslan even came at the World Championships in 1977 in Lausanne after defeats against Resit Karabacak from Turkey and Mansour Barzegar only on the 7th, he was no longer used in international championships.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, F = free style, Le = Lightweight, We = welterweight, then to 68 kg or 74 kg body weight)