Sergey Martynov (wrestler)

Sergei Alexandrovich Martynov (Russian: Сергей Александрович Мартынов; born April 30, 1971, under other source March 20, 1971, † 1997 ) was a wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union, the CIS and Russia. He was four times world champion, three times European Champion and won at the 1992 Olympics, a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at featherweight.

Career

Sergei Martynov, ancestrally a Russian, began as a teenager in 1981 with the rings. He concentrated on the Greco- Roman style. As a member of the Soviet and Russian armed forces, he was a member of the Army Sports clubs CSKA Moscow. His coach was W. Kanterman. The political situation in the years in which it was active, it brought with them that he competed for Russia for the Soviet Union in 1992 for the Commonwealth of Independent States, serving from 1993 to 1991. At a size of 1.66 meters, it became more and featherweight, the weight class which extended his time to 62 kg at. Sergei Martiynow died already in 1997, the causes of his death are unknown.

At the international wrestling mat, he first appeared in 1989. He was here in Witten in the weight class up to 63 kg Junior European champion. In 1991, he beat the previous title holder at the Soviet Championship with Gennadi Atmakin and was therefore sent for the World Cup this year to Varna. He brought there the feat, immediately before Mehmet Akif Pirim, Turkey, Juan Luis Maren Delis, Cuba, and Huk Byung -ho, South Korea, to become world champion at featherweight.

In 1992 he became European champions in Copenhagen, where he, Israel, referred Hugo Dietsche, Switzerland, Jeno Bodi, Hungary, and Alexander Davidovich on the courts. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, he lived up to first meet and defeated one after Alexander Davidovich, Mario Büttner, Germany, Wlodzimierz Zawadzki, Poland, Hugo Dietsche and Antony Lee, United States, and was thus in a battle to the Olympic victory Mehmet Akif Pirim, the surprisingly clear with 13:2 points kept the upper hand in this fight. For Sergei Martynov therefore remained only the silver medal.

In 1993, Sergei Martynov was for a very successful year. He was born in Istanbul back European Champion in April this year, where he took so to speak, in the lion's den " terrible " revenge against Mehmet Akif Pirim and this clearly defeated in a preliminary round battle with 9-0 points. In Istanbul he won ahead of Jeno Bodi, Georgi Sakawez, Belarus, and Mchitar Manukyan, Kazakhstan. He successfully was also at the 1993 World Championships in Stockholm Ender Memet, Romania, Juan Luis Maren Delis and Hu Guohong, China. In the final battle, he defeated while Ender Memet by 6-1 points.

At the European Championships in 1994 Sergei Martynov met in his second fight on the German former world champion bantamweight, Rifat Yildiz, and was shouldered by this. He retired from it, and got only to 17th place. Rifat Yildiz was unable to wrestle later because of an injury, so that ultimately Grigori Kamuschenko European champion from Ukraine. At the World Championships this year in Tampere Sergei Martynov again convinced, however, and became the third consecutive time world champion. He referred Ivan Radev, Bulgaria, Wlodzimierz Zawadzki and David S. Zuniga, United States, to the places.

At the European Championships in 1995 in Besancon he faced in the final Wlodzimierz Zawadzki, who had become his fiercest opponents. At the end of the fight it was 2:2 and the judges chose Zawadzki, who thus became European champions, while Sergei Martiynow took 2nd place. This then returned the favor at the World Championships in Prague in 1995 and was with wins over Robert Mazouch, Czech Republic, Bachodir Kurbanov, Uzbekistan, Mchitar Manukyan, Cho Sang -sun, South Korea, and Wlodzimierz Zawadzki for the fourth time world champion.

In the Olympic year 1996, Sergei Martynov in Budapest with wins over Matyas Magyes, Hungary, Usama Aziz, Sweden, Mehmet Akif Pirim, Aristides Rubinian, Greece, and Grigori Kamuschenko for the third time European champions. But with the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta he could meet his favorite role again not. He lost there against Juan Luis Maren Delis, triumphed over David S. Zuniga, then lost against Koba Guliaschwili from Georgia and joined the fight no longer around the 7th place against Mchitar Manukjan. He finished in 8th place.

The 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta were his last international competition before his untimely death in 1997. He was a very big of his sport.

International success

Notes

• All competitions in the Greco-Roman style
• OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
• Featherweight, weight category up to 62 kg body weight

Swell

• Journal The Ringer
• Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "