Shamil Khisamutdinov

Shamil Shamhat Dino Chissamutdinow Malevich (Russian Шамиль Шамшатдинович Хисамутдинов, Tatar Шамил Шәмсетдин улы Хисаметдинов, born September 20, 1950 in Uslowaja, Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR ) is a former Soviet wrestler. He was Olympic champion in Munich in 1972 in Greco-Roman wrestling in lightweight.

Career

Chissamutdinow is of Tatar origin and comes from the Tula Oblast. He started in 1963 as a teenager with the rings. He quickly developed into an outstanding wrestler in the Greco- Roman style, and, after his talent was recognized, delegated to the sports club " Spartak " Moscow. There, he found excellent training conditions and received in Nikolai Parkhomenko, a very successful former heavyweight wrestler, an outstanding coach.

He celebrated his first major success in 1971 with the victory at the V. Völkerspartakiade the Soviet Union. He won there in Greco-Roman wrestling in lightweight ago Umerow and Moloschdin. It was used at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972. He was there in great shape and was charged with six wins Olympic gold medalist. Among the defeated him there wrestlers were among others the world-class athletes Stoyan Apostolov from Bulgaria, Simion Popescu from Romania and Andrzej Supron from Poland.

Extraordinarily successful he was in 1973, when he won the same three major international titles: He became world champion in Tehran, European Champion in Helsinki and students world champion in Moscow. At these championships, he remained undefeated in 17 fights and won, among other things about Nedko Nedew from Bulgaria, Sreten Damjanovic from Yugoslavia, Lars -Erik Skjold from Sweden, Antal Steer from Hungary, Andrzej Supron and Heinz -Helmut Wehling from the GDR.

In 1974, he was only used at the European Championships in Madrid, where he won again. At the World Cup he was injured and was replaced successfully by Nelson Dawidjan. In 1975 he was at the World Championships in Minsk at the start again and won in 1973 after his second world title. His closest competitors were doing Heinz -Helmut Wehling, Andrzej Supron and Binju Tschifudow from Bulgaria. Chissamutdinow sat against these wrestlers but through safely.

The last race at an international championship he graduated at the European Championships in 1976 in Leningrad. He was there with six wins, inter alia, about Manfred Schöndorfer from Germany, Heinz -Helmut Wehling and Stefan Rusu from Romania, clear on course for title when he lost in the finals sensationally against Lars -Erik Skjold and had to be content with third place. He therefore was not taken in the Soviet team for the Olympic Games in Montreal. There Suren Nalbandian was used.

Overall, the career of Chissamutdinow was extraordinarily successful. The seven international championships, where he started, he only lost a fight, just the opposite Skjold. He was Olympic, world and European champions. After 1976 Chissamutdinow ended his career as an active wrestler. He completed a coach training and is now working in Moscow as a wrestler trainer.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, GR = Greek and Roman. Style, Le = Lightweight, We = welterweight, then to 68 kg or 74 kg body weight)

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