Vadim Bogiyev
Vadim Iosifovich Bogijew (Russian Вадим Иосифович Богиев; born 27 December 1970 Tskhinvali region / South Ossetia) is a former Russian wrestler and Olympic champion from 1996 in free style at lightweight.
Career
Vadim Bogijew grew up in the South Ossetian city of Tskhinvali, where he attended School No. 6, in the future, starting for Greece, three -time Olympic champion in weightlifting khaki Kakiaschwili was his classmate. Vadim chose 1978 for the rings and went to the first major successes to Moscow, where he became a member of CSKA Moscow as a member of the military. In Moscow he was shaped by the coaches Timur Sanakoev and Anatoli Margijew a world-class wrestler in free style.
Vadim was very successful in the junior level and in 1988 both European Junior Champion and Junior World Champion, then still in the bantamweight (up to 57 kg body weight) starting. In the senior dominated in the Soviet Union and in Russia initially the two-time Olympic champion in 1988 and 1992, arsenic Fadsajew lightness, in this weight class Vadim was soon grew into the scene. From 1993, but was Vadim in Russia the number one and could also start with the seniors at the international championships.
He began by winning the Vice World Champion title at the 1993 World Championships in Toronto. He was defeated there, somewhat surprisingly, in the final the Iranians Ali Akbar Fallah. A year later, Vadim was European champion at lightweight in Rome. On the way to winning the title, he defeated thereby also the German champion Ralph Lyding just on points.
At the World Championships in 1994 in Istanbul Vadim already lost in the third round against the Aschaffenburg Alexander Leipold and therefore only came on the 7th Place.
In 1995 Vadim won first in Fribourg back the European title, but could at the World Championships in Atlanta are not convincing again and stayed with the 4th place again without a medal. For this he won in 1996 at the European Championships in Budapest his third European title in front of the world champion vobn 1994 Araik Geworgjan from Armenia.
Then the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 to highlight the career in the career of Vadim Bogijew. With five victories, he won the gold medal. It is worth noting that he won 6-4 in the second round of arsenic Fadsajew, who started in his comeback for Uzbekistan on points. In the final, decided in the fight against Bogijew Townsend Saunders from the United States when there is a tie score at 1-1 the judges for Bogijew, who thus became Olympic champion.
After the Olympics, said Vadim, only 26 years old, his resignation and now works as a wrestler trainer.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, F = free style, Ba = bantamweight, featherweight = Fe, Le = Lightweight, then until 57 kg, 62 kg and 68 kg body weight)
Swell
- Journal " The Ringer ", No. 9/ 1993, pp. 4-7, No. 4/ 1994, pages 4 - 10, No. 9/ 1994, pages 4-8, 6/ 1995, pages 4-9, No. 9/1995, pages 4-8, No. 4/ 1996, pages 4-7 & 12, No. 9/ 1996, pages 10-15,
- Website of the Institute for Applied Training Science of the University of Leipzig,
- Website " ossetians.com "