Viktor Igumenov
Viktor Mikhailovich Igumenow (Russian Виктор Михайлович Игуменов; born March 10, 1943 in Omsk ) is a former Soviet wrestler. He was five times world champion in Greco-Roman. Style in the welterweight division.
Career
Viktor Igumenow began as a teenager with rings and specialized remain fully on the Greco- Roman style. It was in 1961 Soviet youth champion in the class up to 70 kg body weight. After further successes in the Soviet Union, he was delegated to the top club Spartak Moscow, where he found excellent trainer and training conditions.
It took a while until 1965 until he came to a first international use, because in the former Soviet Union expresses the competition of good wrestlers was great. In particular, the multiple world champion and Olympic champion Anatoly Kolesov dominated welterweight weight class, which also Wiktor Igumenow rank, what is happening.
In 1965, Viktor Igumenow already represented but the colors of the Soviet Union in two countries fighting against the Federal Republic of Germany. In Dortmund he wrestled this draw against Peter Nettekoven and in Ludwigshafen he won over Otto old from Schiffer City on points.
In his first start at a World Cup 1966 in Toledo / USA, like him succeeded the first title. He defeated all five opponents there, who opposed him. In 1967, he defended that title at the World Championships in Bucharest with three wins and a draw against Jan Karström from Sweden.
As a big favorite Viktor Igumenow drove to the Olympic Games in Mexico City. He defeated there first Metodi Zarew from Bulgaria and Ion Ţăranu from Romania on points. For this point victories, he received a faulty item, respectively. When he was then shouldered entirely surprising in the third round of the Norwegian Harald Barlie, he had eliminated six failed points and had, so he ended up in 10th position undiskutablen for him.
1969, 1970 and 1971, he then won in Mar del Plata, Edmonton and Sofia three times in a row again the world welterweight championship. He suffered at these world championships no defeat. Only the Greek Petros Galaktopoulos managed to wrestle twice a draw against him. Victories he ended up taking including over the Germans Werner Schröter, and Klaus Pohl.
In 1972 Viktor Igumenow wanted to make up the victory at the Olympic Games in Munich. But he had bad luck again pronounced, because after his third fight he had to retire due to an injury and was unplaced.
After the 1972 Olympics Viktor Igumenow ended his career as an active wrestler. He completed a coach training and subsequently worked as a coach. 1966 and 1974, he was the then usual in the Soviet Union Awards " Honored Master of Sports " or " Honored trainer of the sport ."
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greek and Roman. Styles, We = welterweight until 1968-78 kg body weight, from 1969-74 kg body weight, Mi = Medium weight up to 82 kg body weight)