Wilber Sánchez (wrestler)

Wilber Sánchez Amita ( born December 21, 1968 in Contramaestre ) is a former Cuban wrestler. He was world champion in 1993 and 1994 in the Greco-Roman style in the paper weight.

Career

Wilber Sánchez began as a teenager in 1981 with the rings. After initial successes, he has been delegated to the training center Cerro Pelado the Cuban national team of wrestlers in Havana. There he was coached by Carlos Ulasia and Pedro Val. He focused on the Greco- Roman style. At a size of 1.57 meters, he wrestled always in the paper weight, the lightest weight class, which then had their weight limit at 48 kg body weight.

His international career began in Ringer Wilber Sánchez at the Junior World Championship ( espoir ) in Burnaby. He arrived there in the paper weight behind Oleg Kucherenko from the Soviet Union to 2nd place.

1988 Wilber Sánchez was first Pan American champion before Eric Wetzel from the United States and Victor Hugo from Colombia. A start in the Olympics of the same year in Seoul remained to him but denied because Cuba for political reasons after the Olympic Games 1984 in Los Angeles also boycotted these games. He was Pan American champion in 1989 in Colorado Springs again. He has not yet been used at the World Cup in 1989 in Martigny / Switzerland.

1990 Pan American champion again Wilber Sanchez in Mexico City Central American champion and in Colorado Springs. He was at these events Joel Manuel Medina from Venezuela, Mynor Ramírez of Guatemala, Lewis Dorrance from the United States and José Martinez from Venezuela behind. For the first time, he was then in that year at the World Championship, which was held in Rome, at the start. He finished there in paper weight a good 5th place, but lost when it came to the medals, the decisive battles against Oleg Kucherenko and against Vincenzo Maenza from Italy.

In 1991, he was injured participate in any international championships. In 1992 he was but before Mynor Ramirez and Enrique Aguilar Zermeno from Mexico again Pan American champion. In the subsequent Olympic Games in Barcelona he started in paper weight and won a bronze medal there. In the battle for the pool victory, he lost it clearly against Oleg Kucherenko ( 0:11 techn. Dots), but won the battle for the bronze medal against Fuat Yildiz from Germany 5-0 techn. Points.

In 1993, Wilber Sánchez continued his success continued on the American continent. He was born in Ponce Central American and Caribbean champion in paper weight before Enrique Aguilar Zermeno and Mynor Ramírez and also won at the Pan American Championships before Enrique Aguilar Zermeno and Antonio Ochoa of Venezuela. At the 1993 World Championships in Stockholm Wilber Sánchez was at the height of his ability because he was there in superior style world champion in paper weight. In the final he defeated while clearly Zafar Guliyev from Russia 5-0 techn. Points.

In 1994, Wilber Sánchez his success continued. He was in Mexico City again Pan American champion before Isaac Ramaswany from the United States and Edgar Perez Fernando Ardila from Guatemala. At the World Championships in Tampere he successfully defended his World Cup title from the previous year and was world champion again. In the final, he won over this Alexander Pavlov from Belarus.

In 1995, the success of Wilber Sánchez subsided noticeably. He finished at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata in the paper weight behind Mujahid Maynard from the United States and Enrique Aguilar Zermeno only the 3rd place and lost the Grand Prix of Germany in Schiffer city, the same was considered World Cup tournament in the FILA, in the final against Sergei Suvorov from Russia. At the World Championships in Prague in 1995, he retired as early as the third round with a high point defeat against Oleg Kucherenko ( 0:9 techn. Dots) and finished only 10th place overall.

In 1996, Wilber Sánchez won the American qualification tournament for the Olympic Games in Cali before Enrique Aguilar Zermeno and Jose Ochoa. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta even he triumphed over Mujahid Maynard and for the first time about Oleg Kucherenko, but then lost to Alexander Pavlov and Kang Yong- Gyun from North Korea. With another victory over Gela Papaschwili from Georgia he was able to win the 5th place only.

After these Olympics Wilber Sánchez retired from international competition scene. He completed a sports teacher training and is now (2010) Head of martial arts training center at Cerro Pelado in Havana.

International success

Note: all matches in Greco -Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, paper weight, then to 48 kg body weight

Swell

• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig,
• Journal The Ringer,