Äbdulchakim Schäpiev

Äbdulchakim Alibekuly Schäpijew ( Kazakh Әбдұлхакім Алібекұлы Шәпиев , Russian Абдулхаким Алибекович Шапиев Abdulchakim Alibekowitsch Schapijew ; * 4. December 1983 in Moscow ) is a Kazakh wrestler . He won a bronze free style welterweight medal at the 2010 World Championships .

Career

Abdulchakim Schäpijew, born in Moscow, is of Dagestan origin. He started wrestling in Moscow in 1996. He opted for the free style. As a junior he could not qualify for participation in international championships in the Russian Wrestling Federation. He therefore changed his nationality in 2006 and starts working for Kazakhstan from then on. His trainer there is Baurshan Nurmachanow. But he mostly trains in a training center of the Russian Wrestling Association in Kislovodsk .

The first international championship in which he participated for Kazakhstan was the 2006 World Cup in Guangzhou . He came there in welterweight after a loss to Asghar Ali Basrighaleh , Iran , a victory over Gheorghiță Ștefan from Romania and a loss to Don Pritzlaff from the United States on the 12th place. In December of the same year he won his first medal at an international championship at the Asian Games in Doha in welterweight. It was the bronze one he reached behind Ashgar Ali Basrighaleh and Cho Byung-kwan , South Korea .

For the 2007 World Cup in Baku , Äbdulchakim Schäpijew trained over 8 kg in order to be able to compete in the lightweight . An ordeal that didn't bring him anything and that he didn't repeat. He came in Moscow after a victory over Li Quan, People's Republic of China and a defeat against Otar Tushishvili from Georgia only in 20th place. In the following years he only started in the welterweight division.

He won the next medal again at the 2009 Asian Championship in Pattaya . He won the runner-up championship there behind Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi from Iran. He then celebrated the greatest success of his career at the 2010 World Cup in Moscow. There he defeated Trent Paulson , USA , and Mendsaichan Mjagmar, Mongolia , lost to Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi and won a bronze medal in the consolation round with three wins over Suren Markosjan , Armenia , Wolodimir Sirotin , Ukraine , and Iván Fundora Zaldívar , Cuba , after all .

In 2011, Äbdulchakim Schäpijew beat Gábor Hatos from Hungary , Zhang Chongyao, China and Rashid Kurbanow, Uzbekistan at the World Championships in Istanbul , lost again in the semifinals to Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi and finally lost the battle for a bronze medal against Dawit Chutishvili from Georgia he came in 5th place. However, this place earned him the right to start at the 2012 Olympic Games. In February 2012, he finished second behind Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi at the Asian Championship in Gumi / South Korea.

At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 he won his first fight over Bilel Quechtati from Tunisia , but then lost to Gabor Hatos. Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and came in 10th place.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2006	12.	World Cup in Guangzhou	Welter	after a defeat against Asghar Ali Basrighaleh, Iran, a victory over Gheroghita Stefan, Romania and a defeat against Dan Pritzlaff, USA
2006	3.	Asia Games in Doha	Welter	behind Asghar Ali Basrighaleh and Cho Byung-kwan, South Korea
2007	20th	World Cup in Baku	Light	after defeating Li Quan, China and losing to Otar Tushishvili, Georgia
2008	5.	Asian Championship in Jeju / South Korea	Welter	behind Cho Byung-kwan, Meisam Moustafa Joukar, Iran, Kazuyuki Nagashima, Japan and Dorigvaanching Gomdodorj, Mongolia
2008	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Warsaw	Welter	behind Arsen Gitinow , Kyrgyzstan and Ahmet Gülhan, Turkey
2009	8th.	World Cup in Tehran	Welter	Winner: Tschamsulwara Tschamsulwarajew , Azerbaijan ahead of Yunieski Blanco Mora , Cuba
2009	2.	Asian Championship in Pattaya	Welter	behind Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi, Iran, in front of Kim Jin-i, South Korea and Ramesh Kumar, India
2010	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Tbilisi	Welter	behind Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi and Matthew Gentry, Canada
2010	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Welter	behind Aleksandr Qostiyev , Russia, in front of Trent Paulson, USA
2010	3.	World Cup in Moscow	Welter	after victories over Trent Paulson and Mendsaichan Mjagmar, Mongolia, a defeat against Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi and victories over Suren Markosjan, Armenia, Volodimir Sirotin, Ukraine and Iván Fundora Zaldívar, Cuba
2011	25th	Ali Aliyev Memorial in Kaspiysk	Welter	Winner: Makhach Murtasalijew , Russia ahead of Əşrəf Əliyev , Azerbaijan
2011	5.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	Welter	behind Jordan Burroughs , USA, Alibek Akbajew, Russia, Musa Murtasalijew , Armenia and Trent Paulson
2011	5.	World Cup in Istanbul	Welter	after victories over Gabor Hatow, Hungary, Zhang Chongyao, China and Rashid Kurbanow, Uzbekistan and defeats against Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi and Dawit Chutishvili, Georgia
2012	2.	Asian Championship in Gumi / South Korea	Welter	behind Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi, in front of Takafumi Kojima, Japan and Zhang Chongyao
2012	8th.	Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial in Siedlce	Welter	Winner: Matthew Gentry ahead of Ramazan Şahin , Turkey
2012	10.	OS in London	Welter	after a win over Bilel Quechtati, Tunisia and a loss to Gabor Hatos

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Lightweight, weight class up to 66 kg, welter weight, up to 74 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

• Äbdulchakim Schäpijew in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )