Adam Chamidowitsch Saitijew

Adam Chamidowitsch Saitijew ( Russian Адам Хамидович Сайтиев ; born December 12, 1977 in Chassavyurt , Dagestani ASSR ) is a Russian wrestler of Chechen origin. He became an Olympic middleweight free style champion in 2000 .

Career

Adam Saitijew comes from a family of wrestlers. He started wrestling as a child, with his father Chamid being his first trainer. His older brother Buwaissar is also a wrestler and like himself an Olympic champion.

Adam Saitijew trains like his brother at a wrestling center of the Russian Wrestling Association in Krasnoyarsk . His coaches there are or were Abdul Saitijew and Viktor Alexejew . He only wrestles in free style. Officially he is a member of the army, but in fact he lives from wrestling. Since Adam and Buwaissar Saitijew weigh the same, both are actually welterweights (up to 76 or since 2002 up to 74 kg body weight), Adam went into the middle weight (up to 85 kg or since 2002 up to 84 kg body weight) from the year 2000. ) to avoid his brother on the mat.

Adam Saitijew's international career began in 1993, when he started at the Junior World Championships in Duisburg (Cadets) in the weight class up to 40 kg and won ahead of Anatoli Gujdja from Moldova and Ali Mohamad Gholam from Iran .

The next start at an international championship took place in 1997. Adam Saitijew started with the seniors at the European championship in Warsaw . In the lightweight he came to four wins, but lost against Yüksel Şanlı from Turkey and Sasa Sasirow from Ukraine and finished in 4th place. He was used in the same year at the World Cup in Krasnoyarsk. In the lightweight he came again to four wins. But he lost in the decisive fights against Sasa Sasirow and Davoud Ghanbari from Iran and only came in 6th place.

Despite these unsatisfactory results for a Russian wrestler, the Russian Wrestling Federation held on to the great talent Adam Saitijew. In 1998 he was used at the World Cup in Stillwater , Oklahoma in welterweight. He won there over the Cuban Daniel Gonzales Aguillera and the Iranian Majid Khodaei, but had to accept a defeat from Alexander Leipold from Germany , which was 6-0 technically. Points was pretty clear. At the European Championships in 1998 in Bratislava Adam Saitijew lost in his second fight against the Hungarian Árpád Ritter 4: 5 techn. Points. He no longer had the opportunity to fight for the European title. With four wins he fought his way up to the "small final", which was about the bronze medal, and defeated Árpád Ritter with 5: 2 points. Alexander Leipold became European champion .

In 1999 Buwaissar Saitijew, who had already become Olympic champion in 1996 and welterweight world champion in 1998, paused at the world and European championships and gave Adam priority at both events. He then also thanks him with two titles. First he became European welterweight champion in Minsk . On this occasion he defeated Alexander Leipold on points in the semifinals (3-0 technical points). Adam Saitijew then won the final again at the world championship this year in Ankara over Alexander Leipold, whom he this time with 6: 3 techn. Points hit.

In 2000 Adam Saitijew went one weight class higher, the middle weight (up to 85 kg body weight) at the start. He was immediately successful in this weight class and won the European title in Budapest , defeating Bekbulat Musajeu from Belarus in the final battle . At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney he was in excellent shape and became Olympic champion with five wins in superior style. In the final fight he defeated the reigning middleweight world champion Yoel Romero from Cuba with 7-1 techn. Points.

In the following years, Adam Saitijew often suffered from persistent back injuries that prevented or made serious training difficult. That is why he only started at two international championships, both of which he won. In 2002 he became world middleweight champion in Tehran , where his final victory over Yoel Romero 4: 3 techn. Points was closer this time.

In 2004 he lost at the important "Ivan Jarigin" tournament in Krasnoyarsk against Cael Sanderson from the United States and was therefore not nominated for the Olympic Games in Athens .

In 2006 he was finally again European middleweight champion in Moscow . He defeated the 2005 world champion Rewas Mindoraschwili from Georgia (6: 0 technical points), David Bichinashvili , Germany (5: 0 technical points), Taras Danko , Ukraine (8: 1 technical points) and Gökhan Yavaşer from the Turkey (4-0 technical points). So he gave up only one technical point in the entire tournament and scored 23 himself.

In 2008 Adam Saitijew was in the Russian national relay at the World Cup in Krasnoyarsk. But he only started there once, defeating the American Andy Hrovat with 2-1 round wins on points (1: 7, 1: 0, 1: 0). In 2008, he underwent a back operation in Germany that prevented him from starting at the Olympic Games in Beijing .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1993	1.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Duisburg	up to 40 kg body weight	in front of Anatoli Gujdja , Moldova a . Ali Mohammad Gholam, Iran
1997	4th	EM in Warsaw	Light	with victories over Vaso Spasov, Macedonia a . Emzarios Bedinidis , Georgia , a defeat against Yüksel Şanlı , Turkey , victories against Salvatore Rinella , Italy a . Elşad Allahverdiyev , Azerbaijan u. a loss to Sasa Zazirov , Ukraine
1997	6th	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	Light	with victory over Juan Carlos Suárez Rivera, Venezuela , defeat against Igor Kupeyev, Uzbekistan , victories over Elşad Allahverdiyev, Dawit Gogoschwili, Georgia a. Almasbek Askarow, Kazakhstan a . Defeats against Sasa Sasirow u. Davoud Ghanbari , Iran
1998	4th	World Cup in Stillwater , Oklahoma	Welter	with victory over Daniel González Aguilera, Cuba , defeat against Alexander Leipold , Germany a . Victory over Majid Khodaei , Iran
1998	3.	EM in Bratislava	Welter	with victory over Victor Peicov , Moldova, defeat against Árpád Ritter , Hungary , victories over Christoph Feyer, Switzerland , Əkbər İsmayılov, Azerbaijan, Rodion Kertanti , Slovakia u. Árpád knight
1998	1.	Goodwill Games in New York City	Welter	before Stephen E. Marianetti, USA a. Massoud Jamshidi , Iran
1999	1.	EM in Minsk	Welter	with victories over Sombat Gasparjan, Armenia , Victor Domínguez, Spain, Marcin Jurecki, Poland , Alexander Leipold a. Alik Musayev , Ukraine
1999	1.	World Cup in Ankara	Welter	with victories over Ruslan Kinchagov , Uzbekistan, Radosław Horbik , Poland, Árpád Ritter, Alik Musajew, Joe E. Williams , USA a. Alexander Leipold
2000	1.	EM in Budapest	medium	with victories over Egidijus Valavičius, Lithuania , Rudolf Voboril, Czech Republic , Tamasi Gegeschidse, Georgia, Nicolae Ghiţă , Romania a . Bekbulat Musayeu , Belarus
2000	gold	OS in Sydney	medium	with victories over Bekbulat Mussajeu, Igor Praporshikov, Australia , Yang Hyung-mo, South Korea , Mogamed Ibragimov , Macedonia a. Yoel Romero , Cuba
2002	1.	World Cup in Tehran	medium	with victories over Narantsetsog Burembaatar, Mongolia , Aman Deep, India , Marcin Jurecki, Arkadij Zopa , Bulgaria a . Yoel Romero
2004	5.	"Ivan Yarigin" tournament in Krasnoyarsk	medium	behind Saschid Saschidow , Russia a . Cael Sanderson , USA, Wadim Lalijew , Russia a. Magomed Kuruglijew , Kazakhstan
2006	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" tournament in Krasnoyarsk	medium	in front of Schirwani Muradow , Georgi Ketojew , Novruz Temrezov , all Russia a. Gennady Laliev , Kazakhstan
2006	1.	EM in Moscow	medium	with victories over Rewas Mindoraschwili , Georgia, David Bichinashvili , Germany, Taras Danko , Ukraine a. Gökhan Yavaşer , Turkey
2007	2.	"Stepan-Sarkisjan" Memorial in Tbilisi	medium	behind Albert Saritow, Russia, in front of Harutjun Jenokjan, Armenia a. Viktor Mutscha, Ukraine
2008	3.	"Ivan Yarigin" tournament in Krasnoyarsk	medium	behind Georgi Ketojew u. Saschid Saschidow, together with Soslan Kzojew , all Russia

Note: all competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, lightweight, then up to 69 kg body weight (body weight), welterweight, then up to 76 kg body weight, middleweight, up to 2001 up to 85 kg, since 2002 up to 84 kg body weight

swell

• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Websites of the Russian, US and Iranian Wrestling Associations
• Website "www.chechensport.com"

Web links

• Profile of Adam Saitijew at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Adam Saitijew in action against Chadschimurad Magomedov at the Russian championship in 2002