Adam Sandurski

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Adam Sandurski medal table

Wrestler

Poland
Olympic games
bronze 1980 Moscow Super heavy
World Championship
bronze 1981 Skopje Super heavy
silver 1982 Edmonton Super heavy
silver 1983 Kiev Super heavy
European Championship
bronze 1979 Bucharest Super heavy
bronze 1980 Prievidza Super heavy
bronze 1981 Łódź Super heavy
bronze 1982 Varna Super heavy
silver 1984 Jönköping Super heavy
bronze 1986 Athens Super heavy

Adam Sandurski (born February 8, 1953 in Zarzecze near Rzeszów ) is a former Polish wrestler .

Career

Adam Sandurski first played basketball in his youth and tried his hand at boxing before he found himself wrestling at the age of 20. As a young adult he had developed into a "giant" 2.14 m tall and weighing around 135 kg. So he was a full grown super heavyweight. The club at which he was trained by the coaches Jan Małek and Eugeniusz Nejmark to be an excellent freestyle wrestler was "Stal" Rzeszów. In 1978 he was the first Polish super heavyweight champion. His international wrestling career had started a year earlier with a 6th place at the European Championships in Bursa . Of course, he had to pay a lot of money as a newcomer to this championship, because he lost both of his fights, which he contested and the 6th place was the last place with only six participants at the same time. Nevertheless, the Polish Wrestling Federation, whose coaches had recognized the extraordinary potential of Sandurski, also sent him to the World Championships of the same year. Here he managed a victory in the first fight, but had to retire injured after a defeat in the second fight against József Balla from Hungary .

In 1978 things went better for him, because he reached 5th place at the European Championships in Sofia and even 4th place at the World Championships in Mexico City , where he had four victories over difficult opponents at the World Cup and he was the first was beaten by the multiple world and Olympic champion Soslan Andijew from the Soviet Union .

In 1979 Sandurski won the first medal at an international championship at the European Championships in Budapest . In the following six international championships, Sandurski won a medal each time. But he did not succeed in winning a title. Again and again he failed because of the outstanding Soviet wrestlers Soslan Andijew and Salman Chassimikow . After all, he reached 3rd place at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and thus won the bronze medal.

In 1983 Sandurski came only 6th at the European Championships in Budapest . He competed all the better at the World Cup in Kiev that same year , he fought his way through to the final and only lost there against Salman Chassimikow.

In 1984, Sandurski could only take part in the European Championships in Jönköping because of the boycott of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles by the socialist states . There he was very successful because he became vice European champion. In 1985 he only competed at the World Championships in Budapest , but just missed a medal with 4th place. At the end of his international career, Sandurski won another bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships in Athens . In total, Sandurski won 10 medals at international championships. Only the jump on the top step was denied him.

Adam Sandurski is also well known in Germany's wrestling circles, because he wrestled for KSV Witten from 1985 to 1988 and then for several years at AC Hörde 04 in the German Bundesliga.

Adam Sandurski, who studied sport, moved to Witten with his family after the end of his active career.

International championships

year space competition Weight class Result
1977 6th EM in Bursa SS after defeats by Marin Tachev, Bulgaria and Vladimir Parschowkow, Soviet Union
1977 10. World Cup in Lausanne SS with a win over Janko Andrei, Romania and a loss against József Balla , Hungary
1978 5. EM in Sofia SS with a victory over Petr Drozda, Czechoslovakia and defeats against Boris Bigajew , USSR and Marin Gertschew, Bulgaria
1978 1. Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Freiburg SS before Hans-Jürgen Ziegler, GDR and Alexandrou Szell, Romania
1978 4th World Cup in Mexico City SS with victories over Peter Ivanov , Bulgaria, Ladislau Șimon , Romania, Lazaro Morales, Cuba and Petr Drozda and one defeat against Soslan Andijew , USSR
1979 3. EM in Bucharest SS with victories over Petr Drozda and József Balla and defeats against Roland Gehrke , GDR and Salman Chassimikow , USSR
1979 2. Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Freiburg SS behind Soslan Andijew, USSR, in front of Thomas Wenzel, GDR
1980 3. EM in Prievidza SS with victories over Roland Gehrke and Oldřich Vlasák, Czechoslovakia and defeats against Peter Iwanow and Salman Chassimikow
1980 1. Intern. Tournament in Łódź SS
1980 bronze OS in Moscow SS with wins over Arturo Diaz, Cuba , Spencer Clempner, Great Britain , Miguel Zambrano, Peru and Janko Andrei and losses against Soslan Andijew and József Balla
1981 3. EM in Łódź SS with victories over Michael Deutsch, GDR and Slavko Chervenkov, Bulgaria and a defeat against Salman Chassimikow
1981 1. Intern. Tournament in Miskolc SS before Szigmondi and Haller, both Hungarians
1981 3. World Cup in Skopje SS with victories over Harold Smith, USA and Peter Iwanow and one defeat against Salman Chassimikow
1982 3. EM in Varna SS behind Soslan Andijew and János Rovnyai , Hungary and in front of Janko Andrei, Peter Iwanow and Strooky Stucki, Switzerland
1982 2. World Cup in Edmonton SS behind Salman Chassimikow and in front of Andreas Schröder , GDR, Reza Shouktesari, Iran , József Balla and Peter Iwanow
1983 1. Intern. Tournament in Västeras SS before Nagy, Hungary and Angel Guerowski, Bulgaria
1983 6th EM in Budapest SS behind József Balla, Nikola Zlatew, Bulgaria, Boris Bigajew, Andreas Schröder and Janko Andrei
1983 1. Intern. Tournament in Lodz SS before Peter Ivanov and Nikolayev, USSR
1983 2. World Cup in Kiev SS behind Salman Chassimikow and in front of Bruce Baumgartner , USA, Peter Iwanow, Robert Molle , Canada and Andreas Schröder
1984 2. EM in Jönköping SS behind Salman Chassimikow and in front of Andreas Schröder, Tomas Johansson , Sweden , Nikola Zlatew and Alain Befrare, Switzerland
1985 4th World Cup in Budapest SS behind Dawit Gobedschischwili , USSR, József Balla and Bruce Baumgartner and in front of Andreas Schröder and Domingo Mesa , Cuba
1986 3. EM in Athens SS behind Andreas Schröder and Malchas Mermiaschwili, USSR and in front of Ralf Bremmer , FRG, József Balla and Peter Christow, Bulgaria
1988 7th OS in Seoul SS after defeat against Andreas Schröder, victories over Ham, South Korea and Payne, Canada, defeat against Bruce Baumgartner and victory over Ralf Bremmer, FRG

Polish championships

Adam Sandurski was Polish champion in freestyle wrestling, super heavyweight, in the years 1978 to 1984 and 1988

Explanations
  • all outdoor style competitions
  • "SS" = super heavyweight, then over 100 kg body weight
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

literature

  • Trade journal "Der Ringer", numbers: 06/07/77, 11/77, 95/78, 09/78, 05/79, 05/80, 08/80, 05/81, 10/81, 05/06 / 82, 09/82, 09/83, 10/83, 05/84, 11/85 and 05/86

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personal data
SURNAME Sandurski, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Zarzecze near Rzeszów