Adhamjon Achilov

Adhamjon Achilov (born April 7, 1976 in Tashkent ) is a former Uzbek wrestler . He was runner- up in free style bantamweight world champion in 1999 .

Career

Adhamjon Achilov started wrestling as a teenager in 1985. After the first major successes in the national field, he became a member of Dinamo Tashkent . He also joined the Uzbek army to secure his livelihood, but his real job was a wrestler. He concentrated entirely on free style and was or is trained by Mamur Rusijew.

Adhamjon Achilov's international career began in 1992 when he took part in the Junior World Championship (Cadets = age group up to the age of 16) in Istanbul . He took 5th place in the weight class up to 47 kg body weight. He took the same place at the Junior World Championships in 1993 (Espoirs = age group up to 20 years of age) in Athens in the weight class up to 48 kg body weight. In 1994 he won the Junior World Championship (Juniors = age group up to 18 years of age) in Budapest in the weight class up to 50 kg body weight behind Alireza Dabir from Iran and in front of Wiktor Efteni from the Ukraine and Nurdin Donbajew from Kyrgyzstan . He was also vice-junior world champion in 1995 at the Espoirs in Tehran . Here he placed behind Behnam Tayebi Kermani from Iran and ahead of Oleksandr Sacharuk from Ukraine.

In 1995 he started for the first time at an international senior championship. In Atlanta he started in the flyweight division, but did not get past 11th place. In the same year he finished second at the Central Asian Championships in Tashkent behind Vladimir Torgowkin from Kyrgyzstan and in 1996 he was first Asian champion in Xiaoshan / People's Republic of China ahead of Hideo Sasayama from Japan and Behnam Tayebi Kermani. In 1996 he also took part in the Olympic Games for the first time in Atlanta . In the flyweight he defeated Amiran Kartanow from Greece and Metin Topaktas from Turkey , but lost to Namig Abdullajew from Azerbaijan and Chechenol Mongush from Russia . With a win over Greg Wooedcroft from Canada he still fought his way to 7th place.

At the World Championships in 1997 in Krasnoyarsk and 1998 in Tehran, Adhamjon Achilov only achieved average results. In 1997 he was tenth and in 1998 eleventh. In 1999 he took 3rd place at the Asian Championship in Tashkent and won another medal. He then celebrated the greatest success of his career at the 1999 World Cup in Ankara . He fought his way up to the final, in which he lost to the surprise man Kim Woo-yong from South Korea . He became vice- world champion in flyweight.

In 2000 he won a medal again at the Asian Championships in Guilin / People's Republic of China , because he finished third behind Jin Ju-dong from North Korea and Mohammad Aslani from Iran. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney he won his first fight on points (8: 2) over Wassili Zeiher from Germany , but was already defeated in his second fight against Maulen Mamirow from Kazakhstan and only reached 8th place. In 2001 he just missed the medal ranks at the Asian Championships in Ulaanbaatar with a 4th place. The same thing happened to him at the 2002 World Cup in Tehran. He won there over Ghenadie Tulbea from Moldova , Oh Jun-seok from South Korea and Chikara Tanabe from Japan , but lost to Namig Abdullajew and Oleksandr Sacharuk and came in 4th place.

From 2003 Adhamjon Achilov was replaced in Uzbekistan by Dilshod Mansurov as the No. 1 bantamweight freestyle wrestler. He was therefore only occasionally used at the international championships, but remained active on the international wrestling mat until 2009. In 2004 he started at the Asian Cup in Tehran and won the title there for the second time ahead of Bajaraagiin Naranbaatar from Mongolia and Kim Hyo-sub from South Korea. In 2006 he was finally at the start again at a world championship . In Guangzhou he took a good 5th place. He got three wins there. Radoslaw Velikow from Bulgaria, who defeated him in the third round, prevented him from progressing . Adhamjon Achilov lost the battle for the bronze medal against Samuel Henson from the United States with 1: 4 on points.

In 2008 he became military world champion in bantamweight in Split ahead of the Indian Sandeep VII and Hassan Mordghaliei from Iran and in 2009 he was also at the start of the German Grand Prix in Dortmund , where he finished behind Rahul Balaseheb Ware from India and Marcel Ewald from Germany 3rd place.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1992	5.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Istanbul	up to 47 kg	behind Recep Zencirci, Turkey , Mark Angle, USA , Amiran Kartanow , Russia u. Ivan Welkow Djorew , Bulgaria
1993	5.	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Athens	Half flying	behind arms Mkrtchjan , Armenia , Wiktor Efteni , Moldova u. Nurdin Donbajew , Kyrgyzstan
1994	2.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Budapest	up to 50 kg	behind Alireza Dabir , Iran , in front of Murad Umachanow , Russia a . Arif Formanov, Azerbaijan
1995	2.	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Tehran	To fly	behind Behnam Tayebi Kermani , Iran, in front of Oleksandr Sacharuk , Ukraine
1995	11.	World Cup in Atlanta	To fly	Winner: Valentin Jordanow , Bulgaria ahead of Gholamreza Mohammadi , Iran a. Zeke Jones , USA
1995	2.	Central Asian Championship in Tashkent	To fly	behind Vladimir Torgowkin, Kyrgyzstan, in front of Janat Ussin, Kazakhstan
1996	4th	German Grand Prix in Leipzig	To fly	behind Wladimir Togusow , Amiran Kartanow , Greece u. Metin Topaktas , Turkey
1996	1.	Asian Championship in Xiaoshan / People's Republic of China	To fly	before Hideo Sasayama, Japan a . Behnam Tayebi Kermani
1996	7th	OS in Atlanta	To fly	after victories over Amiran Kartanow, Metin Topaktas , Turkey, defeats against Namig Abdullajew , Azerbaijan etc. Chechenol Mongush , Russia öu. a win over Greg Woodcroft, Canada
1996	2.	World Cup in Tehran	To fly	behind Behnam Tayebi Kermani, in front of Aldo Martinez Hecheverria, Cuba
1997	10.	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	To fly	after a victory over Karoly Kiss, Hungary, a defeat against Maxim Molonow, Russia, a victory over Hideo Sasayama u. a loss to Ivan Zonov, Bulgaria
1998	11.	World Cup in Tehran	To fly	after a victory over Thomas Röthlisberger, Switzerland a . Defeats against Armen Simonjan , Armenia a . Gholamreza Mohammadi
1998	6th	Asia Games in Bangkok	To fly	Winner: Jin Ju-dong , North Korea ahead of Behnam Tayebi Kermani u. Maulen Mamirov , Kazakhstan
1999	5.	Polish Grand Prix in Kraków	To fly	behind Herman Kantojeu , Wassili Zeiher, Witali Railean, Moldova a. Mikhail Japaridze, Canada
1999	3.	Asian Championships in Tashkent	To fly	after victories over Badamsaichany Enchtör , Mongolia a . Nurdin Donbajew, a loss to Han Yong Do, North Korea a. a victory over Li Zhengyu , China
1999	2.	World Cup in Ankara	To fly	behind Kim Woo-yong , South Korea, in front of Oleksandr Sacharuk u. Ivan Zonow , Bulgaria
2000	3.	Asian Championship in Guilin / China	To fly	behind Jin Ju-dong u. Mohammad Aslani, Iran, in front of Shankar Patel Kripa, India
2000	8th.	OS in Sydney	To fly	after a victory over Wassili Zeiher , Germany a. a loss to Maulen Mamirow
2001	2.	World Cup in Baltimore	To fly	behind Gholamreza Mohammadi, in front of Aljaksandr Kantojeu , Russia u. Stephen Abas , USA
2001	4th	Asian Championship in Ulaanbaatar	Bantam	behind Behnam Tayebi Kermani, Cho Ho-jin, South Korea u. Lodoin Enchbajar , Mongolia
2002	4th	World Cup in Tehran	Bantam	after victories over Ghenadie Tulbea , Moldova, Oh Jun-seok, South Korea and the like. Chikara Tanabe , Japan a. Defeats against Namig Abdullajew u. Oleksandr Sacharuk
2004	1.	Asian Championship in Tehran	Bantam	in front of Bajaraagiin Naranbaatar , Mongolia a. Kim Hyo-sub , South Korea
2005	3.	World Cup in Tashkent	Bantam	behind Stephen Abas u. Magomed Jukayev, Russia
2006	7th	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	behind Dilshod Mansurov , Uzbekistan , Radoslaw Welikow , Bulgaria, Samuel Henson , USA, Namig Sewdimow , Azerbaijan, Ghenadie Tulbea u. Yasuhiro Tanabe, Japan
2006	5.	World Cup in Guangzhou	Bantam	after victories over Vahan Simonjan , Armenia a. Fredy Serrano, Colombia , a defeat against Radoslaw Welikow, a victory over O Song Nam, North Korea u. a loss to Samuel Henson
2007	2.	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	Bantam	behind Jamal Otarsultanow , Russia, in front of Henry Cejudo , USA
2007	3.	Military World Games in Hyderabad	Bantam	behind Jong Jae-heon, South Korea a. Geworg Markarjan , Breathing
2008	1.	Military World Cup in Split	Bantam	before Sandeep VII, India a. Massan Mordghaliei, Iran
2009	3.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Bantam	behind Rahul Balaseheb Ware, India a. Marcel Ewald , Germany
2009	9.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	Winner: Namig Sewdimow ahead of Yasuhiro Inaba , Japan

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships
• Flyweight, up to 52 kg body weight until 1996, up to 54 kg body weight from 1997 to 2002, then abolished, bantam weight, up to 55 kg body weight since 2002

swell

• Journal Der Ringer * Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web links

• Adhamjon Achilov in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )