Alan Anatolyevich Chugayev

Alan Khugayev celebrates his Olympic victory in 2012

Alan Anatoljewitsch Chugajew ( Ossetian Хуыгаты Анатолийы фырт Алан ; Russian Алан Анатольевич Хугаев ; born April 27, 1989 in Ordzhonikidze ) is a Russian wrestler of Ossetian origin. He became in 2011 Vice European Champion and 2012 Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in the middleweight division .

Career

Alan Khugayev started wrestling as a teenager in 1999. He starts for the sports club Torpedo Wladikawkas and is or was by Wladimir Uruimagow u. Vakhtang Kaglojew trains. He starts exclusively in the Greco-Roman style and with a height of 1.82 meters in the middleweight , the weight class up to 82 kg body weight. He is a student, but makes a living e.g. Currently only with the wrestling.

He began his international career at the Junior European Championship 2007 (Juniors) in Belgrade , where he won the middleweight title from Timo Kallio from Finland and Sergo Ninua from Georgia . His next big success came at the 2009 Junior World Championships in Ankara . At this championship he faced the Iranian Babak Hossein Ghorbani Goldasteh in the final , against whom he was defeated by just a few points.

In 2011 Alan Khugayev started at the renowned Ivan Poddubny Memorial, a Fila Golden Grand Prix tournament, in Tyumen and won this tournament in the middleweight division. In the final battle he defeated the Olympic champion of 2004 and multiple world and European champion Alexei Mischin from Russia and thus acquired the ticket to the EM 2011 in Dortmund . In Dortmund he won over Vincenzo Scibilia, Italy , Artur Schahinjan , Armenia and Jan Fischer (wrestler) from Germany and faced Wassyl Ratschyba , a surprise man from Ukraine , in the final and lost on points. This made him vice European champion . At the Russian championship 2011 he lost in the final against the old master Alexei Mishin and took 2nd place.

Somewhat surprisingly celebrated Alan Chugajew at the Olympic Games 2012 in London the biggest success in his young wrestler career, because he was with wins over Alim Selimau , Belarus, Danijal Gadschijew , Kazakhstan, Vladimer Gegeshidze , Georgia and Karam Ibrahim , Egypt , Olympic champion .

In 2013, Alan Khugayev was defeated by Alexei Mishin in the final of the Russian championship. Mishin was therefore used by the Russian Wrestling Federation at the World and European Championships this year. For Alan Chugajew only the start remained at the Universiade in Kazan, where he won in a superior style.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2007	1.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Belgrade	medium	before Timo Kallio, Finland a . Sergo Ninua, Georgia
2007	15th	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Beijing	medium	after a victory over Hrvoje Savak, Croatia a . one loss to Liu Yingwei , People's Republic of China
2008	5.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Košice	medium	behind Robert Papp, Romania , Alexander Schischman, Ukraine , C. Johansson, Sweden a . Ardo Arusaar, Poland
2009	2.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Ankara	medium	after victories over Hrvoje Savak, Nikolai Bajrakow, Bulgaria , Tuomas Tarino, Finland a. Murtaza Taghiew, Azerbaijan u. a loss to Babak Hossein Ghorbani Goldasteh , Iran
2010	10.	Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund	medium	Winner: Jan Fischer (wrestler) , Germany ahead of Zoltán Fodor , Hungary
2010	1.	Henry Deglane Memorial in Nice	medium	before Alain Hassli and Cyril Vescan, bde. France and Talan Knox, USA
2011	1.	Ivan Yarigin Memorial in Tyumen	medium	before Alexei Mischin u. Asamat Bikbaev, bde. Russia and Charles Betts , USA
2011	4th	World Cup in Minsk	medium	behind Taleb Nariman Nematpour , Iran, Hassan Saman Tahmasebi , Azerbaijan and Alim Selimow , Belarus
2011	2.	EM in Dortmund	medium	after victories over Vincenzo Scibilia, Italy , Artur Schahinjan , Armenia and Jan Fischer a. a loss to Vasyl Ratschyba , Ukraine
2012	gold	OS in London	medium	with victories over Alim Selimow , Belarus, Danijal Gadschijew , Kazakhstan, Wladimer Gegeschidze , Georgia and Karam Ibrahim , Egypt
2013	5.	"Vehbi-Emre" Memorial in Istanbul	medium	behind Selçuk Çebi , Turkey, Revazi Nadareishvili, Georgia, Ali Gheitasikaschkouli and Hossein Nouri, both Iran
2013	1.	Adriatic Trophy in Porec / Croatia	medium	before Patrik Szabo, Hungary, Kresimir Franic, Croatia and Amer Hrustanovic, Austria
2013	1.	Universiade in Kazan	medium	in front of Maksim Manukjan, Armenia, Jawid Hamsatow, Belarus and Dschan Belentschuk , Ukraine
2013	1.	Sportaccord Combat Games in St. Petersburg	medium	in front of Elvin Mursalijew, Azerbaijan
2013	4th	Copa Brasil in Rio de Janeiro	Semi-difficult	behind Nikita Melnikow and Musa Ewlojew, both Russia and Iwan Burtubow, Argentina

Russian championship

year	space	Weight class	Results
2012	1.	medium	before Alexei Mishin , Oleg Schokalow and Saur Kareschew
2013	2.	medium	behind Alexei Mishin, in front of Emil Sharafetdinow and Asamat Bikbajew

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Middle weight, weight class up to 84 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013, since January 1, 2014 a new weight class classification by the FILA applies)

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Alan Chugajew at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
• Alan Khugayev in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )