Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanitsky

Alexander Vladimirovich Iwanizki ( Russian Александр Владимирович Иваницкий ; born December 10, 1937 in Jarowaja , Krasnolimansk Raion , Ukrainian SSR ; † July 2020 near Moscow ) was a Soviet wrestler .

Life

Alexander Ivanitsky grew up in Leningrad and attended the Leningrad Radio Technical Center as a teenager. He first played volleyball in the technical college team and later turned to judo . Since judo was not really making headway, he switched to wrestling and found the sport that was tailored to him, the now 1.90 m tall and 110 kg heavy athlete. The first successes came quickly. In 1962 he won the world championship for the first time. Ivanitsky wrestled exclusively in heavyweight, freestyle. He continued his education at the Institute for Physical Culture and Sport in Moscow and joined the Soviet Army after graduatinga. He later worked as a TV journalist . In September 2013 he was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame for his services to wrestling .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = Freestyle, S = Heavyweight)

• 1962, 1st place , World Cup in Toledo , F, S, with victories over Solowin, USA , Visser, South Africa , Hamit Kaplan , Turkey , Ragnar Svensson , Sweden and a draw against Lyutwi Dschiber Akhmedov , Bulgaria ;
• 1963, 1st place , World Cup in Sofia , F, S, with victories over Bohumil Kubát , Czechoslovakia , Herman, Romania , Peter Jutzeler , Switzerland , János Reznák , Hungary and a draw against Lyutwi Dschiber Achmedow;
• 1964, gold medal , OS in Tokyo , F, S, with victories over Larry Kristoff , USA, Tserendonoin Sandschaa , Mongolia , János Reznák, Ștefan Stîngu , Romania and a draw against Lyutwi Dschiber Akhmedov;
• 1965, 1st place , World Cup in Manchester , F, S, with victories over Roland Bock , Germany , Andersson, Sweden, Bohumil Kubát, Singh, India and a draw against Ljutwi Dschiber Achmedow and Larry Kristoff;
• 1966, 1st place , World Cup in Toledo / USA, F, S, with victories over Seo, Japan , Walko Kostow , Bulgaria, Roland Bock and a draw against Larry Kristoff.

National successes

Ivanitsky won the Soviet championship several times, but was replaced by Alexander Medwed in 1967 and, although unbeaten on the international mat, never again played at the Olympic Games or World or European Championships.

swell

• 1) Documentation of International Wrestling Championships of the FILA, 1976
• 2) International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig
• 3) various issues of the specialist magazine "Athletik"

Web links

• Profile of Alexander Iwanizki at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Alexander Iwanizki in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Biography ( Memento from November 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ В Подмосковье нашли мертвым олимпийского чемпиона по вольной борьбе Александра Иваницкого. July 25, 2020, accessed July 25, 2020 (Russian). 
2. ↑ Outstanding Class of 2013 to Enter FILA Hall of Fame , accessed on April 16, 2017 (English)