Alexis Rodríguez Valera

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Alexis Rodríguez Valera (born July 7, 1978 in Havana ) is a Cuban wrestler . He became world champion in 1998 and 2000 Olympic third in super heavyweight free style.

Career

Alexis Rodríguez began wrestling as a teenager in his hometown of Havana in 1985. He concentrated on free style and belonged to the sports club Cerro Pelado Havana . His coach was Barbero Morgan from the start of his career. He is a sports teacher and always competed in the heaviest weight class, the heavy or super heavyweight.

As early as 1996 he qualified at a tournament in Cali , Colombia, for participation in the Olympic Games in Atlanta that year. He could not take part in these games because the country of Fidel Castro boycotted these Olympic Games. In the same year he was in Moscow but junior world champion in the weight class up to 115 kg body weight. In 1997 he wrestled at the World Cup in Stillwater . In the final he lost against the former Olympic champion Bruce Baumgartner from the United States. It was the only meeting of these two wrestlers. In 1997 he was also the first Pan American champion in San Juan , Puerto Rico. His victory at the Junior World Championships in 1996 he could not repeat in Helsinki in 1997, because he was defeated there in the final of this championship against Aydın Polatçı from Turkey, who should develop into his feared opponent throughout his career. After all, he also wrestled at the 1997 World Championships in Krasnoyarsk and, as a 19-year-old, immediately became vice world champion. He defeated it Juan García from Venezuela, Krassimir Kotschew from Bulgaria and Tom Erickson from the United States and lost in the final against Zekeriya Güçlü from Turkey.

In 1998 Alexis Rodríguez lost at the Pan American Championship in Winnipeg in the final against Tolly Thompson from the United States, but then celebrated the greatest success of his career at the World Cup in Tehran, where he was won over Feng Aigang, China, Hiroyuki Obata, Japan, Kerry McCoy , USA, and Rasoul Khadem , Iran, world champions.

In 1999 he lost again at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg in the final against an American, namely against Stephen Neal . He then performed very disappointingly at the World Cup in Ankara, because he was eliminated there after defeating Aljaksej Mjadswedseu from Belarus after a defeat in the second round against Andrei Shumilin from Russia because of the controversial FILA regulations at the time and only came in 16 . Space.

In 2000 he finished 3rd in the Pan American Championship in Cali behind Kerry McCoy and Gemalier Coats Calcano, Dominican Republic. He was then used at the Olympic Games in Sydney, where he won an Olympic bronze medal with victories over Krassimir Kochev, Dolgorsürengiin Sumjaabadsar , Mongolia, and Alexei Medvedev, a defeat against Artur Taymazov , Uzbekistan, and a victory over Abbas Jadidi from Iran.

In 2001 he was in Santo Domingo , Dom. Republic, second time Pan American champion ahead of Andrew Bowlby from the United States. He then won a medal, namely the bronze, at the World Cup in Sofia that year. He won this medal with victories over Aleksi Modebadse , Georgia, Hisham Abdelwahab Abdelmoanem Mohamed, Egypt, and Boschidar Bojadschiew , Bulgaria, a loss to Artur Taymazov and a victory over Kerry McCoy.

In the following years, Alexis Rodríguez won three vice world titles. That was in Tehran in 2002 , in Budapest in 2005 and in Baku in 2007 . He defeated Ottó Aubéli from Hungary, Dawit Otiaschwili from Georgia, Marid Mutalimow from Kazakhstan, Thomas Rowlands and, in 2007, Artur Taymazov. The wrestlers who blocked his way to the world title during these years were David Musuľbes , Russia, (2002), Aydın Polatçı (2005) and Biljal Machow , Russia, (2007). In 2004 he also competed in the Olympic Games in Athens . But he missed the medal ranks there with a 5th place. In Athens he defeated Nestoras Batzelas , Greece, and Serhij Prjadun , Ukraine, lost to Aydın Polatçı and won over Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow from Russia.

He was Pan-American champion in Guatemala City in 2004 and in San Salvador in 2007. He also won the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he defeated Thomas Rowlands in the final. For participation in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he could no longer qualify.

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
1996 2. Olympic qualification tournament in Cali / Colombia Super heavy behind Tom Erickson , USA, in front of Andrew Borodow , Canada
1996 1. Junior World Championships in Moscow up to 115 kg in front of Məhəmməd Qerayev, Azerbaijan, and Artjom Achigew, Russia
1996 2. World Cup in Tehran Super heavy behind Ebrahim Mehraban, Iran
1997 2. World Cup in Stillwater Super heavy behind Bruce Baumgartner , USA, in front of David Musuľbes , Russia, and Heiko Balz , Germany
1997 1. Pan American Championship in San Juan (Puerto Rico) Super heavy before Adrian Gilmore, Canada, and Billy Pierce, USA
1997 2. Junior World Championships in Helsinki up to 115 kg behind Aydın Polatçı, Turkey, in front of Artjom Achigew and Alireza Chawoshi, Iran
1997 2. World Championship in Krasnoyarsk Super heavy after victories over Juan García, Venezuela, Krassimir Kotschew , Bulgaria, and Tom Erickson and a defeat against Zekeriya Güçlü, Turkey
1998 2. Pan American Championship in Winnipeg Super heavy behind Tolly Thompson , USA, in front of Yogi Johl, Canada, and Alfredo Fan, Panama
1998 3. World Cup in Stillwater Super heavy behind Andrei Schumilin, Russia, and Tom Erickson, in front of Alireza Rezaei , Iran
1998 1. World championship in Tehran Super heavy after victories over Feng Aigang, China, Hiroyuki Obata, Japan, Kerry McCoy, USA, and Rasoul Khadem, Iran
1999 2. World Cup in Spokane Super heavy behind Kerry McCoy, in front of Sven Thiele , Germany
1999 2. Pan American Games in Winnipeg Super heavy behind Stephen Neal , USA, in front of Wayne Weathers, Canada
1999 16. World Championship in Ankara Super heavy after defeating Alexei Medvedev , Belarus, and losing to Andrei Shumilin
2000 5. World Cup in Fairfax Super heavy behind Kerry McCoy, Oleg Chorpjakow, Russia, Alireza Rezaei and Mirabi Valiev , Ukraine
2000 3. Pan American Championship in Cali Super heavy behind Kerry McCoy and Gamalier Coats Calcano, Dominican Republic
2000 bronze Olympic Games in Sydney Super heavy after victories over Krassimir Kochev, Dolgorsürengiin Sumjaabadsar , Mongolia, and Aljaksej Mjadswedseu, a defeat against Artur Taymazov , Uzbekistan, and a victory over Abbas Jadidi , Iran
2001 1. Pan-American Championship in Santo Domingo / Dom. Rep. Super heavy before Andrew Bowlby, USA, and Carlos Panaro, Canada
2001 3. World Championship in Sofia Super heavy after victories over Aleksi Modebadse , Georgia, Hisham Abdelwahab Abdelnoanem Mohamed, Egypt, and Boschidar Bojadschiew , a defeat against Artur Taymazov and a victory over Kerry McCoy
2002 2. Pan American Championship in Maracaibo Heavy behind Tolly Thompson, in front of Yonsi Antonio Sánchez Oroczo, Venezuela
2002 2. World championship in Tehran Heavy after victories over Boschidar Bojadschiew, Marco Oliveira, Brazil, Ottó Aubéli, Hungary, and Dawit Otiaschwili, Georgia, and a defeat against David Musuľbes
2003 1. "Dave Schultz" Memorial International in Colorado Springs Heavy before Brian Keck, USA, and Barys Hrynkewitsch, Belarus
2003 3. Pan American Games in Santo Domingo Heavy behind Kerry McCoy and Edgar Alfonso Becerra Yañez, Venezuela
2003 1. Absolute FILA championship in Moscow Heavy after victories over Giorgi Gogschelidze , Georgia, Efstathios Topalidis, Greece, David Musuľbes and Steve Mocco , USA
2004 1. Olympic qualification tournament in Bratislava Heavy ahead of Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow , Russia, Francesco Miano-Petta , Italy, and Marek Garmulewicz , Poland
2004 1. Pan American Championship in Guatemala City Heavy before Yordany Figueroa, Guatemala, and Brian Keck
2004 5. Olympic Games in Athens Heavy after victories over Nestoras Batzelas , Greece, and Serhij Prjadun , Ukraine, a defeat against Aydın Polatçı and a victory over Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow
2005 1. World Cup in Tashkent Heavy before Iwan Ishchenko , Ukraine, Tolly Thompson and Fardin Masoumi Valadi , Iran
2005 3. Pan American Championship in Guatemala City Heavy behind Cole Marshall Konrad, USA, and Yonsy Sánchez, Venezuela
2005 2. World Championship in Budapest Heavy after victories over Nikolai Telegin, Azerbaijan, Marid Mutalimow , Kazakhstan, Lei Liang , China, and Otto Aubeli and a defeat against Aydın Polatçı
2007 1. Pan American Championship in San Salvador Heavy before Thomas Rowlands , USA, and Yonsy Sánchez
2007 1. German Grand Prix in Dortmund Heavy before Lei Liang, Rareș Daniel Chintojan , Romania, and Ottó Aubéli
2007 1. Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro Heavy in front of Thomas Rowlands and Carlos Felix García, Dom. Rep.
2007 2. World Championship in Baku Heavy after victories over Martin Siddiqui, Germany, Thomas Rowlands, Boschidar Bojadschiew and Artur Taymazov and a defeat against Biljal Machow, Russia
2008 3. Pan American Championship in Colorado Springs Heavy behind Thomas Rowlands and Adrian Antoine Jaoude, Brazil
2011 5. "Ali-Aliyev" Memorial in Kaspiysk Heavy behind Bakhtiyar Akhmedov , Russia, Fatih Çakıroğlu, Turkey, Ramasan Magomedow, Russia, and Taha Akgül, Turkey

Explanations

  • all free style competitions
  • Super heavyweight, until 2001 up to 130 kg, heavyweight, since 2002 up to 120 kg

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personal data
SURNAME Rodríguez Valera, Alexis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION cuban wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana