Alexis Vila

Alexis Vila Perdomo (born March 12, 1971 in Vila Clara ) is a former Cuban wrestler and current mixed martial arts fighter. As a wrestler, he was twice world champion and won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in free style in light flyweight .

Career

Alexis Vila grew up in his hometown and started wrestling there as a teenager in 1986. He focused on the free style and started for a wrestling club in Vila Clara, where Juan Caballero was his trainer.

He first appeared on the international wrestling mat in 1993, when he was already 22 years old. He started at a World Cup tournament in Chattanooga and finished second behind the Russian Peter Jumschanow . A few months later he took part in the 1993 World Cup in Toronto , where he immediately won the world title ahead of Wugar Orudschow , Belarus , Jung Soon-won , South Korea and Ilyas Sükrüoglu , Turkey .

In 1994 he was also the Pan American champion in Mexico City ahead of Jose Manuel Restrepo Gonzales from Colombia and Kanamti Solomon from the United States . In August 1994 he succeeded in defending the world championship title first won in 1993 in Istanbul . He won in Istanbul ahead of Jung Soon-won, Peter Jumschanow and Assen Tschetow from Bulgaria .

In 1995, Alexis Vila was the winner of the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata . He relegated Paul Ragusa from Canada , Tim Vanni from the United States and Jose Manuel Restrepo Gonzales to their places. But he was unable to achieve his goal of becoming world champion for the third time in a row in Atlanta . He lost in Atlanta in the final against his old rival Wugar Orudschow and therefore had to be content with second place in front of Armen Mkrtchjan from Armenia and Nader Rahmati from Iran .

In 1996 he qualified for the Olympic Games in Atlanta by winning a tournament in Cali / Colombia . In May 1996, he also launched the Grand Prix of Germany in Leipzig and won there before Wugar Orudschow, Romica Rasovan , Germany (formerly Romania) and Beyhan Gülfiliz from Turkey. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he defeated Isaac Jacob, Nigeria and Filiberto Fernandez, Mexico , then lost to Armen Mkrtchyan and won an Olympic bronze medal with victories over Wiktor Efteni , Ukraine, Vitali Railean , Moldova and Wugar Orudschow.

In May 1997 Alexis Vila took part in the Pan American Championships in San Juan / Puerto Rico . He won there ahead of Eric Albarrion, United States, and Ulises Valentini, Dominican Republic . After the award ceremony, he took advantage of the opportunity to break away from the Cuban team and then emigrated to the United States.

Stay in the United States

In the United States, Alexis Vila first lived in North Carolina and Michigan and then found a home in Miami , Florida . There he became a criminal offender and had to serve a four-year prison sentence. He then found a job as a youth coach for wrestling and other martial arts with a charity in Miami.

In 2007 he made his debut as a mixed martial arts fighter and has competed in this sport for the American Top Team to date 13 fights, of which he has won eleven.

International success as a wrestler

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1993	2.	World Cup in Chattanooga	Half flying	behind Peter Jumschanow, Russia, in front of Paul Ragusa, Canada
1993	1.	World Cup in Toronto	Half flying	in front of Wugar Orudschow, Belarus, Jong Soon-won, South Korea and Ilyas Sükrüoglu, Turkey
1993	1.	Central American and Caribbean Games in Ponce / Puerto Rico	Half flying	before Hamar Diaz, Venezuela and Mynor Ramirez, Guatemala
1994	1.	Pan American Championship in Mexico City	Half flying	before Jose Manuel Restrepo Gonzales, Colombia and Kanamti Solomon, USA
1994	1.	World Cup in Istanbul	Half flying	before Jung Soon-won, Peter Jumschanow, Assen Tschetow , Bulgaria and Nasser Zainalnia, Iran
1995	1.	Pan American Games in Mar del Plata	Half flying	ahead of Paul Ragusa, Tim Vanni, USA and Jose Manuel Restrepo Gonzales
1995	2.	World Cup in Atlanta	Half flying	behind Wugar Orudschow, in front of Armen Mkrtchjan , Armenia and Nader Rahmati, Iran
1996	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Cali / Colombia	Half flying	before Paul Ragusa and Jose Manuel Restrepo Gonzales
1996	1.	German Grand Prix in Leipzig	Half flying	before Wugar Orudschow, Romica Rasovan, Germany and Beyhan Gülfiliz, Turkey
1996	bronze	OS in Atlanta	Half flying	after victories over Isaac Jacob , Nigeria and Filiberto Fernandez , Mexico, a defeat against Armen Mkrtchyan and victories over Wiktor Efteni , Ukraine, Vitali Railean , Moldova and Wugar Orudschow
1996	1.	World Cup in Tehran	Half flying	before Babak Nourzad, Iran and A. Serbiguchjew, Russia
1997	1.	Grand Prix of Greece in Athens	To fly	before Moon Myunkh-suk, South Korea and Iwan Tzonow, Bulgaria
1997	1.	Pan American Championship in San Juan / Puerto Rico	Half flying	before Eric Albarrion, USA, Ulises Valentini, Dominican Republic and Arnel Kernizan de Jesus, Puerto Rico

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Half flies, weight class up to 48 kg body weight

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Alexis Vila at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Alexis Vila in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Alexis Vila in the database of Sherdog (English)