Anatoly Michailowitsch Albul
Anatoly Michailowitsch Albul ( Russian Анатолий Михайлович Албул ; born January 6, 1936 in Leningrad, today Saint Petersburg ; † August 13, 2013 ibid) was a Soviet wrestler .
Life
Albul started wrestling as a teenager. After the first major successes, he was delegated to Spartak Leningrad . As early as 1958, at the age of 20, he had reached the top Soviet class of freestyle wrestlers when he finished second at the Soviet championships behind the experienced Boris Kulayev and ahead of the Georgian Nischeradze. In 1957 he was third at the Soviet championships behind Boris Michailowitsch Gurewitsch and in front of Boris Kulayev.
At the II. People's Spartakiad of the USSR in 1959 he came in the light heavyweight behind Boris Kulayev, Boris Gurewitsch and Schota Lomidze only on the 4th place. Also in 1960 Albul could not win the Soviet light heavyweight championship, He was third winner that year behind his old rivals Boris Kulayev and Boris Gurevich. Nevertheless, he was nominated by Soviet officials for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome . The 3rd place, which he took there and thus winning the bronze medal, was a small disappointment for him as well as the coaches and officials, given the high expectations.
In 1961 Albul was the Soviet runner-up in the light heavyweight division behind Boris Gurevich. In 1963 he was used at the World Championships in Sofia in the middleweight division and came there behind Prodan Gardschew from Bulgaria but before Mansour Mehdizadeh from Iran on the 2nd place.
After 1963, Albul could no longer achieve top positions in the Soviet Union in the tough competition there, which also ended his international career.
He also studied at the Lesgaft Academy for Physical Exercise in Leningrad. From 1965 to 1974 he worked as a diving instructor at the Higher Naval Submarine School (ВМУ подводного плавания им. Ленинского комсомола) in Leningrad. From 1974 to 1987 he was a lecturer at the Mozhaisky Academy of Military Space Travel (Военно-космическая академия имени А. Ф. Можайского (ВКА)) in Leningrad.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = freestyle, Wed = middleweight, up to 1961 up to 79 kg and from 1962 up to 87 kg body weight, Hs = light heavyweight, up to 1961 up to 87 kg and from 1962 up to 97 kg body weight)
- 1957, 1st place , International Sports Games in Moscow , F, Hs, in front of Nikola Stantschew , Bulgaria and Takagi, Japan ;
- 1958, 1st place , World Cup in Sofia , F, Hs, ahead of Gholamreza Takhti , Iran and Ibrahim Karabacak , Turkey ;
- 1959, points winner over György Gurics , in the international match between RSFSR and Hungary ;
- 1960, bronze medal , OS in Rome , F, Hs, with victories over Eugen Holzherr , Switzerland , Valko Kostow , Bulgaria and Daniel Brand , USA , a draw against Viking Palm , Sweden and a defeat against İsmet Atlı , Turkey;
- 1961, point defeat against Gholam Reza Takhti in the international match between the Georgian Socialist Soviet Republic and Iran;
- 1963, 2nd place , World Cup in Sofia, F, Wed, with victories over Tatsuo Sasaki, Japan, Russell Camilleri , USA and Ramadan Salahi, Yugoslavia and defeats against Mansour Mehdizadeh , Iran and Prodan Gardschew , Bulgaria
swell
- Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976
- various issues of the specialist magazine Athletik from 1957 to 1963
Individual evidence
Web links
- Profile of Anatoli Albul at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Anatoli Albul in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Albul, Anatoly Mikhailovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Albul, Anatoli; Албул, Анатолий Михайлович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 2013 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |