Andrei Anatolyevich Shumilin

Andrei Anatolyevich Shumilin

Andrei Anatoljewitsch Schumilin ( Russian Андрей Анатольевич Шумилин ; born March 9, 1970 in Kaliningrad ) is a Soviet or Russian wrestler . In 1999 he was vice world champion and European champion in free style in the super heavyweight .

Career

Andrei Schumilin began wrestling in 1980. He concentrated on the free style. As an adult he joined the Navy and was stationed in Kaliningrad as a member of the Baltic Sea Fleet. There he belonged to the army sports club CSKA Kaliningrad and was coached mainly by Oleg Sugako during his career. At a height of 1.90 meters, he always competed in the heaviest weight class, which at the time was the super heavyweight (up to 130 kg body weight).

He was already very successful as a junior. In 1988 he won the junior world championship (age group Juniors) in Wolfurt / Austria in the weight class up to 115 kg. In 1989 he was in Ulan Bator Junior World Champion in the Espoirs age group. In the super heavyweight division, he relegated Atanas Geguskow, Bulgaria, Andrew Borodow , Canada and Sven Thiele , GDR, to the places. In 1990 he was also a junior European champion (Espoirs) in super heavyweight ahead of Ömer Aslantas, Turkey and Georgi Christow, Bulgaria. In the same year he was also used at the European Senior Championship in Poznań. Given the enormous strength and performance of the Soviet wrestlers in those years, that was a great vote of confidence. He was also able to justify this, although he did not win the title, but “only” a bronze medal behind Andreas Schröder , GDR and Kiril Barbutow , Bulgaria.

Due to the political upheavals in the Soviet Union, Andrei Shumilin's wrestling career also stalled somewhat. As early as August 1993, however, he competed for Russia at the World Cup in Toronto, where he won a bronze medal behind Bruce Baumgartner from the United States and Mirabi Valiyev , Ukraine. He also won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Rome in 1994 behind Mirabi Valiyev and Mahmut Demir from Turkey, while he only came 11th at the 1994 World Championships in Istanbul, where Mahmut Demir won.

1995 Andrei Shumilin was not used at the international championships. In 1996, however, he managed to qualify for the Russian Olympic team. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta he first won victories over Igor Klimow, Kazakhstan and, surprisingly, Bruce Baumgartner, then lost to world champion Mahmut Demir, then defeated Alexander Kowalewski, Kyrgyzstan and had to fight in his last fight, which was an Olympic one Bronze medal went to compete against Bruce Baumgartner again, against whom he lost this time just on points. So he had to be satisfied with 4th place.

In 1998 he won the World Cup in Tehran behind Alexis Rodríguez Valera from Cuba and Rasoul Khadem Azghadi from Iran, but ahead of Kerry McCoy from the United States and Aydin Polatci from Turkey, a World Cup bronze medal. The most successful year in Andrei Schumilin's career was 1999. He was in Minsk in April of this year with victories over Boschidar Bojadschiew from Bulgaria, Mirabi Valiev, Jan Tresnak, Czech Republic, Sven Thiele, Germany and Aydin Polatci, with whom he was New European champions defeated 4: 3 points. He was also in excellent shape at the World Cup in Ankara. He won there over the reigning world champion Alexis Rodriguez Valera with 4: 0 points. Then he defeated Aljaksej Mjadswedseu from Belarus, Miradi Valiyev and Abbas Jadidi from Iran. In the final he was defeated by the US boy Stephen Neal , who was completely unknown on the international wrestling mat, and became vice world champion.

Then he ended his wrestling career.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1988	1.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Wolfurt / Austria	up to 115 kg	before Georgi Christow, Bulgaria and Ferenc Juno, Hungary
1989	1.	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Ulan Bator	Super heavy	before Atanas Geguskow, Bulgaria, Andrew Borodow, Canada and Sven Thiele, Germany
1990	1.	Junior European Championship (Espoirs)	Super heavy	before Ömer Aslantas, Turkey, Georgi Christow and Ferenc Juno
1990	3.	EM in Poznań	Super heavy	behind Andreas Schröder, GDR and Kiril Barbutow, Bulgaria, in front of Ayik Sezgin, Turkey
1991	2.	"Roger Coulon" Memorial in Carcassonne	Super heavy	behind Andreas Schröder, Germany, in front of Cho Byung-eun, South Korea
1993	1.	World Cup in Chattanooga	Super heavy	before Bruce Baumgartner, USA and Hiroyuki Obata, Japan
1993	3.	World Cup in Toronto	Super heavy	behind Bruce Baumgartner and Mirabi Waliev, Ukraine
1994	3.	EM in Rome	Super heavy	behind Mirabi Valiyev and Mahmut Demir, Turkey
1994	11.	World Cup in Istanbul	Super heavy	Winner: Mahmut Demir ahead of Bruce Baumgartner and Alexei Medvedev, Belarus
1994	2.	Goodwill Games in Moscow	Super heavy	behind Sasa Turmanidze, Georgia, in front of Bruce Baumgartner and Nodar Ganbar, Iran
1995	3.	Military World Games in Rome	Super heavy	behind Zekerija Güclü , Turkey and Juri Schobitko, Ukraine
1995	1.	World Cup in Chattanooga	Super heavy	before Bruce Baumgartner and Mahmut Demir
1996	4th	OS in Atlanta	Super heavy	after victories over Igor Klimow, Kazakhstan and Bruce Baumgartner, a defeat against Mahmut Demir, a victory over Alexander Kowalewski, Kyrgyzstan and a defeat against Bruce Baumgartner
1997	1.	Baltic Sea Games in Siaulai / Lithuania	Super heavy	before Arunas Sulcas, Lithuania and Alexei Medvedev
1998	1.	World Cup in Stillwater	Super heavy	ahead of Tom Erickson , USA, Alexis Rodriguez Valera, Cuba, Alireza Rezaei , Iran and Sven Thiele
1998	1.	Goodwill Games in New York	Super heavy	before Kerry McCoy and Aydin Polatci, Turkey
1998	3.	World Cup in Tehran	Super heavy	behind Alexis Rodriguez Valera and Rasul Khadem Azghadi, Iran, in front of Kerry McCoy and Aydin Polatci
1999	1.	EM in Minsk	Super heavy	after victories over Boschidar Bojadschiew, Bulgaria, Mirabi Walijew, Jan Tresnak, Czech Republic, Sven Thiele and Aydin Polatci
1999	1.	Military World Cup in Zagreb	Super heavy	before Bayram Dogan, Turkey and Juri Schobitko
1999	2.	World Cup in Ankara	Super heavy	after victories over Alexis Rodriguez Valera, Alexei Medvedev, Miradi Valiyew and Abbas Jadidi, Iran and a defeat against Stephen M. Neal, USA

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship EM = European Championship
• Super heavyweight, back then up to 130 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

• Andrei Anatoljewitsch Schumilin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )