Andrij Stadnik

Andriy Stadnik Wolodymyrowytsch ( Ukrainian Андрій Володимирович Стаднік , Russian Андрей Владимирович Стадник / Andrei Vladimirovich Stadnik * 15. April 1982 in Khmelnitsky , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a Ukrainian wrestler . He won a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 and was European lightweight champion in free style in 2009 .

Career

Stadnik started wrestling in 1992 at the age of 10. His first coach was his father Volodymyr Stadnik. After studying at the Ukrainian Printing Academy, he joined the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior as a police officer. Since then he has been a member of the Spartak / Dynamo Lwow ( Lemberg ) sports club , where he is trained by Sasa Sasirow and Viktor Perwachtschuk. He wrestles exclusively in free style.

As a junior he started in 1999 at the World Championships in Łódź (Cadets) and came in 7th place in featherweight. He was far more successful at the Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Tirana in 2002 , because there he was European lightweight champion ahead of Elnur Aslanov from Azerbaijan and Mario Wohlfahrt from Germany .

In the senior category he came after a 11th place at the University World Cup in 2004 in Łódź in 2005 at the European Championships in Varna to his first medal win. He won there u. a. with wins over Irbek Walentinowitsch Farnijew from Russia and Peter Engelhardt from Germany the bronze medal in the lightweight. He won the same medal at the 2006 World Cup in Guangzhou / People's Republic of China . He lost there in the semifinals to the Georgian Otar Tuschishvili , but had previously u. a. defeated two absolute top wrestlers with Leonid Spiridonow from Kazakhstan and Machach Murtasalijew from Russia. He won the bronze medal in the fight against the multiple world and European champion Serafim Barzakow from Bulgaria , which he won with two rounds and 7: 1 techn. Points defeated.

In 2007 Stadnik missed out on medal wins at the international championships. At the European Championships in Sofia he lost in his first fight against the Armenian Shirair Howhannisjan (1: 2 rounds and 6: 8 technical points). Since this did not reach the finals, he was eliminated and only finished 13th. Things went better for him at the 2007 World Cup in Baku . He initially won four fights there, but then lost to Ramazan Şahin from Turkey and missed the small final with another defeat against Irbek Farnijew, against whom he lost significantly (0: 2 rounds with 2:10 technical points) 5th place. With this placement he had already secured a starting place at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing .

At the European Championships in Tampere in 2008 Stadnik won in the lightweight against Gregor Sarrasin from Switzerland and Albert Batirow from Belarus , but then lost to Koba Kakaladze from Georgia and again against Shirair Howhannisjan and only came in 7th place. At the Olympic Games in Beijing he was in far better shape at the lightweight. He defeated there Doug Schwab from the United States, Sushil Kumar from India , Albert Batirow and Leonid Spiridonow and was in the final against Ramazan Şahin . He delivered this an even fight and was only barely defeated with 1: 2 rounds and 5: 6 techn. Points. The silver medal was the reward for his good work.

At the end of March 2009 in Vilnius held European championships, he achieved five wins. In the semifinals he defeated his feared opponent Schirair Howhannisjan and in the final Jabrail Hasanow from Azerbaijan and became the European lightweight champion.

International success

year	space	Competitions	Weight class	Results
1999	7th	Junior World Championships in Łódź	feather	Winner: Nikolos Lobschanidze, Georgia ahead of Amin Dalvand , Iran a . Leonid Pantelei, Moldova
2002	1.	Junior European Championship in Tirana	Light	in front of Elnur Aslanov , Azerbaijan a . Mario Wohlfahrt, Germany
2004	11.	University World Championships in Łódź	Light	Winner: Masoud Vahedi, Iran ahead of Ruslan Bodisteanu , Moldova a. Adrian Mazan, Poland
2005	1.	World Cup in Tashkent	Light	before Hassan Salman Tahmasebi , Iran a. Jared Eric Lawrence, USA
2005	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	Light	before Prokop Petrow, Russia , Serghei Şişcov, Moldova a. Jurij Semakin, Ukraine
2005	3.	EM in Varna	Light	with victories over Jouni Samuli Rosenloef, Finland a . Irbek Walentinowitsch Farnijew , Russia, a defeat against Elman Asgarow u. a victory over Peter Engelhardt , Germany
2006	3.	World Cup in Guangzhou / People's Republic of China	Light	with victories over Takafumi Kojima, Japan , Leonid Spiridonow , Kazakhstan a . Makhach Murtasalijew , Russia a. Defeats against Otar Tuschishvili , Georgia a. Serafim Barzakow , Bulgaria
2007	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	Light	before Albert Batirow , Belarus , Renat Ramasanow, Russia a. Vitaly Kozlov, Ukraine
2007	13.	EM in Sofia	Light	after a defeat by Shirair Howhannisjan , Armenia
2007	5.	World Cup in Baku	Light	with victories over Cristian Nora Rora, Bolivia , Apostolos Taskoudis, Greece , Ruslan Bodisteanu u. Sushil Kumar , India a . Losses against Ramazan Şahin , Turkey a . Irbek Farniev
2008	7th	EM in Tampere	Light	with victories over Gregor Sarrasin, Switzerland a . Albert Batirow et al. Losses against Koba Kakaladze , Georgia a. Shirair Howhannisjan
2008	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Light	before Emin Azizov, Azerbaijan, Shamil Abdulajew, Russia a. Ramazan Abdurachmanow, Azerbaijan
2008	silver	OS in Beijing	Light	with victories over Doug Schwab , USA , Sushil Kumar, Albert Batirow a. Leonid Spiridonow et al. a loss to Ramazan Şahin
2009	1.	EM in Vilnius	Light	with victories over Adam Sobieraj , Poland, Amir Berukow , Russia, Roman Dermenyi, Moldova, Schirair Howhannisjan u. Jabrail Hasanow , Azerbaijan

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Lightweight, weight class up to 66 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer , numbers: 6/1999, 8/2002, 5/2005, 10/2006, 5/2007, 10/2007
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web links

• Profile of Andrij Stadnik at the Institute for Applied Training Science