Artur Michalkiewicz

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Artur Paweł Michalkiewicz (born September 11, 1977 in Wrocław ) is a former Polish wrestler . He became the European middleweight champion in the Greco-Roman style in 2006 .

Career

Artur Michalkiewicz started wrestling as a teenager in 1988 in his hometown. He focused on the Greco-Roman style and became a member of the sports club WKS Śląsk Wrocław . His first coach was Jan Stroiny, later Jerzy Adamek and Józef Tracz joined them. In order to be able to practice his sport, he became a member of the army and, after he was able to take home his first successes, started in the German Bundesliga for SV Johannis Nürnberg , KSV Köllerbach , KSV 07 Witten and 1. Luckenwalder SC . At a height of "only" 1.73 meters, he was a stocky, very powerful wrestler.

He made his first appearance at an international championship when he was a junior. However, he came in the European Junior Championships in 1995 in Witten in the weight class up to 74 kg only on 10th place. In 1997 he was in Istanbul behind the Greek Georgios Tziolas vice European champion and in Turku behind the Hungarian Sándor Bárdosi vice world champion in the junior division.

In 1998 Artur Michalkiewicz was the first Polish champion in the senior welterweight division , which was followed by several Polish championship titles. In 1999 he made his debut at an international senior championship at the European Championships in Sofia. He finished 8th in the welterweight division. In the next few years he then took part regularly in world and European championships, initially in welterweight and from 2002 in middleweight. He could not win any medals, although he defeated many world class wrestlers. In 2000 he also managed to qualify for the Sydney Olympic Games. In Sydney he defeated the welterweight Faafetai Iutana from Samoa, but lost to Vyacheslav Makarenko from Belarus and Dawid Manukjan from Ukraine and reached 9th place.

In 2004 he could not qualify for the Olympic Games in Athens. In 2006 he achieved the greatest success of his career in Moscow. With victories over Nazmi Avluca , Turkey, Andrea Minguzzi , Italy, Alexei Mischin , Russia, Vyacheslav Makarenko and Denis Forow from Armenia, he became European middleweight champion. Artur Michalkiewicz was also on the medal course for a long time at the 2006 World Cup in Guangzhou. There he defeated Vyacheslav Makarenko, Aleksandr Doxturishvili from Uzbekistan and Ara Abrahamian from Sweden, but then surprisingly lost to Kim-Jussi Nurmela from Finland. Since he did not reach the final, he was eliminated and ended up only in 7th place.

In 2008 he succeeded in participating in the Olympic Games for the second time. In Beijing, however, he lost his first fight against Bradley Vering from the United States, which resulted in his departure. Therefore he only came in 16th place. One month after this Olympics he achieved a prestigious success, because he became military world champion in Split ahead of Andrei Baranowski, Belarus, Nenad Žugaj , Croatia and Jan Fischer , Germany.

At the end of 2009 Artur Michalkiewicz ended his international and at the end of 2011 his national wrestling career.

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
1995 10. Junior European Championship in Witten up to 74 kg Winner: Sandor Bardosi, Hungary ahead of Sergei Beregovoj, Ukraine
1997 2. Junior European Championship in Istanbul Welter behind Georgios Tziolas, Greece, in front of Tekin Caglar, Turkey
1997 2. Junior World Championships in Turku Welter behind Sandor Bardosi, in front of Karam Ibrahim , Egypt
1999 8th. EM in Sofia Welter after a loss to Levon Geghamjan , Armenia and a win over Alberto Recuero Garcia, Spain
1999 3. Military World Cup in Zagreb Welter behind Andrei Tscherepachin, Russia and Kim Jung-sub, South Korea
1999 12. World Cup in Athens Welter after victories over Ole Petter Tveiten, Norway and Asamat Almabekow, Kyrgyzstan and a defeat against Tarieli Melelashvili, Georgia
2000 6th Olympic qualification tournament in Faenza Welter Winner: Vyacheslav Makarenko, Belarus ahead of Kvicha Bichinashvili , Georgia
2000 7th Olympic qualification tournament in Clermont-Ferrand Welter Winner: Marko Yli-Hannuksela , Finland ahead of Kwitscha Bichinaschwili
2000 4th Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent Welter behind Kim Jon-soo, South Korea, Ewgeni Erofailow, Uzbekistan and Matt Lindland , USA
2000 9. OS in Sydney Welter after defeating Faafetai Iutana, Zambia and losing to Vyacheslav Makarenko and Dwid Manukjan, Ukraine
2001 9. World Cup in Patras Welter after a win over Nazmi Avluca, Turkey and defeats against Yvon Riemer , France and Marko Yli-Hannuksela
2002 5. German Grand Prix in Dortmund medium Winner: Luiz Enrique Mendez Lazo , Cuba ahead of Kai Dittrich, Germany
2003 14th EM in Belgrade medium after a win over Andrea Minguzzi, Italy and a loss to Nazmi Avluca
2003 2. Military World Cup in Istanbul medium behind Nazmi Avluca, in front of Schota Narmanja, Belarus and Aaron Sieracki, USA
2003 15th World Cup in Créteil medium after a defeat against Gotcha Ziziaschwili , Israel and victories over Malik Salya Dev, India and Balázs Kiss , Hungary
2004 7th Olympic qualification tournament in Novi Sad medium Winner: Alexei Mischin, Russia ahead of Oleksandr Darahan , Ukraine
2004 7th Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent medium Winner: Behrouz Jamshidi, Iran ahead of Levon Geghamjan
2005 7th German Grand Prix in Dortmund medium Winner: Luiz Enrique Mendez Lazo ahead of Akif Canbas, Turkey
2005 7th World Cup in Budapest medium after victories over Michael Jauch, Switzerland, Armen Geghamjan, Armenia and Ma Sanyi, China and defeats against Alexei Mischin and Nazmi Avluca
2006 1. EM in Moscow medium after victories over Nazmi Avluca, Andrea Minguzzi, Alexei Mishin, Vyacheslav Makarenko and Denis Forow, Armenia
2006 7th World Cup in Guangzhou medium after victories over Vyacheslav Makarenko, Aleksandr Doxturishvili, Uzbekistan and Ara Abrahamian, Sweden and a defeat against Kim-Jussi Nurmela, Finland
2007 1. Acropolis Grand Prix in Athens medium before Attila Bátky , Slovakia, Vyacheslav Makarenko and Aaron Sieracki
2007 5. EM in Sofia medium after victories over Mats Rolfsen, Norway, Brian Jörgensen, Denmark and Nazmi Avluca and defeats against Alexei Mischin and Mélonin Noumonvi , France
2007 1. German Grand Prix in Dortmund medium before Rene Zimmermann, Germany, Andrei Baranowski, Belarus and Andrea Minguzzi
2007 21st World Cup in Baku medium after a win over Mario Baumgarten, Switzerland and a loss to Ara Abrahamian
2008 1. Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Memorial in Ratibor medium before Ewgeni Bogomolow, Russia and Zoltán Fodor , Hungary
2008 5. Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely medium behind Badri Chassaia , Georgia, Andrei Baranowski, Kim Jung-sub and Vyacheslav Makarenko
2008 14th EM in Tampere medium after a win over Marian Mihalik, Slovakia and a loss to Melonin Noumonvi
2008 3. Olympic qualification tournament in Rome-Ostia medium behind melonin Noumonvi and Andrei Samochin, Kazakhstan
2008 3. German Grand Prix in Dortmund medium behind Melonin Noumonvi and Andrei Baranowski
2008 16. OS in Beijing medium after losing to Bradley Vering, USA
2008 1. Military World Cup in Split medium before Andrei Baranowski, Nenad Zugaj, Croatia and Jan Fischer, Germany
2009 5. German Grand Prix in Dortmund medium Winner: Alexei Mischin ahead of Lennie Persson, Sweden
2009 8th. Golden Grand Prix in Baku medium Winner: Habibollah Jomeh Achlaghi, Iran ahead of Evgeni Bogomolow

Explanations: - all competitions in the Greco-Roman style - OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship - Welterweight, weight class up to 2001 up to 76 kg, since 2002 up to 74 kg, middle weight, since 2002 up to 84 kg body weight

literature

  • Trade journal "Der Ringer"

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Michalkiewicz, Artur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Michalkiewicz, Artur Pawel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw