Baju Baew

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Baju Baew (born January 5, 1941 in Malomir , Yambol Oblast ) is a former Bulgarian wrestler . He was three-time European champion in 1968, 1969 and 1970 in the free style flyweight.

Career

Baju Baew began wrestling as a youth in Yambol . He was very talented and initially started for the sports club FD "Lskov" Yambol. After he was drafted into the military, he started for the central sports club of the army CSKA Sofia . He was particularly encouraged there and specialized entirely in free style. In Bulgaria he had to overcome tough competition before he was sent to international flyweight championships. His toughest competitors were Stojko Malow , Nikola Dimitrov and Josuf Josufow . In 1963 he was used in an international match in Sofia against the Federal Republic of Germany and was defeated by the experienced Paul Neff from Schifferstadt on points. In the revenge, a year later in the FRG, he fought against Paul Neff in a draw.

Baju Baew made his debut at an international championship at the 1965 World Flyweight Championship in Manchester . He had an excellent debut, as he became vice world champion with four wins despite two defeats against Ali Akbar Heidari from Iran and Yoshishisa Yoshida from Japan . In 1966 he started at the World Championships in Toledo / USA , but retired with only one win after the 3rd round and only came in 9th place.

He was more successful again at the European Championship in Istanbul in 1967 , because he was runner-up behind Mehmet Esenceli from Turkey , against whom he lost on points. At the world championship of the same year in New Delhi , Baju managed to win again, but tied three times and had to retire after the fourth round. He was ranked 7th.

In 1968 Baju won the first title. He became European flyweight champion in Skopje . He owed this mainly to Paul Neff, whom he had defeated on points. Neff defeated the defending champion Mehmet Esenceli, who in turn lost to Baju Baew. Of these three wrestlers, Baju had the best point ratio and thus became European champion. At the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 , Baju fared like the World Championships in 1966 and 1967. He couldn't convince, only won one fight and ended up in 12th place, which was disappointing for him.

In 1969 Baju was only used at the European Championships in Sofia . He was in good shape and became European champion for the second time. In the final, Aminula defeated Nasrulajew from the Soviet Union . In 1970 Baju even won his third European title in a row in Berlin . In the final battle he defeated Ali Riza Alan from Turkey.

At the 1970 World Cup, things were better for Baju this time. He managed four wins and fought twice, which earned him the runner-up world title. Because he had reached the maximum number of faulty points "6", he was eliminated after the 6th round and could no longer compete against Ali Riza Alan, who was alone below 6 fault points. Alan was thus world champion.

In 1970, Baju was also used in two country battles of the Bulgarian national relay in the Federal Republic of Germany. He won it once against Mario Sabattini from Freiburg im Breisgau and lost a fight against the same wrestler.

In 1971 Baju only started at the world championship in Sofia at home and had to make do with the runner-up title again. It failed because of Mohammad Ghorbani from Iran . In 1972, the Soviet athlete Arsen Alachwerdiew prevented Baju from winning his fourth European title with a points win. Baju became vice European champion. At the end of his successful career, Baju Baew wanted to finally win an Olympic medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . But it turned out to be very "thick" for him, because he was eliminated after the second round because of a draw with the Italian Vincenzo Grassi and a defeat against Dojodovyn Ganbat from Mongolia and only ended up in 16th place.

Then Baju Baew ended his career as an active wrestler, but stayed in this sport as a coach.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = free style, Fl = flyweight, back then up to 52 kg body weight)

swell

  • various issues of the specialist magazine " Athletik " from 1963 to 1972,
  • Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976,
  • International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Baew, Baju
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Malomir , Yambol Oblast