Bashir Magomedowitsch Varajew

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Baschir Magomedowitsch Warajew ( Russian Башир Магомедович Вараев ; born February 23, 1964 in Grozny ) is a former Soviet judoka . He was a four-time European champion and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1988.

Life

The 1.78 m tall Warajew competed as a junior lightweight. In 1983 he finished second in the Junior World Championships, in 1983 and 1984 he was Junior European Champion.

From 1986 Varajew started in the light middleweight class, the class up to 78 kg. In 1986, 1987 and 1988 he was the Soviet champion. At the European Championships in 1987 he won the semi-finals against the German Frank Wieneke , in the final he defeated the French Jean-Michel Berthet . At the 1987 World Championships in Essen , he defeated the South Korean Lee Koai-hwa in the semifinals . After his final defeat against the Japanese Hirotaka Okada , Warajew received the silver medal. The following year, Warajew met Frank Wieneke in the final of the European Championships in 1988 and won the title. At the Olympic Games in 1988 he was defeated in the semifinals to the Poland Waldemar Legień , then Warajew defeated the Canadian Kevin Doherty and secured a bronze medal.

In 1989 Bashir Warajew met Frank Wieneke again in the final of the European Championships and won as in the previous year. At the World Championships in Belgrade he was defeated in the semifinals against the Japanese Tatsuto Mochida , in the battle for bronze he won against the US judoka Jason Morris . In 1990 Warajew won his fourth European title in a row, his final opponent was the Hungarian Zsolt Zsoldos . Three months later, he also won the Goodwill Games in Seattle. At the European Championships in 1991 he lost to the Dutchman Anthonie Wurth early in the tournament , but then fought his way through to the bronze medal. Warajew also won bronze at the 1991 World Championships in Barcelona , after an early loss to the German Daniel Lascau , he secured the medal by beating Anthonie Wurth.

For the 1992 Summer Olympics, Bashir Varajew could not qualify. In the light middleweight division instead his brother Sharip Varajew went on after he was third at the 1992 European Championships.

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  1. ↑ European Championships 1992 on judoinside.com, in contrast Sports-Reference assigns the medal at the European Championships to Baschir Varajew.
personal data
SURNAME Varayev, Bashir Magomedowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Вараев, Башир Магомедович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet judoka
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Grozny