Boris Georgievich Bigajew

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Boris Georgijewitsch Bigajew ( Russian Борис Георгиевич Бигаев ; born July 22, 1951 in Staryj Batakojurt, North Ossetian ASSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Soviet wrestler of North Ossetian origin. He was European super heavyweight champion in 1978 in free style.

Career

Boris Bigajew started wrestling in 1968 in his North Ossetian homeland. His first trainer Kambolat Gabisow trained him to be an excellent freestyle wrestler. Already in 1970 Boris Bigajew was youth champion of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and youth champion of the USSR. Later Yuri Gusew took over his training in Tbilisi .

Boris Bigayev had a hard time getting to the top in the Soviet Union. The competition for excellent wrestlers in the heaviest weight class was simply too great. Until 1972, the unbeatable Alexander Medved was still fighting . Then Soslan Andijew seamlessly took over his legacy and Salman Chassimikow , Sergei Skripkin and Wladimir Parschowkow were extremely strong freestyle wrestlers in the heaviest weight class.

Boris Bigajew still managed to achieve success in many international tournaments. Above all, he won the international tournament in his native Tbilisi several times in front of many world-class wrestlers. In 1976 he was used for the first time at the European Championships. He succeeded in Leningrad a . a. also a victory over the 1974 world champion Ladislau Șimon from Romania . But he was defeated by Roland Gehrke from the GDR , who in turn was defeated by Șimon. After these wrestlers had defeated each other, the points from the preliminary fights had to be used. Here Șimon did the best and was therefore European champion ahead of Roland Gehrke and Boris Bigajew.

In the heavily occupied Soviet championship in 1978 Boris Bigajew came behind Soslan Andijew and before Salman Chassimikow, Chaimowitsch and others. Skripkin to 2nd place. He was then used instead of Soslan Andijew, who started at the World Cup, at the European Championships in Sofia . Here he managed to win the title with five early wins and no missing points.

Despite this great success, Boris Bigajew did not return to an international role until the 1983 European Championship in Budapest . He won there in the super heavyweight division behind József Balla from Hungary and Nikola Slatew from Bulgaria again a medal. This was his last start in an international championship.

Boris Bigajew had already gone to Kiev , studied sport there and successfully completed this course in 1977.

International success

(EM = European Championship, G = free style, SS = super heavyweight, then over 100 kg body weight)

  • 1975, 1st place , "Aryamehr" tournament in Tehran , F, SS, in front of Marin Gertschew a. Kaladi, Iran;
  • 1977, 1st place , tournament in Tbilisi, F, SS, in front of Vladimir Parschowkow , USSR, Isajew, USSR, Ladislau Șimon u. Chaimowitsch, USSR;
  • 1978, 1st place , tournament in Tbilisi, F, SS;
  • 1983, 3rd place, EM in Budapest, F, SS, behind József Balla u. Nikola Slatew , Bulgaria a. before Andreas Schröder, GDR, Janko Andrei, Romania a. Adam Sandurski

swell

  • Trade journal Der Ringer from 1975 to 1978 a. Number 5/1978, page 11,
  • International Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

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personal data
SURNAME Bigajew, Boris Georgievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Бигаев, Борис Георгиевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Staryj Batakojurt, North Ossetian ASSR , Soviet Union