Brandon Eggum
Brandon Eggum (born August 4, 1976 in Sydney , Montana ) is a retired American wrestler . He was runner- up in free style middleweight world champion in 2001 .
Career
Brandon Eggum grew up in Sydney (Montana) and attended high school there. There he started wrestling in 1985. His trainer at this school was J. Robinson. He wrestled exclusively in free style and was Montana high school welterweight champion three times in a row from 1993 to 1995 . After high school he attended the University of North Dakota and graduated with a degree in economics in 2000. He then went to Minneapolis and became a member of the Minnesota Storm WC wrestling club .
In 1995 he was sent to Budapest for the Junior World Championship (Cadets). He came there in the welterweight division on the 8th place.
As a student wrestler, he took part in the NCAA Championships (US student championship) for the first time in 1998 and took fifth place in the middleweight division. In 1999 he finished 2nd in this championship behind Cael Sanderson , who became Olympic champion in 2004 . In 2000 he took part for the third time in the NCAA Championships and came in the middleweight division behind Cael Sanderson and Vertus Jones in 3rd place.
In 2001 he started for the first time at the US championship, but finished there in the middleweight division behind Cael Sanderson , Lee Fullhart and Charles Burton only 4th place. But that year he also took part in the US World Championship elimination, where he finished second behind Cael Sanderson. When Sanderson was out due to an injury shortly before the World Cup in Sofia , Brandon Eggum was appointed to the US team at short notice. He fully justified this trust, because he proved at the World Cup, wrestling with practically no international experience, with victories over Lazaros Loizidis , Greece , Amandeep Sondhi, India , Magomed Kuruglijew , Kazakhstan and Bekbulat Musayeu , Belarus and a point defeat in the final battle against Chadschimurad Magomedow from Russia the 2nd place and became vice- world champion . Before that, Brandon Eggum had only contested one international fight, apart from the Junior World Championships in 1994, in which he defeated Nuri Zengin on points in 2001 in Sioux Falls in an international match between the USA and Turkey .
In 2002 Brandon Eggum was also used in the Pan-American Championship in Caracas . He also took 2nd place there behind Yoel Romero from Cuba .
Brandon Eggum did not take part in any other international championships. He had his in the United States in Cael Sanderson a rival he could not defeat and the 2003 vice-champion and the World Cup at the Olympic Games in Athens Olympic champion was.
Brandon Eggum took part in several international tournaments that took place in the United States until 2004. At the US Championships in 2003 and 2004, he took 3rd and 5th place in the middleweight division.
In 2001 he took a coaching position at The Golden Gopher Minnesota WC and also coaches the wrestling club Hi-Flyers Minnesota , where he mainly takes care of youth work.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | |
| 1994 | 8th. | Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Budapest | up to 74 kg body weight | Winner: Ruslan Yakimow, Russia ahead of Kacha Eremadze, Georgia a . Lazaros Loizidis , Greece |
| 2000 | 6th | "Sunkist-Kids" -Open in Tempe (Arizona) | medium | behind Aaron Simpson, USA, Hidakazu Yokohama, Japan , John Kading, Ken Bigley u. Tim Hartung , all USA |
| 2000 | 4th | New York -AC Open | medium | behind Markus Mollica, John Kading u. Aaron Simpson, all USA |
| 2001 | 3. | "Sunkist-Kids" -Open in Phoenix (Arizona) | medium | behind Randy Pugh & Aaron Simpson, bde. United States |
| 2001 | 2. | World Cup in Sofia | medium | with victories over Lazaros Loizidis , Amandeep Sondhi, India , Magomed Kuruglijew , Kazakhstan a . Bekbulat Mussajeu , Belarus a . a loss to Chadzhimurad Magomedov , Russia |
| 2002 | 4th | "Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs | medium | behind Saschid Saschidow , Lee Fullhart u. Charles Burton |
| 2002 | 2. | Pan American Championship in Caracas | medium | behind Yoel Romero , Cuba , in front of Nick Ugoalah , Canada |
| 2003 | 2. | "Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs | medium | behind Yoel Romero, in front of Randy Pugh u. Sergei Borchanka , Belarus |
| 2004 | 2. | "Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs | medium | behind Lee Fullhart, in front of Muhammed Lawal , USA |
Note: all competitions in free style, middleweight, up to 2001 up to 85 kg, from 2002 up to 84 kg body weight, WM = World Championship
National successes
| year | space | competition | Weight class | |
| 1998 | 5. | NCAA championships | medium | behind Mitch Clark, Vertus Jones, John Withdraw and others Aaron Simpson |
| 1999 | 2. | NCAA championships | medium | behind Cael Sanderson , in front of Vertus Jones et al. Brad Vering |
| 2000 | 3. | NCAA championships | medium | behind Cael Sanderson u. Lee Fullhart |
| 2001 | 4th | USA championship | medium | behind Cael Sanderson, Charles Burton et al. Lee Fullhart |
| 2001 | 2. | World Championship trials | medium | behind Cael Sanderson |
| 2003 | 3. | USA championship | medium | behind Cael Sanderson u. Lee Fullhart |
| 2003 | 3. | World Championship trials | medium | behind Cael Sanderson u. Lee Fullhart |
| 2004 | 5. | USA championship | medium | behind Lee Fullhart, Cael Sanderson, Muhammed Lawal and others Nick Preston |
| 2004 | 7th | Olympic trials | medium | Winner: Cael Sanderson ahead of Lee Fullhart |
Note: NCAA Championships = US student championship, Trials = elimination tournament
swell
- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
- Trade journal Der Ringer ,
- US Wrestling Association website
Web links
- Brandon Eggum's profile at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Brandon Eggum's biography in engl. language
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eggum, Brandon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |