Brandon Paulson

Brandon Douglas Paulson (born November 22, 1973 in Coon Rapids , Minnesota ) is a retired American wrestler . He won a Greco-Roman style silver flyweight medal at the 1996 Olympics .

Career

Brandon Paulson started wrestling in Anoka, Minnesota when he was six years old. In Anoka, Minnesota, he also attended high school and achieved some success as a teenager in the regional area. He wrestled then, which was very rare in the United States, in both styles, Greco-Roman and free style. Later he switched entirely to the Greco-Roman style. He was also a member of the Minnesota Storm Wrestling Club . The coaches in his early years were Ron Malcolm and J. Robinson and from 2002 Todd Springer. After joining the United States national team, he was trained by Dan Chandler and Steve Fraser .

In 1988 he was American junior champion in both styles (Cadets = age group up to the age of 16). In 1989 he won this title in the so-called juniors = age group up to the age of 18 in free style, while he took second place in the Greco-Roman style. In 1990 he repeated this success again in the free style, while he again took second place in the Greco-Roman style.

In 1989 Brandon Paulson's international career began. At the Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Warrensburg (USA) this year he took fourth place in the free style in the weight class up to 47 kg. In 1990, at the age of 17, he was already used in the free style at the Pan American Championships for seniors in Colorado Springs in paper weight (then up to 48 kg body weight). But he still had to pay tribute to his inexperience and only came in fifth. At the Junior World Championships in Athens in 1993 he had his first major international success, because he was runner- up in the Greco-Roman style flyweight world champion . He was defeated in the final to Armen Nazarjan from Armenia , who was to become Olympic champion and multiple world champion in the following years.

In the junior area (Espoirs = age group up to the age of 20) he was again in both styles in 1991 and 1992 and in 1993 in Greco-Roman. American masters style. At the USA Senior Championships he was not that successful in those years. He came fourth in 1991, fifth in 1992 and fourth in 1993, he was runner-up in 1995 and came third in 1996. He achieved all of these placements in the Greco-Roman style in flyweight.

In 1996, Brandon Paulson was in the US Olympic qualification (Trials) in Greco-Roman. Bantamweight style opposite Dennis Hall . He was defeated in five fights. He came anyway to a use at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta and represented the United States in flyweight, while Dennis Hall started in bantamweight. Brandon Paulson convinced at these games and won the silver medal with three wins . In the final he was defeated again by Armen Nazarjan , who was 5-1 techn. Points won.

After the 1996 Olympic Games, Brandon Paulson ended his international wrestling career because he suffered from the so-called burn-out syndrome. This phase lasted until 1999. During this time he was still wrestling with the team at the University of Minnesota. Recovered in health, he succeeded in 2000, before Steven A. Mays, for the first time to become American flyweight champion in the Greco-Roman style. Against this wrestler he was in the final of the US Olympic elimination. Surprisingly, Mays prevailed, causing Brandon Paulson to miss the jump to the Olympic Games in Sydney .

In 2001 Brandon Paulson was able to qualify for participation in the World Cup in Patras / Greece . He started there in the flyweight division and was able to advance to the final with four wins. In this he was defeated by the Iranian Hassan Rangraz on points (4: 8 technical points). After the Olympic silver medal in 1996, this runner-up world title was his second major international success among seniors.

In the years 2002 to 2004 he won the US championship in fly and bantamweight three times. At the World Championships in Moscow in 2002 and in Créteil / France in 2003 , however, he did not win any more medals. In Moscow he came in 8th place and in Créteil he was eliminated early and only came in 21st place.

In 2004 he faced Dennis Hall in the US Olympic elimination, as in 1996 . Again Hall prevailed and denied Brandon Paulson a second Olympic start. Brandon Paulson was at least as a training partner for the US team in Athens.

After Athens he ended his wrestling career. Brandon Paulson is the vice president of a US insurance company. In 2008, the young wrestler Jake Deitchler from Akron , where Brandon Paulson still lives, qualified for participation in the Olympic Games in Beijing , where he finished twelfth in the lightweight. In the spring of 2008, Brandon Paulson took over the training of this young athlete with the intention of leading him to success in the 2012 Olympics . There Deitchler finished 12th after two defeats against the eventual winners of the silver and bronze medals. He then ended his career for health reasons.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style, paper weight, up to 48 kg body weight, Fl = fly weight, up to 52 kg or 54 kg body weight, Ba = bantam weight, up to 55 kg body weight )

• 1989, 4th place , Junior World Championship (Cadets) in Warrensburg / USA , F, up to 47 kg body weight, behind Mükrem Kizilkaya, Turkey , Park Kwang-sun, South Korea a . Umesh Pradah, India , ahead of Katsuyoshi Ito, Japan ;
• 1990, 5th place , Pan American Championship in Colorado Springs , F, Pa, behind Aldo Martinez Echeverria, Cuba , Roberto Alejandro, Mexico , Paul Ragusa, Canada u. Jose Martinez, Venezuela , ahead of Alan Rojak, Peru ;
• 1993, 2nd place , Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Athens , GR, Fl, behind Armen Nazarjan , Armenia , in front of Boris Strulevich, Israel , Jambul Putgaradze, Georgia , Hasan Bayrakhtar, Turkey u. Jurij Kohl , Germany ;
• 1996, silver medal , OS in Atlanta , GR, Fl, with victories over Joes Stanislao Basaldua Bravo, Peru, Ibad Akhmedow, Belarus a . Yordan Anew, Bulgaria a . a loss to Armen Nazarjan;
• 2000, 18th place , Olympic qualification tournament in Faenza , GR, Fl, winner: Ercan Yıldız , Turkey ahead of Hui Wang, China;
• 2000, 17th place , Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent , GR, Fl, winner: Hui Wang before Shamseddin Chudaiberdijew, Uzbekistan;
• 2000, 3rd place , Pan American Championship in Cali , GR, Fl, behind Lazaro Rivas Scull , Cuba a . David Enrique Ochoa Garcia, Venezuela, before Ernesto Salazar Cantero, Mexico ;
• 2001, 4th place , World Cup in Levallois / France , GR, Fl, behind Renat Bikkinin, Russia, Bayram Özdemir, Turkey a. Mohammed Mustafa Abu Elata, Egypt , before Hamou Oubrick, France;
• 2001, 2nd place , World Cup in Patras / Greece , m. Victories over Witali Chebn, Moldova , Dariusz Jabłoński , Poland , Rachimdschan Assembekow, Kazakhstan u. Uranium Khalilow, Kyrgyzstan a . a loss to Hassan Rangraz , Iran ;
• 2002, 8th place , World Championship in Moscow , GR, Ba, with victories over Pasi Huhtala, Finland a . Hamou Oubrick et al. a loss to Gaidar Mamedaliew, Russia ;
• 2003, 2nd place , Pan American Games in Santo Domingo / Puerto Rico , GR, Ba, behind Lazaro Rivas Scull u. before Eduardo Freitas, Venezuela a. Ernests Salazar Cantero;
• 2004, 1st place , Olympic qualification tournament in Novi Sad , GR, Ba, with victories over Hamou Oubrick, Jorge Cardoso, Venezuela, Andre Berghe, Norway , Khamal Chomatow, Uzbekistan , Irakli Chochua, Georgia and others. Erkan Yildiz , Turkey

American championships

(only senior area)

• 1991, 4th place, GR, Fl,
• 1992, 5th place, GR, Fl,
• 1993, 4th place, GR, Fl,
• 1995, 2nd place, GR, Fl,
• 1996, 3rd place, GR, Fl,
• 2000, 1st place, GR, Fl, ahead of Stevan A. Mays,
• 2002, 1st place, GR, Ba, before Lindsay Durlacher u. Duannie Martin,
• 2003, 1st place, GR, Ba, before Lindsay Durlacher,
• 2004, 1st place, GR, Ba,

Web links

• Brandon Paulson's profile at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science
• Brandon Paulson in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame database

Individual proof

1. ↑ Michael Lee: For Deitchler, Success Is a Work of Body Art. Washington Post , August 5, 2008, accessed December 1, 2013 .