Chris Wilson (wrestler)

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Chris Wilson (born December 30, 1967 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian wrestler . He was runner-up in the 1991 free style lightweight world champion.

Career

Chris Wilson began wrestling as a teenager in his hometown of Winnipeg. After high school he attended Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Burnaby, Canada. There he continued wrestling and also became a member of the Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club. He concentrated entirely on the free style. As an adult, he started out as a lightweight throughout his career (at that time up to 68 kg body weight).

Already in 1983 he finished 5th in the Junior World Championship (Cadets = age group up to the age of 16) in Missoule (USA) in the weight class up to 41 kg body weight. In 1986 he finished at a world cup tournament in St. John's (Canada) in the lightweight behind the Soviet athlete Nasir Gadžihanov , the Cuban Lazaro Lazo and Morii, Japan a 4th place.

His first major international success was the Junior World Championship (Espoirs = age group up to the age of 20) in Vancouver in 1987 . He won there in the lightweight before Choi Won-young from South Korea , Valentin Gezow from Bulgaria a . Rafael Basto Alvárez from Cuba . On the way to this victory he beat u. a. also Georg Schwabenland from the FRG on points.

In the senior division, Chris Wilson won two medals at the world championships. In 1991 he came in Varna behind the outstanding Soviet athlete Arsen Fadsayev on the 2nd place, where he in the final fight against this wrestler with 0: 3 techn. Was subject to points. In a pool fight he managed to win again at this event against Georg Schwabenland, which he won 2-0 techn. Points hit. He won the second medal at the 1993 World Championships in Toronto . Here he won a bronze medal behind Akbar Fallah Nejad from Iran and Wadim Bogijew from Russia . In the fight for this medal, he defeated Townsend Saunders from the United States.

In 1992 Chris Wilson also took part in the Olympic Games in Barcelona . But he had to be content with an 8th place there.

At the end of his career he managed to win the Commonwealth Games in Victoria (Canada) in 1994 ahead of Ibo Oziti from Nigeria a . Mohamed Umar from Pakistan .

After completing his studies, Christ Wilson took on a position in the administration of the SFU in Burnaby.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = free style, Le = lightweight, then up to 68 kg body weight)

  • 1983, 5th place, Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Missoule (USA), F, up to 41 kg body weight, behind Sambaghi ​​Pail, India , Buch McFee, USA , Louis Koo, Peru u. Ramon Mena, Panama ;
  • 1990, 3rd place, World Cup in Toledo (Ohio), F, Le, behind John Giura, USA a. Walin Werkuschin, USSR, before Santiago Contreras, Cuba a. Rahmi Harunoğlu , Turkey;
  • 1991, 2nd place, World Cup in Toledo (Ohio), F, Le, behind John Giura u. before Jesús E. Rodríguez Garzón, Ko Young-ho, South Korea a. Boris Budayev , USSR;
  • 1992, 2nd place, Roger-Coulon-Memorial in Carcassonne , F, Le, behind Georg Schwabenland u. before Townsend Saunders;
  • 1992, 8th place, OS in Barcelona , F, Le, winner: Arsen Fadsajew in front of Valentin Gezow u. Kōsei Akaishi , Japan;
  • 1993, 1st place, World Cup in Chattanooga , F, Le, ahead of Wadim Bogijew, Townsend Saunders, Eugenio Montero , Cuba a. Kōsei Akaishi:
  • 1994, 1st place, World Cup in Edmonton , F, Le, ahead of Matthew Demaray, USA, Buwaissar Saitijew , Russia, Davoud Ghanbari, Iran and Kenji Koshiba, Japan;

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  • Trade journal Der Ringer. Numbers: 10/1990, 10/1991, 9/1992, 9/1993,
  • Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web links

Profile of Chris Wilson at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science

personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg