Darko Nišavić

Darko Nišavić (born May 28, 1952 , † 2005 ) was a Yugoslav wrestler and winner of the bronze medal at the 1972 European Championships in Greco-Roman. Light heavyweight style.

Career

Darko Nišavić was one of the many world-class Serbian athletes who came from Vojvodina . He was a member of "Proleter" Zrenjanin and represented Yugoslavia from 1972 to 1980 regularly at the international championships in Greco-Roman. Style. He made his debut at the Junior European Championship (Cadets, up to the age of 18) in Huskvarna , where he became European Champion .

With the seniors, his international career began at the 1972 European Championships in Katowice . He had an excellent debut there and won with a victory over such a strong wrestler as Dieter Heuer from the GDR a . Tied fights against Nicolae Neguț from Romania and Czesław Kwieciński from Poland won the bronze medal . Although this medal was supposed to be the only medal that he won in international senior championships, he still achieved some excellent placings.

In 1973 he finished 4th at the European Light Heavyweight Championships in Helsinki . He also achieved this place at the 1974 World Cup in Katowice and at the 1978 European Championship in Oslo . Also at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , he came in 4th place and narrowly missed an Olympic medal. At this event he also managed to win over the later multiple world and European champion Frank Andersson from Sweden .

Towards the end of his career, Darko came in 6th place at the World Championships in Mexico City in 1978 and in San Diego in 1979, each in the light heavyweight division. In his last participation in an international championship, at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , he was eliminated after the second round.

During his entire career, Darko never got past two wrestlers: Valeri Resanzew, the multiple world and Olympic champion and Stojan Nikolow (Ivanov) from Bulgaria, who was clearly the second best wrestler in the world in his weight class after Resanzew.

Darko Nišavić died at the age of 53.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Hs = light heavyweight, then up to 90 kg body weight)

• 1970, 1st place , Junior European Championship in Huskvarna , GR, up to 87 kg body weight, ahead of Dimitar Stojanow, Bulgaria a . Klaus Dünnebeil, GDR ;
• 1972, 3rd place , EM in Katowice , GR, Hs, with victories over Svend Erik Studsgaard, Denmark , Michel Bourgouin, France a . Dieter Heuer , GDR, draw against Nicolae Neguț , Romania a. Czesław Kwieciński , Poland a . Defeats against Stojan Nikolow (Ivanov), Bulgaria a. Omar Bliadse , USSR ;
• 1973, 4th place , EM in Helsinki , GR, Hs, with victories over Josef Müller, CSSR , Nicolae Neguț u. Ali Yagmur, Turkey a . Defeats against Dieter Heuer u. Valery Resanzew , USSR;
• 1973, 2nd place , Universiade in Moscow , GR, Hs, behind Estats Goglischidze, USSR a. before Nicolae Neguț u. Georgi Rajkow , Bulgaria;
• 1973, 7th place , World Cup in Tehran , GR, Hs, with a victory over Roland Andersson , Sweden , a draw against Ibrahim Kumas, Turkey and the like. Defeats against Nicolae Neguț u. Stoyan Nikolov;
• 1974, 10th place , EM in Madrid , GR, Hs, after defeats against Dieter Heuer a. Czesław Kwieciński;
• 1974, 4th place , World Championships in Katowice, GR, Hs, m. Victories over Jalel Karimi, Iran , Czesław Kwieciński u. Willie Williams, USA a . Defeats against Dieter Heuer u. Stoyan Nikolov;
• 1975, 2nd place , tournament in Västerås , GR, Hs, behind Fred Theobald , BRD u. before Roland Andersson;
• 1975, 3rd place , Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Aschaffenburg , GR, Hs, behind Fred Theobald u. Stojan Nikolow u. before Toni Kunkel, FRG;
• 1975, 9th place , World Championship in Minsk , GR, Hs, after defeats against Valeri Resanzew a. Istvan Sellyei, Hungary ;
• 1976, 10th place , EM in Leningrad , GR, Hs, after defeats against Fred Theobald a. Stoyan Nikolov;
• 1976, 4th place , OS in Montreal , GR, Hs, with victories over James Johnsson, USA, Istvan Sellyei u. Frank Andersson , Sweden a. Defeats against Stojan Nikolow u. Czesław Kwieciński;
• 1977, 2nd place , tournament in Kladovo , GR, Hs, behind Hans-Günter Klein , BRD a. before Tolew, Bulgaria;
• 1977, unpl. , EM in Bursa , GR, Hs, after defeating José Blanco, Spain a . Lost to Roman Wrocławski , Poland resigned due to injury;
• 1977, 2nd place , Mediterranean Games in Algiers , GR, Hs, behind Aslan Aslan, Turkey a. before Michel Grangier, France ;
• 1977, 2nd place , Universiade in Sofia , GR, Hs, behind Viktor Avdyschew , USSR a. in front of Petre Dicu , Romania ;
• 1978, 3rd place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg, GR, Hs, behind Janusz Trela, Poland a. Airapet Minassjan , USSR a. before Petre Dicu, Czeslaw Kwiecinski u. Stoyan Nikolov;
• 1978, 4th place , EM in Oslo , GR, Hs, with victories over Stig Kleven, Norway , Georgios Pozidis , Greece a . Aslan Aslan, Turkey a. Losses against Keijo Manni , Finland a . Frank Andersson;
• 1978, 6th place , World Cup in Mexico City , GR, Hs, with victories over Yoshihiro Fujita, Japan a . Jimmy Martinetti, Switzerland a . Defeats against Viktor Avdyschew a. Stoyan Nikolov;
• 1979, 6th place , World Championships in San Diego , GR, Hs, with victories over Viktor Avdyschew a. Georgios Pozidis et al. Defeats against Czeslaw Kwiecinski u. Petro Pawlidis , FRG;
• 1980, 13th place , OS in Moscow , GR, Hs, with a victory over Jose Poll, Cuba a . a loss to Stoyan Nikolov

swell

• 1) Div. Issues of the specialist magazines "Athletik" from 1970 to 1975 and "Der Ringer" from 1976 to 1980,
• 2) Documentation of International Wrestling Championships of FILA, 1976,
• 3) Website "www.sport-komplett.de"

Web links

• Profile of Darko Nišavić at the Institute for Applied Training Science