Dawit Safarjan

Dawit Safarjan ( Armenian Դավիթ Սաֆարյան ; Russian Давид Сафарян Dawid Safarjan ; English David Safaryan ; born August 1, 1989 in Cherkessk , Autonomous Oblast Karachay-Cherkessia , Russian SFSR , USSR ) is an originally Russian , then Armenian wrestler . In 2013 he became European and lightweight world champion in free style .

Career

Dawit Safarjan began freestyle wrestling in early childhood on the initiative of his father, who was a master of sport in this discipline. Since 2003 Safarjan trained with the trainer Abdullah Magomedow in Krasnodar . From 2006 to 2009 he was part of the junior team of Russia. Right at his first start in an international championship, the Junior European Championship (Cadets) in 2006 in Istanbul, he won the European title in the weight class up to 58 kg. In 2007 he was also the European Junior Champion in Belgrade. In the final he defeated Ismail Emin Redschep from Bulgaria in the featherweight division . In 2008 he came at the Junior European Championships in Kosice in the lightweight behind Ender Coşkun, Turkey, but before Jabrail Hasanow from Azerbaijan on the 2nd place. Behind this Jabrail Hasanow he was vice world champion of the junior lightweight in Ankara in 2009.

He then decided to start for Armenia in the future, where he began to work with the coach Juri Babajan, who had trained with his father at the time, and the Armenian head coach Arajik Baghdadjan. He trains in the training center of the Armenian national wrestling team in Yerevan , but also often in Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia. He focuses on the free style, is a student, but lives from wrestling. At a height of 1.74 meters, it starts in the lightweight, the weight class up to 66 kg body weight.

Dawit Safarjan made his first start at an international senior championship at the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul. He lost it in the lightweight against Olympic champion Mawlet Batirow from Russia just on points (1: 2 rounds, 2: 3 points). But since Batirow did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 25th place. In 2012 he won the first senior medal at the European Championships in Belgrade with a 3rd place. On the way to this success he defeated Georg Marchl, Austria, Emin Asisow , Azerbaijan, lost to Alan Gogajew , Russia and won the decisive battle for this bronze medal Yakup Gör from Turkey. In April 2012, he won a tournament in Sofia to qualify for the Olympic Games in London. He took second place in the lightweight behind Ali Schabanau from Belarus and in front of Jan Ceaban, Romania and Dejan Mitrow, Macedonia.

At the Olympic wrestling tournament in London he won his first fight over Omar Abdou Abdou from Egypt, but then lost to Aqschürek Tanatarow from Kazakhstan, which he eliminated and finished in 8th place.

In March 2013 Dawit Safarjan won the European lightweight title in Tbilisi with victories over Maxime Eric Fiquet, France, Aljaksandr Kantojeu , Belarus, Mihail Sawa , Moldova and Yakup Gör. At the Universiade in Kazan, he was defeated in the final by the Russian Magomed Kurbanalijew and therefore took 2nd place. At the World Cup this year in Budapest he was in excellent shape again and was able to take revenge against Magomed Kurbanalijew. In Budapest he defeated George Bucur , Romania, Rafael Statkiewicz , Poland, Magomed Kurbanalijew, Lewan Kelekschaschwili , Georgia and Liván López Azcuy , Cuba and became world champion for the first time.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2006	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Istanbul	up to 58 kg	before Servet Coskun, Turkey, Pawel Negru, Moldova and Andrei Nagorni, Ukraine
2007	1.	Junior European Championship in Belgrade	feather	before Ismail Emin Redzhep, #Bulgaria, Dejan Mitrow, Macedonia and Rustam Kulik, Ukraine
2008	2.	Junior European Championship in Kosice	Light	behind Ender Coskun, Turkey, in front of Wadim Badin, Estonia and Jabrail Hasanow, Azerbaijan
2009	2.	Junior World Championships in Ankara	Light	behind Jabrail Hasanow, in front of Stanislaw Sinchenko, Ukraine and Saba Bolaghi , Germany
2010	11.	"Takhti" cup in Esfahan	Light	Winner: Mohsen Jahanbachschian ahead of Mohsen Aghajani, both Iran
2011	12.	"Ali-Aliyev" Memorial in Kaspisk	Light	Winner: Gadschi Abdullajew ahead of Andrei Semenzow, both Russia
2011	2.	"Giwi Kartozija-Wachtang Balawadze" memorial in Tbilisi	Light	behind Schalwa Musiaschwili Abajew, Georgia, in front of Muhammed Ilkhan, Turkey and Tsotne Baramidse, Georgia
2011	2.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	Light	behind Andrei Kwiatkowski, Ukraine, in front of Leonid Basan , Bulgaria and Eldar Naschmutdinow, Russia
2011	25th	World Cup in Istanbul	Light	after losing to Mawlet Batirov , Russia
2012	10.	"Dan Kolow - Nikola Petrow" memorial in Sofia	Welter	Winner: Murad Gaidarow , Belarus ahead of Kiril Tersiew , Bulgaria
2012	3.	EM in Belgrade	Light	after victories over Georg Marchl , Austria and Emin Asisow , Azerbaijan, a defeat against Alan Gogajew Russia and a win over Yakup Gör , Turkey
2012	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	Light	behind Ali Schabanau , Belarus, ahead of Jan Ceaban , Romania and Dejan Mitrow , Macedonia
2012	8th.	OS in London	Light	after a victory over Omar Abdou Abdou , Egypt and a defeat against Aqschürek Tanatarow , Kazakhstan
2012	3.	"Ali-Aliyev" Memorial in Makhachkala	Light	behind Ilyas Bekbulatow and Asamat Bulatow, both Russia
2012	2.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	Light	behind Achmed Tschakajew, in front of Rustambek Maichadow, both Russia and Arsen Jedigarow, Ukraine
2013	1.	EM in Tbilisi	Light	after victories over Maxime Eric Fiquet , France, Aljaksandr Kantojeu , Belarus, Mihail Sawa , Moldova and Yakup Gör
2013	2.	Universiade in Kazan	Light	behind Magomed Kurbanalijew, Russia, in front of Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran , Mongolia and Semjon Radulow, Ukraine
2013	1.	World Cup in Budapest	Light	after victories over George Bucur, Romania, Rafel Statkiewicz, Poland, Magomed Kurbanalijew, Lewan Kelekschaschwili, Georgia and Liván López Azcuy, Cuba

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Feather weight, up to 60 kg, lightweight, up to 66 kg and welter weight, up to 74 kg body weight

literature

• Trade magazine "Der Ringer"

Web links

• Dawit Safarjan in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile of Dawit Safarjan at the Institute for Applied Training Science . Retrieved June 19, 2014.