Denis Forow

Denis Forow (born December 3, 1984 in Schmerynka ) is an Armenian wrestler who also competed for Ukraine and Russia . In 2005 he was Vice European Champion in the Greco-Roman style middleweight division.

Life

Denis Forow began his international wrestling career at the age of 16 in 2001. He has been wrestling since 1994, exclusively in the Greco-Roman style, and is coached by Vladimir Borisovich Ugruimagow. In 2001, starting for the Ukraine , he finished 3rd at the Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Izmir behind Gennadi Gagishvili from Georgia and Bernhard Mayr from Germany .

At the junior European championship in 2002 in Subotica he was then at the start for Russia and won the welterweight title of European champion there. In 2003 he was able to increase this success, because he also became junior world champion in the middleweight division in Istanbul in 2003 , starting again for Russia. In the decisive battles he defeated Yanarbek Kenajew from Kyrgyzstan and Balasz Kiss from Hungary .

So, although he was very successful as a junior, the transition to senior citizens was not a smooth one. But that was mainly due to the fact that he had extremely strong competition in his weight class in Russia. He saw no chance in Russia to continue his international career, because there world champion Alexei Mishin dominated the wrestling event. For this reason, he decided to start in 2006 for Armenia . So this is already the third country for which he is starting his young career. Somewhat incomprehensible that the international wrestling federation (FILA) allows this so easily, because even an ambitious young athlete should not be able to change his nationality like his shirt.

At the 2006 European Championships in Moscow , Denis Forow got off to a good start for Armenia, as he became vice European champion in the middleweight division . With Melonin Noumonvi from France , Fritz Aanes from Norway , Sandor Istvan Bardosi from Hungary and Bernhard Mayr, he defeated four very strong wrestlers before losing to Artur Michalkiewicz on points in the final .

In 2007 Denis Forow got to know the pitfalls of the new FILA regulations to his disadvantage at the European Championships in Sofia , because he was defeated in his first fight against the Georgian Badri Chassaia after a hard fight just on points. Both wrestlers scored two technical points in this fight. But Chassaia won 2-1 rounds. Since he did not reach the final, Forow was eliminated and only reached 22nd place. According to the old regulations he could even have become European champion with a defeat.

At the 2007 World Cup in Baku he won the middleweight division over Vojtech Kukta from the Czech Republic and Jonathan Rioux, Canada , but retired after a loss to Zoltán Fodor , Hungary , and finished in 14th place. In 2008 he was able to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing at a tournament in Novi Sad with a third place behind Schalwa Gabadadze, Azerbaijan and Attila Bátky from Slovakia . In Beijing he showed good fights. He won there in the middleweight division against the Japanese Shingo Matsumoto and the US vice-world champion from 2007 Bradley Vering and was defeated in the quarter-finals against the multiple Swedish world champion Ara Abrahamian just by points (3: 5 technical points and 1: 2 rounds) . So there was a Russian starting for Armenia and an Armenian starting for Sweden. Forow ended up in 7th place.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greek-Roman style, We = welterweight, Wed = middleweight, up to 74 kg or 84 kg body weight)

• 2001, 3rd place ( starting for Ukraine ), Junior EM (Cadets) in Izmir , GR, We, behind Gennadi Gogishvili, Georgia a . Bernhard Mayr , Germany , ahead of Anton Swirski, Belarus a . Riza Dikmen, Turkey ;
• 2002, 1st place , ( starting for Russia ), Junior European Championship in Subotica , GR, We, ahead of Akos Korica, Yugoslavia a . Dimitri Zaporoshenko, Ukraine ;
• 2003, 1st place , Junior World Championships in Istanbul , GR, Wed, with victories over Ismo Pietiläinen, Finland , Ali Akbar Akbari, Sweden , Stanislaw Wolotkevice, Lithuania , Yanarbek Kenajew , Kyrgyzstan and others. Balasz Kiss , Hungary ;
• 2005, 2nd place , "Henri-Daglane-Challenge" in Nice , GR, Wed, behind Warteres Samurgaschew , Russia, in front of Andreas Schulze , Germany a. John Wechter, USA ;
• 2006, 2nd place ( starting for Armenia ), EM in Moscow , GR, Wed, with victories over Melonin Noumonvi , France , Fritz Aanes , Norway , Sandor Istvan Bardosi , Hungary a . Bernhard Mayr u. a loss to Artur Michalkiewicz , Poland;
• 2007, 2nd place , tournament in Mariupol , GR, Wed, behind Ghasem Tahmasebi , Iran ;
• 2007, 22nd place , EM in Sofia , GR, Wed, after a defeat against Badri Chassaia , Georgia ;
• 2007, 14th place , World Championships in Baku , GR, Wed, with victories over Vojtech Kukta, Czech Republic a . Jonathan Rioux, Canada a . a loss to Zoltán Fodor , Hungary;
• 2008, 3rd place , Olympic qualification tournament in Novi Sad , GR, Wed, behind Schalwa Gabadadze, Azerbaijan u. Attila Bátky , Slovakia ;
• 2008, 7th place , OS in Beijing , GR, Wed, with victories over Shingo Matsumoto, Japan a . Bradley Vering , USA a . a loss to Ara Abrahamian , Sweden ;

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer ,
• Ringer database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
• Website "sports123.com"

Web links

• Profile of Denis Forow at the Institute for Applied Training Science