Djamel Ainaoui

Djamel Ainaoui (born March 20, 1975 in Courrières , Pas-de-Calais , France ) is a French wrestler . In 1997 he was runner-up in the Greco-Roman style bantamweight European champion .

Career

Djamel Ainaoui, who is of North African descent, started wrestling as a teenager in 1983. His first club was a wrestling club in Libercourt and his first coach was Sebastian Chambinaud. He started in both styles when he was a junior, but from 1995 only worked in the Greco-Roman style. At a height of 1.69 meters, he wrestled in bantamweight for a long time as an adult and only switched to the next higher weight class, featherweight, towards the end of his career . After reaching the national elite in France, he moved to the top club US Créteil , which he belonged to until the end of his career. But he also wrestled for KSV Germania for several yearsBasking in the German Bundesliga. In the French national team he was trained by Patrice Mourier and Ghani Yalouz . He completed training as a sports teacher and educator.

In 1990, at the age of 15, he was the first French junior champion in the Greco-Roman style in the weight class up to 47 kg body weight. By 1995 he had won five other French championship titles in the Greco-Roman style and one in the free style. For the first time French champion in the seniors he was in 1994, when he won this title in bantamweight (Greco-Roman style). He was also French champion in 1996 and 1997 in bantamweight and 2003 and 2005 in featherweight.

On the international level Djamel Ainaoui made his debut at the Junior World Championships 1992 (Cadets) in Cali / Colombia , where he achieved a good 5th place in the Greco-Roman. Style in the weight class up to 54 kg body weight. At three other world and European championships in the junior division, he achieved good placements in the front midfield until 1995. With a "bang" he started his international career with the seniors. At the European Championships in 1997 in Kouvola / Finland he defeated Ralf Zentgraf from Austria , Alexander Chudish from Israel and Ruslam Chakimow from Ukraine in the bantamweight division and was only defeated in the final against Karen Mnazakanjan from Armenia on points, making him vice European champion .

In the following years, however, he was unable to repeat this success. However, he managed to qualify in tournaments in Faenza , Clermont-Ferrand and Tashkent for participation in the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 . In Sydney he lost his first fight against the Chinese Sheng Zetiang and was only able to improve to 12th place with a victory over Alexander Stepanjan from Ukraine, according to the then strange regulations. He could not fight any further fights.

In 2001 Djamel Ainaoui achieved a good 5th place at the World Cup in Patras with victories over Arash Rayhaniasl, Netherlands, Juri Chabrow, Belarus , and Ivan Alexandrov, Israel, with a defeat by Dilschod Aripow from Uzbekistan. He achieved even greater success at the 2002 European Championships in Seinäjoki / Finland. He started there after a weight class reform by the international wrestling federation Fila in featherweight for the first time and came up with victories over Joaquin Martinez Abellan, Spain , Margel Pormann, Estonia and Eusebiu Diaconu , Romania , a defeat against Rustem Mambetow , Russia and another victory over Karen Mnazakanjan 3rd place and won his second international medal.

Djamel Ainaoui continued his wrestling career until 2005, but could no longer win a medal. For participation in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , he could no longer qualify.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1992	5.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Cali / Colombia	up to 54 kg body weight	behind Şeref Eroğlu , Turkey , Rudy Lara Valle, Cuba , Kim Chul-tae South Korea u. István Majoros , Hungary
1993	6th	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Götzis	Bantam	Winner: Matyas Megyes, Hungary ahead of Andre Schuk, Ukraine
1994	7th	Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Istanbul	Bantam	Winner: Seref Eroglu in front of Armen Mkrtchyan, Armenia
1995	6th	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Tehran	Bantam	Winner: Alexei Ogorodnikow, Russia, ahead of Juri Kohl , Germany
1997	2.	EM in Kouvola / Finland	Bantam	after victories over Ralf Zentgraf, Austria , Alexander Chudish, Israel a . Ruslam Chakimow , Ukraine a. a loss to Karen Mnazakanjan , Armenia
1997	6th	Mediterranean Games in Bari	Bantam	Winner: Efstathios Theodisiadis, Greece ahead of Ergüder Bekisdamat, Turkey
1997	10.	World Cup in Wrocław	Bantam	after victories over Damirbek Chinajew, Kyrgyzstan a . Luis Sarmiento Hernandez, Cuba and defeats to Dennis Hall , USA a . Koba Guliashvili , Georgia
1998	17th	EM in Minsk	Bantam	after losing to István Majoros and Remigius Sukevicius, Lithuania
1998	2.	German Grand Prix in Aalen	Bantam	behind Sarkis Elgkian, Greece, in front of Ahmetullah Nourow, Kazakhstan u. Peter Stjernberg , Sweden
1998	27.	World Cup in Gaevle	Bantam	after losing to Constantin Borăscu , Romania and Sarkis Elgkian
1999	31.	World Cup in Athens	Bantam	after defeats against Sheng Zetiang , China a . Kenkichi Nishimi, Japan
2000	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Faenza	Bantam	behind Ali Ashkani Agboloag , Iran , in front of Koba Guliaschwili, Valeri Nikonorow, Russia a. Rıfat Yıldız , Germany
2000	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Clermont-Ferrand	Bantam	behind Ali Ashkani Agboloag, in front of James Grünwald , USA, Karen Mnazakanjan u. Koba Guliashvili
2000	5.	Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent	Bantam	behind Karen Mnazakanjan, Alexander Stepanjan, Ukraine, Makoto Sasamoto , Japan u. Grzegorz Szyszka, Poland
2000	12.	OS in Sydney	Bantam	after a loss to Sheng Zetiang u. a victory over Alexander Stepanyan
2001	4th	Sweden Cup in Malmo	Bantam	behind Aigars Jansons, Latvia , Alexander Chudish u. Boris Radkevich, Belarus
2001	9.	EM in Istanbul	Bantam	Winner: Petr Svehla , Czech Republic ahead of Irakli Chachua , Georgia a. Marian Sandu , Romania
2001	1.	Mediterranean Games in Tunis	Bantam	before Norbert Futo, Yugoslavia a. Ashraf Meligy El Garably, Egypt
2001	2.	World Cup in Levallois	Bantam	behind Alexei Schewzow, Russia, in front of James Grünwald u. Seref Tüfenk, Turkey
2001	5.	World Cup in Patras	Bantam	after victories over Arash Rayhaniasl, Netherlands, Juri Chabrow, Belarus a. Ivan Alexandrov, Israel a. a loss to Dilschod Aripov , Uzbekistan
2002	3.	EM in Seinäjoki / Finland	feather	after victories over Joaquin Martinez Abellan, Spain , Margel Pormann, Estonia a . Eusebiu Diaconu , Romania, a defeat against Rustem Mambetow , Russia u. a victory over Karen Mnazakanjan
2002	12.	World Cup in Moscow	feather	after a defeat against Laszlo Bona, Hungary, a victory over Karen Mnazakanjan u. a loss to Włodzimierz Zawadzki , Poland
2003	7th	EM in Belgrade	feather	after victories over Eusebiu Diaconu u. Arash Rayhaniasl et al. a loss to Rustem Mambetov
2003	36.	World Cup in Créteil	feather	after defeats against Nikolai Baraban, Russia a. Roberto Monzón , Cuba
2004	9.	Olympic qualification tournament in Novi Sad	feather	Winner: Makoto Sasamoto ahead of Jung Ji-hyun, South Korea
2004	8th.	Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent	feather	Winner: Nurlan Koisheiganow, Kazakhstan ahead of Davor Štefanek , Serbia & Montenegro
2005	10.	EM in Varna	feather	after a victory over Norbert Futo u. a loss to David Bedinadze , Georgia

French championships

Djamel Ainaoui was French bantamweight champion in 1994, 1996 and 1997 and featherweight champion in 2003 and 2005, each in Greco-Roman style.

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Bantam weight, until 1996 up to 57 kg, from 1997 to 3001 up to 58 kg, since 2002 up to 55 kg body weight, feather weight, since 2002 up to 60 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• Website of the French wrestling federation "www.fflutte.com"

Web links

• Portrait of Djamel Ainaoui in French. language
• Profile of Djamel Ainaoui at the Institute for Applied Training Science