Elbrus Tedeev

Elbrus Tedejew (2011)

Elbrus Tedejew medal table
Wrestler
Ukraine
Olympic games
bronze	1996 Atlanta	feather
gold	2004 Athens	Light
World Championship
gold	1995 Atlanta	feather
gold	1999 Ankara	feather
bronze	2001 Sofia	feather
gold	2002 Tehran	Light
European Championship
silver	1997 Warsaw	feather
bronze	1998 Bratislava	feather
gold	1999 Minsk	feather
silver	2003 Riga	Light
silver	2004 Ankara	Light
Junior European Championships
gold	1994 Kourtane	Feather espoirs

Elbrus Soslanowitsch Tedejew ( Ukrainian Ельбрус Сосланович Тедеєв , Ossetian Тедеты Сосланы фырт Эльбрус * 5. December 1974 in Nogir , Nordossetische ASSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Ukrainian wrestler of Ossetian origin. He was the 2004 Olympic champion in free style in the lightweight. He was also world champion in 1995, 1999 and 2002 .

Career

Elbrus Tedejew began wrestling as a teenager in 1985 in Vladikavkaz , focusing on free style. His trainer was Boris Savlochow. In 1993 he went to Kiev for better training conditions, together with his trainer, and became a member of the "Vladimir-Sinyavsky" sports club , which is named after a former world wrestler. Shortly thereafter, Boris Sachlochow died completely unexpectedly. The training was then taken over by his younger brother Ruslan Sachlochow.

This led Elbrus Tedejew quickly into the Ukrainian top class of freestyle wrestlers, whose international career began at the Junior European Championships (Espoirs = age group up to the age of 20) in Kourtane / Finland . He won this featherweight championship there in front of the Georgian David Pogosjan and the Russian Rasul Karawajew. In the same year he was used at the Senior World Championships in Istanbul . After two victorious fights, he was defeated there in the 3rd round against Jürgen Scheibe from Germany and finished in 7th place in the final result.

At the European Championships in 1995 in Friborg, he lost the featherweight against Magomed Azizow from Russia and Sergei Smal from Belarus. In the fight for 6th place he also had to admit defeat to Araik Baghdarjan from Armenia. At the 1995 World Cup in Atlanta , Elbrus Tedejew was able to fully convince for the first time. He defeated the defending champion Magomed Azizow there and also beat the Japanese Takahiro Wada in the final and thus became world champion for the first time .

In the following three years Elbrus Tedejew could not win another title. But he still won several medals. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta he lost his third fight against the South Korean Jang Jae-sung , but then fought his way through to the so-called "small" final with victories over Ramil Islamow from Uzbekistan and Giovanni Schillaci from Italy won the bronze medal with a victory over Takahiro Wada . In 1997 he finished 2nd at the European Championships in Warsaw after losing points in the final battle against his old rival Magomed Azizow, while he only finished 5th at the World Championships that year after defeats against Sergei Smal and Magomed Azizow.

In 1998 he came in 3rd place at the European Championships in Clermont-Ferrand and 4th in the World Championships in Tehran . In both championships he lost to the Bulgarian Serafim Barzakow . In Tehran he was defeated in the battle for the bronze medal against the American Cary J. Kolat .

The year 1999 turned out to be the most successful year in Elbrus Tedejew's career. First he was European featherweight champion in Minsk . He defeated the new Russian star Murad Umachanow with 9: 6 tech. Points and in the final fight Serafim Barzakow just 3: 2 techn. Points. This victory was followed by a second at the World Cup in Ankara . In the decisive fights he celebrated points wins over Serafim Barzakow (5: 3), Cary J. Kolat (2: 1) and Jang Jae-sung (3: 1). This was the second time he was world champion .

In 2000 Elbrus Tedejew was spared at the European Championships in order to be able to compete in the best form at the Olympic Games in Sydney . But this plan went completely wrong. He managed to win a point over Jo Yang-Son from North Korea, but in the next fight he lost against his Russian rival Murad Umachanow clearly with 3:13 techn. Points, with which he was eliminated and only finished 11th.

2001 Elbrus Tedejew lost in his second fight against the Russian newcomer Soslan Tomajew and only came in 7th place. It went better for him at the 2001 World Cup in Sofia , because here he managed to take revenge against Murad Umakhanov for the defeat at the 2000 Olympic Games. But since he lost to Serafim Barzakow , he could only win over Mehmet Yozgat from Turkey save more 3rd place.

In 2002 Elbrus Tedejew became world champion for the third time in Tehran , starting in the lightweight for the first time . He needed six wins and beat u. a. again Serafim Barzakow, who had also moved up to the lightweight, Engin Ürün from Germany and in the final Alireza Dabir from Iran . At the European Championships in Riga in 2003 and in Ankara in 2004 , he took second place. He was beaten both times by Russian wrestlers, Irbek Walentinowitsch Farnijew and Makhach Murtasalijew . Against Irbek Walentinowitsch Farnijew he was also defeated at the 2003 World Cup in New York and only finished 7th there.

The 2004 Olympic Games in Athens became the absolute highlight in Elbrus Tedejew's career . By now 30 years old, he played all his experience there and became an Olympic lightweight champion with five victories . In the decisive fights he defeated Leonid Spiridonow from Kazakhstan with 4-1 techn. Points and Jamill Kelly from the United States with 5: 1 tech. Points.

After this great triumph Elbrus Tedejew ended his wrestling career. In September 2013 he was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame for his services to wrestling .

Politician

Tedejew has been a member of the Verkhovna Rada since 2007 .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1994	1.	Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Kourtane / Finland	feather	before David Pogosjan, Georgia , Rasul Karawajew, Russia a . Thomas Kaczanowicz, Germany
1994	7th	World Cup in Istanbul	feather	behind Magomed Azizow , Russia , Sergei Smal , Belarus , Giovanni Schillaci , Italy , Jürgen Scheibe , Germany, Muharrem Demiregen , Turkey and others. Stefan Fernyak, Slovakia
1995	3.	"Yasar Dogu" tournament in Istanbul	feather	behind Muharrem Demirgen u. Jang Jae-sung , South Korea
1995	6th	EM in Friborg	feather	behind Magomed Azizow, Jürgen Scheibe , Sergei Smal, Martin Müller, Switzerland a . Araik Baghdarjan, Armenia
1995	1.	World Cup in Atlanta	feather	before Takahiro Wada , Japan , Magomed Azizow, No Won-chang, South Korea a. Serban-Florian Mumjiew, Romania
1996	4th	EM in Budapest	feather	behind Magomed Azizow, Giovanni Schillaci u. Sergei Smal, in front of Jürgen Scheibe a. Istvan Demeter, Hungary
1996	bronze	OS in Atlanta	feather	with wins over Tjaart Andries du Plessis, South Africa , Istvan Demeter, one defeat geen Jang Jae-sung, South Korea u. Victories over Ramil Islamow, Uzbekistan, Giovanni Schillaci u. Takahiro Wada
1997	2.	EM in Warsaw	feather	with victories over Akto Raska, Estonia , Christos Polychronidis, Greece a . Serafim Barzakow , Bulgaria a . a loss to Magomed Azizov
1997	5.	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	feather	with a victory over Stefan Fernyak, a defeat against Sergei Smal , victories over No Won-chang, Georgi Kharchava, Georgia, Martin Calder, Canada and the like. Shamil Effendijew, Azerbaijan , a defeat against Magomed Azizow u. a victory over Tserenbaataryn Enchbajar , Mongolia
1998	1.	FILA tournament in Clermont-Ferrand	feather	before Jang Jae-sung, Mehdi Kaveh, Iran, Kim Jussi Nurmela, Finland a . Gregor Sarrasin, Switzerland
1998	3.	EM in Bratislava	feather	with victories over Ljulzim Vrenezi, Macedonia, Geiovanni Schillaci u. Stefan Fernyak, a defeat against Serafim Barzakow u. Victories over Giorgios Moustopoulos, Greece u. Serban-Florien Mumjiev
1998	4th	World Cup in Tehran	feather	with victories over Jürgen Scheibe u. Stefan Fernyak, a defeat against Serafim Barzakow, a victory over Jang Jae-sung u. one loss to Cary J. Kolat , USA
1999	1.	EM in Minsk	feather	with victories over Oleg Gogol, Belarus, Gregor Sarrasin, Zsolt Barikuti, Hungary, Murad Umachanow , Russia a. Serfaim Barzakov
1999	1.	World Cup in Ankara	feather	with victories over Kim Kwang-Il, North Korea, Haris Barsegiani, Iran, Ruslan Bodisteanu, Romania, Serafim Barzakow, Cary J. Kolat and Jang Jae-sung
2000	11.	OS in Sydney	feather	with a victory over Ja Yong-Son, North Korea u. a loss to Murad Umakhanov
2001	7th	EM in Budapest	feather	with a victory over Nicolaus Djouvas, Greece a. a loss to Soslan Tomayev , Russia
2001	3.	World Cup in Sofia	feather	with victories over northern China in Bajarmagnai , Mongolia, Shamzo Uchamadschapow, Kyrgyzstan and the like. Elman Asgarow, Azerbaijan, a loss to Serafim Barzakow u. a victory over Mehmet Yozgat , Turkey
2002	1.	World Cup in Tehran	Light	with victories over Gregor Sarassin, Switzerland, Carlos Julian Ortiz Castillo, Cuba, Otar Tuschischwili , Georgia, Serafim Barzakow, Engin Ürün , Germany a. Alireza Dabir , Iran
2003	2.	EM in Riga	Light	with victories over Gregory Ferreira, France, Otar Tuschischwili, Gergely Szabo, Hungary a. Serafim Barzakow et al. a loss to Irbek Walentinowitsch Farniev , Russia
2003	6th	World Cup in New York	Light	with victories over Gregor Sarrasin, Ljulzim Vrenezi a. Baek Jin-kuk, South Korea a. a loss to Irbek Farniev
2004	2.	EM in Ankara	Light	with victories over Laszlo Szabolcs, Romania, Gergely Szabo u. Zhirayr Hovhannesjan, Armenia a. a loss to Makhach Murtasaliev , Russia
2004	gold	OS in Athens	Light	with victories over Serguet Rondon Pedroso, Cuba, Otar Tuschischwili, Apostolos Toskoudis, Greece, Leonid Spiridonow , Kazakhstan a. Jamill Kelly , USA

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• Feather weight back then up to 62, lightweight up to 66 kg body weight
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer , numbers: 8/1994, 9/1994, 9/1995, 5/1996 a. 8/1996

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Outstanding Class of 2013 to Enter FILA Hall of Fame , accessed on April 16, 2017 (English)

Web links

• Profile of Elbrus Tedejew at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Elbrus Tedejew in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Brief portrait of Elbrus Tedejew (English)