Elmadi Schabrailow

Elmadi Sainadijewitsch Schabrailow ( Russian Эльмади Зайнадиевич Жабраилов ; born September 6, 1965 in Chassavyurt , Dagestan , Soviet Union) is a former Soviet wrestler who also competed for the Commonwealth of Independent States and Kazakhstan . He became world champion in 1989 , European champion in 1991 and won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games , both in free style in the middleweight division .

Career

Guided by his father, Elmadi Schabrailow began wrestling as a teenager in his hometown of Chassavyurt in Dagestan. One of his role models was his brother Lukman Schabrailow , who was three years his senior and was also a wrestler. Both wrestled in free style. In the former Soviet Union, wrestling had become a kind of national sport in the Caucasus region over the years, and there was an enormous range of top wrestlers in the Soviet Union. It is therefore not surprising that Elmadi Schabrailow only reached the national top at the age of 24 and was used at the European Championships in Ankara. He started there in the middleweight division, the weight class up to 82 kg, in which he wrestled throughout his career. He defeated it in one of the preliminary fights u. a. the German Reiner Trik on points. In the final statement in Ankara he came in 3rd behind Necmi Gençalp from Turkey and Jozef Lohyňa from the Czech Republic. In September 1989 he was also at the start of the World Championships in Martigny / Switzerland. There he achieved the greatest success of his career, because he became world champion. In the final he defeated the American Melvin Douglas just 4: 3 points.

Elmadi Schabrailow, who was very prone to injuries, was only used again at the 1991 European Championships in Stuttgart. In Stuttgart he reached the final and defeated the German Hans Gstöttner with 5: 2 points. He did not start at the 1991 World Cup.

After the political change in the Soviet Union, he started for the CIS at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. He won there over Atsushi Ito, Japan, Hans Gstöttner, Jozef Lohyňa, CSSR and László Dvorák , Hungary. He was facing the American Kevin Jackson in the final battle . After the normal fighting time of 6 minutes, this encounter was 0-0, whereupon it went into overtime, in which the American managed a two-point score, with which he became Olympic champion . Elmadi Schabrailow had to be satisfied with the silver medal, with which he was visibly disappointed.

When the CIS broke up in 1993, Elmadi Schabrailow decided to start for Kazakhstan in the future. He went to Alma-Ata and became a member of the local sports club Dynamo . This decision had the consequence that he could no longer start at the European Championships. His next use at an international championship took place again at the 1994 World Cup in Istanbul. However, he disappointed there and left early. According to the rules of that time, he was placed in 11th place with all wrestlers who were not placed in the front field in the individual pools. Incidentally, his brother Luchman, who started for Moldova, became world champion. At the 1994 Asian Games, which took place in Hiroshima in October 1994, he came in second behind Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi from Iran.

In 1995 Elmadi Schabrailow was Asian champion in Manila ahead of Agwaansamdangiin Süchbat , Mongolia and Ruslan Kinchagov , Uzbekistan. This year he was again at the World Cup in Atlanta and fought his way back to the final there. In this, however, as in the Olympic Games, he was defeated by Kevin Jackson and therefore took 2nd place. In one of his pool fights he had a narrow 4: 3 point victory over Hans Gstöttner at this world championship.

In 1996, Elmadi Schabrailow concentrated entirely on the Olympic Games in Atlanta. In his first three fights he also came to victories over Magomed Ibragimow, Azerbaijan, his brother Lukman Schabrailow, whom he defeated in a hot battle with 10: 8 points and Leslie Gutches from the United States, against whom he narrowly with 2: 1 points won. He then surprisingly lost his fourth fight with 2: 3 points against the South Korean Yang Hyung-mo , which made the Olympic victory a long way off. Demotivated, he did not take part in his last fight against Sebahattin Öztürk from Turkey because of an injury and ended up in 6th place.

In 1997 he started at the East Asian Games in Busan, where he defeated his conqueror of Atlanta Yang Hyung-mo in the final.

Then he ended his wrestling career.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1989	3.	EM in Ankara	medium	behind Necmi Gencalp, Turkey and Jozef Lohyna, CSSR, in front of Gheorghe Mitu, Romania and Pekka Rauhala , Finland
1989	1.	World Cup in Martigny / Switzerland	medium	before Melvin Douglas, USA, Alcide Legrand , France, Necmi Gencalp and Jozef Lohyna
1990	1.	Goodwill Games in Seattle	medium	before Sebahattin Öztürk, Turkey and Royce Alger , USA
1991	1.	EM in Stuttgart	medium	in front of Hans Gstöttner, Germany, Sebahattin Öztürk and Robert Kostecki , Poland
1992	silver	OS in Barcelona	medium	after victories over Atsushi Ito, Japan, Hans Gstöttner, Jozef Lohyna and László Dvorák, Hungary and a defeat against Kevin Jackson, USA
1994	11.	World Cup in Istanbul	medium	Winner: Lukman Schabrailow, Moldova ahead of Sebahattin Öztürk, Hans Gstöttner and Nicolau Ghita, Romania
1994	2.	Asia Games in Hiroshima	medium	behind Amir Reza Khadem Azghadi, Iran, in front of Hidekazu Yokoyama, Japan
1995	1.	Asian Championship in Manila	medium	off Agwaansamdangiin Süchbat , Mongolia and Ruslan Kinchagov, Uzbekistan
1995	2.	World Cup in Atlanta	medium	behind Kevin Jackson, in front of Ruslan Kinchagov and László Dvorák
1996	6th	OS in Atlanta	medium	after victories over Magomed Ibragimow, Azerbaijan, Lukman Schabrailow and Leslie Gutches, USA and defeats against Yang Hyung-mo, South Korea and Sebahattin Öztürk
1997	1.	East Asia Games in Busan	medium	before Yang Hyung-mo and Gandsorigiin Ganchujag , Mongolia

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Average weight, up to 1996 up to 82 kg, from 1997 to 2001 up to 85 kg

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

• Elmadi Schabrailow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Fight of Elmadi Schabrailow (red) against Kevin Jackson at the 1992 Olympic Games