Güsel Manjurowa

Güsel Manjurowa

Güsel Tachirqysy Manjurowa ( Kazakh Гүзель Тахирқызы Манюрова , Tatar Гүзәл Таһир кызы Мәнүрова , Transl. Güzäl Tahir kızı Mänürova ; Russian Гюзель Тагировна Манюрова Gjusel Tagirowna Manjurowa * 24. January 1978 in Saransk , Mordovian ASSR , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a Kazakh wrestler Tatar origin, which started for Russia until 2010 . She won a silver medal in the weight class up to 72 kg for Russia at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , she won a bronze medal in the weight class up to 72 kg for Kazakhstan.

Career

Güsel Manjurowa was born in Mordovia to a Tatar family and moved with his parents to Moscow as a child. Before 2002 she practiced Aikido , where she has the 3rd Dan and was temporarily vice-president of Akikai Russia. Since she wanted to play a competitive sport, she started wrestling when she was over 20 years old. The 1.74 meter tall athlete, who always competed or wrestled in the highest women's weight category, was initially a member of the SKA Novosibirsk Army Sports Club and then the CSKA Moscow Central Army Sports Club . She was and is trained by Alexander Koliwanow and Igor Fitkulin. She is a graduate of the Veterinary Faculty of Moscow University.

No results are known from the early years of her career. Her first known result comes from February 2003, where she took part in an international tournament in Kiev and took 7th place in the weight class up to 72 kg, which was won by Anita Schätzle from Germany ahead of Kateryna Burmistrowa from Ukraine . In the course of 2003 Güsel Manjurowa must have struggled in Russia, because she was used by the Russian Wrestling Federation at the World Cup in New York . There she was defeated in her first fight against Edyta Witkowska from Poland and was only able to occupy 9th place due to the peculiar rules of the International Wrestling Federation, despite two subsequent victories over Phillipa Katoniudaulifu from Australia and Kan Ming-jeong from South Korea .

Also in 2004 Güsel Manjurowa prevailed against her strong competitors in the nomination of the Russian women's team for the Olympic Games in Athens and with a 3rd place at the qualifying tournament in Tunis also achieved the criteria of the International Wrestling Federation (Fila) for a start at these games. Before Athens, the European Championships took place in Haparanda , Sweden . There she won over Stanka Slatewa from Bulgaria , Jenny Fransson from Sweden , Katarzyna Juszczak from Italy , Anna Wawrzycka from Poland and Swetlana Sajenko from Ukraine and thus became European champion . At the Olympic wrestling tournament that took place in August 2004, she then won over Marina Gastl , Austria , Anita Schätzle and Swetlana Sajenko and was thus in the final battle against the Chinese Wang Xu , to whom she however lost. But winning the Olympic silver medal was an outstanding achievement for her.

In 2005 Güsel Manjurowa was only at the World Cup in Budapest . She met there in the 1st round on the Mongolin Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa , against whom she lost on points. Since the Mongolians did not reach the final battle, they did not get into the consolation round, they were eliminated and ended up in 14th place. The next starts at international championships she completed again in 2007. She came in third place at both the European championships in Sofia and the world championships in Baku . At both championships she lost in the semifinals to her competitors, at the European championship Stanka Slatewa and at the world championship Kristie Marano from the United States. She won the bronze medals by winning over Anita Schätzle and Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana from Spain .

In the Olympic year 2008 Güsel Manjurowa won at the European Championships in Tampere after victories over Swetlana Sajenko, Irina Zyrkewitsch from Kazakhstan and Anita Schätzle and a defeat in the final fight against Stanka Slatewa an EM bronze medal . But then she missed qualifying for the Olympic Games in Beijing at the Russian elimination competitions and was therefore not at the start there. Also in 2009 she did not take part in any international championships.

At the beginning of 2010, Güsel Manjurowa changed the association and has since started for Kazakhstan . For this country she was Asian champion in 2010 and 2011. At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, however, she came in third behind Gelegdschamtsyn Narantschimeg from Mongolia and Li Dan from China, together with Kyoko Hamaguchi from Japan . She was not at the start at the 2010 World Championships. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2003	7th	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 72 kg	Winner: Anita Schätzle , Germany ahead of Kateryna Burmistrowa , Ukraine and Tatjana Komarnizkaja, Ukraine
2003	9.	World Cup in New York	up to 72 kg	after a loss to Edyta Witkowska , Poland and victories over Phillipa Katoniunaulifu, Australia and Kang Min-jeong, South Korea
2004	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 72 kg	before Anita Schätzle, Swetlana Sajenko , Ukraine, Anna Schamowa , Russia and Karine Schadojan, Uzbekistan
2004	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Tunis	up to 72 kg	behind Christine Nordhagen , Canada and Swetlana Sajenko
2004	1.	EM in Haparanda	up to 72 kg	after victories over Stanka Slatewa , Bulgaria , Jenny Fransson , Sweden , Kararzyna Juszczak, Italy and Anna Wawrzycka , Poland and Swetlana Sajenko
2004	silver	OS in Athens	up to 72 kg	after Siegen via Marina Gastl , Austria , Anita Schätzle u. Svetlana Sajenko and a loss to Wang Xu , China
2005	7th	Ivan Yarigin Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	up to 72 kg	Winner: Anita Schätzle in front of Swetlana Sajenko and Swetlana Martinenko , Russia
2005	1.	Poland Cup in Warsaw	up to 72 kg	before Wetlana Michailina, Russia, Jenny Fransson and Anita Schätzle
2005	14th	World Cup in Budapest	up to 72 kg	after losing to Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa , Mongolia
2005	1.	Oslo -Open	up to 72 kg	before Darja Nasarowa , Russia and Pia Vollenweider, Sweden
2006	1.	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	up to 72 kg	in front of Anita Schätzle, Wang Xu and Darja Nasarowa
2007	3.	Ivan Yarigin Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	up to 72 kg	behind Jelena Perepelkina , Russia and Wassilissa Marsaljuk , Belarus
2007	1.	Grand Prix Tourcoing	up to 72 kg	before Iris Smith , USA , Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana , Spain and Wassilissa Marsaljuk
2007	3.	EM in Sofia	up to 72 kg	after victories over Maria Luiza Vryoni, Greece a defeat against Stanka Slatewa and a victory over Anita Schätzle
2007	3.	World Cup in Baku	up to 72 kg	after victories over Natacha Djedje, CIV, Soumayn Ben Sassi, Tunisia and Swetlana Sajenko, a defeat against Kristie Marano , USA and a victory over Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana
2007	4th	Sunkist-Kids-International-Open in Phoenix (Arizona)	up to 72 kg	behind Iris Smith, Darja Nasarowa and Stephany Lee , USA
2008	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 72 kg	before Jelena Perepelkina, Iris Smith and Alena Starodubzewa , Russia
2008	2.	EM in Tampere	up to 72 kg	after victories over Swetlana Sajenko, Irina Zyrkewitsch, Kazakhstan and Anita Schätzle and a defeat against Stanka Slatewa
2009	5.	Ukrainian-Memorial-International in Kiev	up to 72 kg	behind Jelena Perepelkina, Swetlana Sajenko, Marina Gastl and Stephany Lee
2009	3.	Fila Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 72 kg	behind Stanka Slatewa and Jenny Fransson, in front of Ohenewa Akuffo , Canada and Swetlana Sajenko
2009	3.	Poland Open in Warsaw	up to 72 kg	behind Stanka Slatewa and Jekaterina Bukina , Russia, together with Ali Bernard , USA, in front of Kyoko Hamaguchi , Japan a. Vasilissa Marsaljuk
2010	1.	Asian Championship in New Delhi	up to 72 kg	in front of Gelegdschamtsyn Narantschimeg , Mongolia, Yoshiko Inoue , Japan and Li Dan , China
2010	2.	Fila Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 72 kg	behind Stanka Slatewa, in front of Laure Ali Annabel , Cameroon , Jenny Fransson and Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa
2010	3.	Asia Games in Guangzhou	up to 72 kg	behind Gelegdschamtsyn Narantschimeg and Li Dan, together with Kyoko Hamaguchi
2011	6th	World Cup in Liévin	up to 72 kg	behind Kyoko Hamaguchi, Jekaterina Bukina, Xu Qing , China, Ali Bernard, USA and Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa
2011	1.	Asian Championships in Tashkent	up to 72 kg	before Wang Jiao , China, Kyoko Hamaguchi and Badrachyn Odontschimeg , Mongolia
2012	3.	OS in London	up to 72 kg	after victories over Kyōko Hamaguchi , Japan ; Kateryna Burmistrowa Ukraine u. Wang Jiao , China and a loss to Natalia Vorobjowa

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships

swell

• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Website of the Russian Wrestling Association
• US Wrestling Association website

Web links

• Profile of Güsel Manjurowa at the Institute for Applied Training Science