Gennady Nikolayevich Strachow

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Gennady Nikolajewitsch Strachow (born February 1, 1944 in Moscow ) is a former Soviet wrestler . He won a silver medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and was world champion in 1970 , both in free style in the light heavyweight division

Career

Gennadi Strachow started wrestling as a teenager. He only got into the top Soviet class when he became a member of the army and was trained by Sergei Preobrazhensky at CSKA Moscow . He was a strong, stocky wrestler who weighed around 90 kg at a height of 1.77 meters. He was champion of the Soviet Union for the first time in 1969. In 1970 he repeated this title win. In 1971 he was Soviet runner-up and in 1972 he came in third place in this championship, each in the light heavyweight division. His main competitors in the Soviet Union were Boris Gurevich , Omar Bliadze and Peter Surikow .

The first start in an international championship he completed at the European championship in 1969 in Sofia . He was there right away in the light heavyweight division with victories over Peter Döring , GDR, Ryszard Dlugosz, Poland, Kazimir Valach, Czechoslovakia, Roland Andersson , Sweden and Attila Balogh, Hungary, European champion. At the 1969 World Cup in Mar del Plata , he was not yet used. Boris Gurewitsch won the world title here, which also won the title at the 1970 European Championship in Berlin.

Gennadi Strachow was at the start at the 1970 World Cup in Edmonton. There he defeated Károly Bajkó from Hungary, David Götzer, from South Africa, Umberto Marcheggiani, Italy, Bill Harlow, USA and Makoto Kamada from Japan and became world champion.

In 1971 there were no European championships. Sofia was the venue for the 1971 World Championships. Gennadi Strachow could not defend his title there. He won in Sofia against Chimid Lundaa from Mongolia and Károly Bajkó from Hungary, but then suffered two surprising defeats against Nakodo Kemitchi, Japan and Pawel Kurczewski from Poland. He was therefore eliminated after the 4th round and only came in 8th place.

Although Gennady Strachow took only 3rd place in the Soviet championship in 1972, he was used in April 1972 in Katowice at the European championship. He justified the trust placed in him and was in the light heavyweight division with victories over Stelică Morcov, Romania, Hüseyin Gürsoy, Turkey, Rusi Petrow , Bulgaria and Etienne Martinetti, Switzerland for the second time European champion. He also prevailed in the Olympic qualification and started at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He came there to victories over Roland Andersson and Changdi Ram, India, fought against Benjamin Peterson from the United States in a draw and defeated Pawel Kurczewski, Günter Spindler from the GDR and Károly Bajkó. After the 6th round, Gennadi Strachow, like Ben Peterson, had four missing points in every five fights he had won. The gold medal went to Ben Peterson because of the technical points achieved in the victorious fights, while Gennadi Strachow had to be content with the silver medal.

After the Olympic Games in Munich, Gennadi Strachow was no longer at the start of any international championships.

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
1969 1. EM in Sofia Semi-difficult after victories over Peter Döring , GDR, Ryszard Dlugosz, Poland, Kazimir Valach, CSSR, Roland Andersson, Sweden and Attila Balogh, Hungary
1970 1. World Cup in Edmonton Semi-difficult after victories over Károly Bajkó , Hungary, David Götzer, South Africa, Umberto Marcheggiani, Italy, Bill Harlow, USA and Makoto Kamada, Japan
1971 8th. World Cup in Sofia Semi-difficult after victories over Chimid Lundaa, Mongolia and Károly Bajkó and defeats against Nakodo Kemitchi, Japan and Pawel Kurczewski, Poland
1972 1. EM in Katowice Semi-difficult after victories over Stelică Morcov, Romania, Hüseyin Gürsoy, Turkey, Rusi Petrow , Bulgaria and Etienne Martinetti, Switzerland
1972 silver OS in Munich Semi-difficult after victories over Roland Andersson and Changdi Ram, India, a draw against Benjamin Peterson, USA and victories over Pawel Kurczewski, Günter Spindler, GDR and Károly Bajkó
Explanations
  • all free style competitions
  • Lightweight, weight class at that time up to 90 kg body weight
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

literature

  • Athletics magazine
  • Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships 1896 to 1976, 1976

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Strachow, Gennady Nikolaevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strachow, Gennady
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow