Herman Kantojeu

Herman Kantojeu ( Russian Герман Степанович Контоев ; born November 27, 1971 in Khabarovsk , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian or Belarusian wrestler . He became the 2001 flyweight world champion in free style .

Career

Herman Kantojeu, a Siberian from Khabarovsk, started wrestling as a teenager in his hometown in 1985. Over the years he fought his way into the top tier of the national wrestling elite in the Soviet Union and later in Russia , focusing on free style. It was very light and always started in the flyweight, the weight class up to 52 kg or 54 kg and in the bantam weight up to 55 kg body weight. In 1993 he was used by the Russian Wrestling Federation at a World Cup in Chattanooga , where he finished second behind Zeke Jones from the United States.

In 1995 he decided to move to Belarus and start for this country because the competition there was not as great as in Russia. He became a member of the sports club RTsFVS Minsk . His trainer there was Valentin Murzinkow. He made his first start for Belarus at the 1995 World Cup in Atlanta . He came in 9th place there. Also in 1996 and 1997 he could not yet reach the medal ranks at the international championships. At the European Championships in Budapest in 1996 he finished 10th and at the 1997 European Championships in Warsaw he came in 7th place, at the 1997 World Championships in Krasnoyarsk he came 14th after two wins and two defeats.

In 1998 Herman Kantojeu won his first medal at an international championship at the European Championships in Bratislava . There he defeated Thomas Röthlisberger from Switzerland , Jaanek Lipps from Estonia and Murad Ramazanow from Russia and was defeated in the final by the Ukrainian Oleksandr Sacharuk with a tie of 1: 1 only by the referee's decision. He won the European Championship silver medal . At the 1998 World Cup in Tehran, he had to face four tough opponents. He won against Mevlana Kulac from Turkey and Iwan Zonow from Bulgaria, clearly defeating Zonow with 9: 0 points, against Chechenol Mongush from Russia and against Gholamreza Mohammadi from Iran and therefore had to defeat 11. Satisfy space.

In 1999, Herman Kantojeu had to admit defeat at the European Championships in Minsk after victories against Wassili Zeiher from Germany and Thomas Röthlisberger this time against Iwan Zonow, who achieved a 6-1 point win in his revenge. At this year's World Cup in Ankara he lost again in his first fight against Zonow, but there his defeat was very narrow with 5: 6 points. After defeating Ludek Burian from the Czech Republic, he lost his third fight against Eric Akin from the United States and only reached 17th place, which was not enough for qualifying for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney .

He therefore had to contest three difficult qualifying tournaments at the beginning of 2000. He came in 3rd place in Minsk behind Samuel Henson from the United States and Haibo Meng from the People's Republic of China , won in Leipzig ahead of Namig Abdullajew from Azerbaijan and Nurdin Donbajew from Uzbekistan and took 9th place in Tokyo . These placements earned him eligibility for the Sydney Games. There he won over Wilfredo García from Cuba , lost to Nurdin Donbajew, won over Maulen Mamirow from Kazakhstan , lost to Samuel Henson and finally lost the fight for the Olympic bronze medal against Amiran Kartanow from Greece just after points (4: 5) and had to therefore be satisfied with the thankless 4th place.

In 2001 Herman Kantojeu decided not to take part in the European Championship and concentrated entirely on the World Championship in Sofia . A measure that paid off, because he was won in Sofia with victories over Stephen Abas , from the United States, Shankar Patel Kripa, India , Arif Formanow, Azerbaijan, Maulen Mamirow and Babak Noursad from Iran, whom he won in the final with 5 : 1 points beat, world champion .

He was unable to build on this great success in the following years at the international championships. After he paused in 2002, he came to the 2003 World Cup after defeats against Chikara Tanabe , Japan , to which he was defeated in a rough battle with just 10:11 points, and Michail Japaridze from Canada , against whom his defeat with 1: 7 points was clear, only to 26th place.

In 2004, Herman Kantojeu was able to qualify again for the Olympic Games with a 2nd place at a qualifying tournament in Bratislava . Before this he also played the European Championship in Ankara , where he came in 7th place with one win and one defeat. In Athens he lost his first fight against Oleksandr Sacharuk from Ukraine and came in 15th place after defeating Baurschan Orasgalijew from Kazakhstan.

He then ended his wrestling career and became a sports teacher and trainer in Minsk.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1993	2.	World Cup in Chattanooga	To fly	behind Zeke Jones , USA , in front of Greg Woodcroft, Canada
1995	9.	World Cup in Atlanta	To fly	Winner: Valentin Jordanow , Bulgaria ahead of Gholamreza Mohammadi , Iran and Zeke Jones
1996	2.	Yasar Dogu Memorial in Ankara	To fly	behind Metin Topaktas , Turkey , in front of Lou Rosselli, USA
1996	10.	EM in Budapest	To fly	Winner: Vladimir Toguzov , Ukraine ahead of Iwan Zonow , Bulgaria and Namig Abdullajew , Azerbaijan | -
1996	2.	Universities World Cup in Tehran	To fly	behind Gholamreza Mohammadi, in front of Jung Soon-won, South Korea , Kiril Pawlow, Russia and Rudik Margarjan, Armenia
1997	7th	EM in Warsaw	To fly	Winner: Oleksandr Sacharuk , Ukraine ahead of Namig Abdullajew and Mevlana Kulac , Turkey
1997	2.	Baltic Sea Games in Tallinn	To fly	behind Nikolai Sawin, Belarus, in front of Alexander Li, Russia and Stanislaw Surdyka, Poland
1997	14th	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	To fly	after victories over Tamazi Kuloschwili, Georgia and Nurdin Donbajew , Kyrgyzstan a . Losses against Wilfredo García , Cuba a. Named Abdullaev
1998	2.	EM in Bratislava	To fly	after victories over Thomas Röthlisberger, Switzerland , Jaanek Lipps, Estonia a . Murad Ramazanow , Russia a. a loss to Oleksandr Sacharuk, Ukraine
1998	11.	World Cup in Tehran	To fly	after victory over Mevlana Kulac, defeat against Chechenol Mongush , Russia, victory over Iwan Zonow a. Loss to Gholamreza Mohammadi
1999	1.	Polish Grand Prix in Warsaw	To fly	before Wassili Zeiher , Germany a . Vitali Railean, Moldova
1999	6th	EM in Minsk	To fly	after victories over Wassili Zeiher and Thomas Röthlisberger u. a loss to Ivan Zonov
1999	17th	World Cup in Ankara	To fly	after defeat by Iwan Zonow, victory over Ludek Burian, Czech Republic a. Losing to Eric Akin, USA
2000	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Minsk	To fly	behind Samuel Henson , USA a. Haibo Meng , China
2000	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Leipzig	To fly	in front of Namig Abdullajew, Nurdin Donbajew a. Chikara Tanabe , Japan
2000	9.	Olympic qualification tournament in Tokyo	To fly	Winner: Chikara Tanabe in front of Namig Abdullajew u. Wassili Zeiher
2000	4th	OS in Sydney	To fly	after victory over Wilfredo García, defeat against Nurdin Donbajew, victory over Maulen Mamirow , Kazakhstan a . Defeats to Samuel Henson u. Amiran Kartanow , Greece
2001	1.	World Cup in Sofia	To fly	after victories over Stephen Abas , USA, Shankar Patel Kripa, India , Arif Farmanow, Azerbaijan, Maulen Mamirow u. Babak Noursad , Iran
2002	1.	Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs	Bantam	before Jody Strittmatter, Mike Mena and Eric Akin, all USA
2002	2.	Oleg Naniew Memorial in Vladikavkaz	Bantam	behind Mussa Saidulbalatow, Russia, in front of Adhamjon Achilov , Uzbekistan u. Oleksandr Sacharuk
2003	26th	World Cup in New York	Bantam	after defeat against Chikara Tanabe u. Mikhail Japaridze, Canada
2004	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Bratislava	Bantam	behind René Montero , Cuba, in front of Martin Berberjan, Armenia a. Named Abdullaev
2004	7th	EM in Ankara	Bantam	after defeat by Themistoklis Iakovidis, Greece a. Victory over Lubos Cikel, Austria
2004	15th	OS in Athens	Bantam	after defeat against Oleksandr Sacharuk and victory over Baurschan Orasgalijew, Kazakhstan

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• Fly weight, up to 52, kg up to 1996, up to 54 kg body weight from 1997 to 2001, then abolished, bantam weight, up to 55 kg body weight since 2002

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• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web links

• Profile of Herman Kantojeu at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Herman Kantojeu in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )