Ilie Matei (wrestler)

Ilie Matei

Ilie Matei (born July 11, 1960 in Râşca ) is a former Romanian wrestler and winner of the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles in the Greco-Roman style light heavyweight.

Career

Ilie Matei grew in Suceava where she started as a teenager with the rings . He is of Moldovan descent. Ilie Matei specialized in the Greco-Roman. Style and with the enormous state support (state amateur) in the former Eastern Bloc countries soon developed into the best light heavyweight wrestler in Romania and an international top wrestler. He made his debut on the international wrestling mat among seniors at the 1979 Balkan Games in Yambol . He won there in front of such top wrestlers as Atanas Komtschew from Bulgaria , Josef Tertelj from Yugoslavia and others. Seyfullah Sahingoez from Turkey .

From 1981 Ilie Matei started regularly at the major international championships in the senior sector. After a 7th place at the World Championships in Oslo in 1981 , he just missed the medal ranks in 1982 with fourth places at the European Championships in Varna and at the World Championships in Katowice both times. In those years he mostly failed because of Igor Kanygin from the USSR , who was then dominating the light heavyweight wrestling scene , Frank Andersson from Sweden and Atanas Komchev, who had developed enormously.

At the European Championships in Budapest in 1983 Ilie Matei then won with a 3rd place behind Kanygin u. Komchev won his first bronze medal at an international championship, which was followed by a 5th place at the world championship of the same year in Kiev .

In 1984 Ilie Matei started with a 5th place at the European Championships in Jönköping in the light heavyweight division. At the Olympic Games in Los Angeles that year, he seized the opportunity and won the silver medal behind the American Steve Fraser . In an extremely close fight, he lost to Fraser with a score of 1: 1 only through a controversial referee decision.

In 1985 Ilie Matei confirmed the silver medal in Los Angeles with an excellent second place at the European Championships in Leipzig . He lost it in the final against Igor Kanygin. At the 1985 World Cup in Kolbotn / Norway , he finished in 4th place.

In 1986 Ilie Matei won another medal at the European Championships in Athens and in 1987 again achieved good placements both at the World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand and at the European Championships in Tampere .

At the end of the wrestling year 1987 Ilie Matei resigned from international wrestling events. He had an impressive career behind him and always placed himself at the front of the championships in which he participated. Ilie Matei studied at the Institute of Sport and Physical Education at Suceava University and then worked as a physical education teacher.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Hs = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight, back then up to 90 kg or 100 kg body weight)

• 1978, 2nd place , junior tournament in Havlikov Brod , GR, up to 81 kg body weight, behind Kiril Todorow, Bulgaria a . before Lewin, USSR ;
• 1979, 1st place , Balkan Games in Yambol , GR, Hs, in front of Atanas Komtschew , Bulgaria, Josef Tertelj , Yugoslavia a . Seyfullah Sahingoez , Turkey ;
• 1980, 1st place , beam championship in Istanbul , GR, Hs, ahead of Marian Dadakow, Bulgaria, Csaba Majoros, Yugoslavia a. Seyfullah Sahingoez;
• 1980, 5th place , Junior European Championship in Bursa , GR, Hs, behind Christer Gulldén , Sweden , Nikolai Sibitnew, USSR, Lajos Herczeg , Hungary a . Zbigniew Lobeyko, Poland a . before Josef Tertelj;
• 1981, 1st place , Universiade in Bucharest , GR, Hs, before Thomas Horschel , GDR a . Alexander Dubrowski , USSR;
• 1981, 7th place , World Championships in Oslo , GR, Hs, with a victory over Georgios Pikilidis , Greece a . Defeats against Bogusław Dąbrowski , Poland a. Frank Andersson , Sweden;
• 1982, 4th place , EM in Varna , GR, Hs, behind Igor Kanygin , USSR, Frank Andersson u. Atanas Komchev et al. before Georgios Pozidis , Greece a . Karoly Kopas , Yugoslavia;
• 1982, 4th place , World Championships in Katowice , GR, Hs, behind Frank Andersson, Atanas Komtschew, u. Igor Kanygin et al. before Jindrich Durcak, CSSR a . Bogusław Dąbrowski;
• 1983, 1st place , Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Aschaffenburg , GR, Hs, ahead of Ion Draica , Romania , Angel Bontschew , Bulgaria a. Momir Petkovic , Yugoslavia;
• 1983, 3rd place , EM in Budapest , GR, Hs, behind Igor Kanygin u. Atanas Komchev et al. before Norbert Növényi , Hungary, Uwe Neupert , GDR a. Bernhard Ban, Yugoslavia;
• 1983, 5th place , WM in Kiev , GR, Hs, behind Igor Kanygin, Atanas Komtschew, Nobert Növenyi u. Georgios Pozidis et al. before Jindrich Durcak;
• 1984, 3rd place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Freiburg im Breisgau , GR, Hs, behind Igor Kanygin u. Uwe Sachs , FRG a. before Franz Marx , Austria a . Dusan Masar , CSSR;
• 1984, 5th place , EM in Jönköping , GR, Hs, behind Atanas Komtschew, Igor Kanygin, Georgios Pozidis u. Toni Hannula , Finland a . in front of Csaba Majoros, Yugoslavia;
• 1984, 2nd place , "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Leipzig , GR, S, behind Thomas Horschel u. before Jörg Kotte , GDR, Laborde, Cuba a . Salopuro, Finland;
• 1984, silver medal , OS in Los Angeles , GR, Hs, with victories over Hase, Japan , Ibrahim, Egypt , Jean-Francois Court, France a . Uwe Sachs and a loss to Steve Fraser , USA;
• 1985, 1st place , tournament in Bucharest , GR, Hs, in front of Hawas Mulayev , USSR a. Toni Hannula;
• 1985, 2nd place , EM in Leipzig, GR, Hs, behind Igor Kanygin u. before Toni Hannula, Andrzej Malina , Poland, Franz Pitschmann , Austria a. Lajos Herczeg;
• 1985, 4th place , World Championship in Kolbotn / Norway , GR, Hs, behind Michael Houck , USA, Igor Kanygin u. Atanas Komchev et al. before Bogdan Merkiel, Poland a. Frank Andersson;
• 1986, 1st place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Freiburg im Breisgau , GR, Hs, ahead of Andrzej Malina, Franz Pitschmann, Bernhard Ban u. Franz Marx;
• 1986, 3rd place , EM in Athens , GR, Hs, behind Atanas Komtschew a. Franz Pitschmann u. before Hawas Mulayev, Georgios Pikilidis and others Lajos Szegervari , Hungary;
• 1987, 6th place , EM in Tampere , GR, Hs, behind Wladimir Popow , USSR, Atanas Komtschew, Harri Koskela , Finland, Olaf Koschnitzke , GDR a. Jean-Francois Court;
• 1987, 5th place , World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand , GR, Hs, behind Wladimir Popow, Sándor Major , Hungary, Atanas Komtschew u. Harri Koskela et al. before Yasutoshi Moriyama, Japan;
• 1987, 4th place , FILA Grand Prix tournament in Budapest, GR, Hs, behind Wladimir Popow, Atanas Komtschew u. Guillermo Cruz, Cuba a. before Harri Koskela u. Sandor Major

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• Trade journal Der Ringer , numbers: 9/1981, page 6, 5/6/1982, pages 5/6, 9/1982, pages 10/11, 9/1983, page 9, 10/1983, page 6, 5/1984 , Page 9, 9/1984, pages 10/11, 5/1985, page 5, 9/1985, page 6, 5/1986, page 9, 6/1987, page 9, 9/1987, page 10
• Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web links

• Profile of Ilie Matei at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Ilie Matei in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Ilie Matei at COSR (Romanian)