Islam Betersultanovich Duguchiev

Islam Betersultanowitsch Dugutschijew ( Azerbaijani İslam Duquçiyev , Russian Ислам Бетерсултанович Дугучиев * 15. April 1966 in Altyn-Emel, Alma Ata , USSR ) is a wrestler who for the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States , for Russia and for Azerbaijan launched. In the 1990s he was four times world champion, twice European champion and won a silver medal in the Greco-Roman style in the lightweight at the 1992 Olympic Games .

Career

Islam Duguschiev started wrestling as a teenager in 1978. Born at Alma Ata, he later started for Dinamo Rostov-on-Don and was trained mainly by M. Duguschijew and A. Abajew. He focused on the Greco-Roman style and always started lightweight as an adult at a height of 1.69 meters. He was a sports instructor. The political conditions at the time in which he practiced his sport meant that he competed for no less than four different countries: until 1991 for the Soviet Union, 1992 for the CIS, from 1993 to 1995 for Russia and 2000 when he made a comeback for Azerbaijan.

He made his first start at an international championship in 1984 when he became Junior European Champion (Juniors) in the weight class up to 60 kg in Lodz. In 1986 he finished 2nd at the European Junior Championships (Espoirs) in Malmö in the lightweight category behind Petrica Carare, Romania. In 1990, he made his debut in an international championship among seniors. He succeeded in winning the European Championship in Poznań. In the final of the lightweight he shouldered the Romanian Petrica Carare after 25 seconds. In the same year he became world champion in Rome-Ostia, where he defeated the German Jannis Zamanduridis safely on points (6-0) in the final.

In 1991 Islam Duguschiev became world champion again in Varna. He referred Martin Kornbakk , Sweden, Stojan Dobrew , Bulgaria and Kim Sung-moon , South Korea, to their places. At the European Championships in 1991 he was not used. Also in 1992 he was not at the start of the European Championship because he should concentrate entirely on the Olympic Games in Barcelona. He came there with five wins in the final, in which he faced the Hungarian Attila Repka , whom he had already defeated several times. On that day, however, Attila Repka was the stronger. Repka won the final when he scored the decisive point in extra time after 38 seconds. For Islam Duguschiev only the 2nd place and the silver medal remained.

In 1993 Islam Duguschijew was again European champion in Istanbul. The hardest fight he had to endure against his former teammate from the Soviet national team Kamandar Majidow , who was now starting for Belarus. He could only win this fight in extra time with 1-0 points. In the final he then managed a clear victory over Oleg Tokarjew from Moldova. In the same year he became world champion again in Stockholm ahead of Kamander Madschidow, Ghani Yalouz , France and Martin Kornbakk. It is remarkable that he never had to give up a technical point in any of his fights.

In 1994 Islam Duguschiev suffered a defeat for the first time at the European Championships in Athens. He lost in the pool final to Ghani Yalouz, but was able to win an EM bronze medal with a narrow 2-1 point win over Rustam Adschi from Ukraine. At the world championship this year in Tampere he was able to successfully take revenge against Ghani Yalouz in the final and become world champion for the fourth time. In 1995 he was only used at the World Cup in Prague. But he could only take 10th place there. Unfortunately, nowhere - not even in the journal Der Ringer - is it recorded against whom he lost and was therefore eliminated prematurely.

In 1996 he was no longer able to qualify for the Russian Olympic team. He was also not at the start at the European Championship in 1996. Russia was represented at these championships by Alexander Tretyakov .

In 2000, Islam Duguschiev attempted a comeback at the age of 34. He went to Azerbaijan and was naturalized there. He managed to qualify for the Sydney Olympics. In Sydney, he won lightweight wins over Parviz Zaidvand (Iran) and Juha Lappalainen (Finland), but then lost to Valeri Nikitin (Estonia) and Son Sang-pil (South Korea), placing him in 6th place.

Although he never became an Olympic champion , Islam Duguschiev was perhaps the best wrestler in the world in the Greco-Roman style alongside Alexander Karelin in the first half of the 1990s.

After his active career he became a trainer and works in Rostov-on-Don for the Russian association in the junior sector.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1984	1.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Lodz	up to 60 kg	before Kiril Sawow, Bulgaria and Ronny Persson, Sweden
1986	2.	Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Malmö	Light	behind Petrica Carare, Romania, ahead of Lars Lagerborg, Sweden and János Takács , Hungary
1989	1.	World Cup in Fredrikstad / Norway	Light	before Martin Kornbakk, Sweden and Andrew Seras, USA
1990	1.	"Peer-Gynt" Cup in Kolbotn / Norway	Light	before Moon Chung-sik, South Korea and Alexis Jiminez, Cuba
1990	1.	EM in Poznań	Light	before Petrica Carare, Ghani Yalouz, France and Attila Repka, Hungary
1990	1.	World Cup in Rome-Ostia	Light	before Jannis Zamanduridis, Germany, Attila Repka and Petrica Carare
1991	1.	World Cup in Varna	Light	before Martin Kornbakk, Sweden, Stojan Dobrew, Bulgaria and Kim Sung-moon, South Korea
1992	silver	OS in Barcelona	Light	after victories over Cecilio Rodriguez, Cuba, Takumi Mori, Japan, Waleri Nikitin, Estonia, Ryszard Wolny , Poland and Abdollah Chamangoli, Iran and a defeat against Attila Repka, Hungary
1993	1.	EM in Istanbul	Light	before Oleg Tokarjew, Moldova, Kamandar Madschidow, Belarus and Peter Bielesz , Slovakia
1993	1.	German Grand Prix in Koblenz	Light	in front of Jannis Zamanduridis, Kamandar Madschidow and Muttalip Yerlikaya, Turkey
1993	1.	World Cup in Stockholm	Light	before Kamandar Majidow, Ghani Yalouz and Martin Kornbakk
1994	3.	EM in Athens	Light	behind Attila Repka and Ghani Yalouz, in front of Rustam Adschi, Ukraine and Ryszard Wolny
1994	1.	World Cup in Tampere	Light	before Ghani Yalouz, Bisser Georgiew , Bulgaria and Ryszard Wolny
1995	10.	World Cup in Prague	Light	Winner: Rustam Adschi ahead of Attila Repka, Jannis Zamanduridis and Ryszard Wolny
2000	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent	Light	before Mahmut Altay, Turkey, Ender Memet, Romania and Adam Juretzko , Germany
2000	12.	Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Colorado Springs	Light	Winner: Mohammed Reza Babulfath , Sweden, ahead of Ryszard Wolny and Njiya Saiyi, China
2000	6th	OS in Sydney	Light	after victories over Parviz Zaidvand, Iran and Juha Lappalainen, Finland and defeats against Valeri Nikitin and Son Sang-pil, South Korea

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Lightweight, until 1996 up to 68 kg, until 2001 up to 69 kg body weight

proof

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database Database rings

credentials

1. ↑ Дугучиев Ислам Бетрсултанович on the website of the Russian Sports Wrestling Federation (Федерация спортивной борьбы России), accessed on February 12, 2016

Web links

• Islam Betersultanowitsch Dugutschijew in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )