Joe E. Williams

Joe E. Williams (born November 26, 1974 in Chicago ) is an American wrestler . He is a two-time medalist at world championships and Olympic fifth in 2004, each in free style in welterweight.

Career

Joe Williams began wrestling as a teenager in 1982 at the Harvey Twister WC (Wrestling Club) in Chicago. While attending Mtt. Carmel High School in Chicago, he developed into an excellent freestyle wrestler under coach Bill Weick , who won the Illinois State High School Championship four times . He then attended the University of Iowa , where he came into the hands of top coaches Dan Gable and Jim Zalesky, who shaped him further. In 1996, 1997 and 1999 he won the NCAA Div three times. I welterweight championships (equivalent to the US student championship).

In 1999 he finished his studies. He became a member of the renowned wrestling club Sunkist Kids WC. There Thomas Brands became his trainer. In 1999 he was also the first American welterweight champion and qualified for participation in the Pan American Games in Winnipeg and the World Championships in Ankara . He won the tournament in Winnipeg ahead of Yosmany Romero Rodríguez from Cuba and Manuel García Cardona from Puerto Rico . At the World Championships in Ankara he won his first four fights, with his victory over the South Korean Moon Eui-jae with 6: 1 techn. Points particularly stood out. Against Adam Saitijew from Russia he lost on points in the semi-finals and then had to admit defeat to the Turkish Adem Bereket in the battle for the bronze medal .

In 2000 he was relegated to 2nd place at the US Championship by Brandon Slay . On this wrestler he failed in the Olympic trials (trials). Brandon Slay was then in Sydney , although he had lost the Olympic final against Alexander Leipold from Germany , Olympic champion because Leipold had to be disqualified for doping.

Joe Williams became USA welterweight champion for the second time in 2001 and then won his first world championship medal at the World Championships in Sofia . After four wins, he was defeated by Buwaissar Saitijew from Russia in the semifinals there (4: 5 technical points). In the battle for the bronze medal, he defeated Rodion Kertanti from Slovakia with a 10: 0 techn. Points.

In 2002 Joe Williams again won the welterweight title at the US Championship. But he could not take part in the World Cup in Tehran because the United States did not send a team there. But he won the World Cup in Spokane ahead of Irbek Farnijew from Russia and Alexander Leipold.

After his fourth title win at the US championship in 2003, followed by two more in 2004 and 2005, he disappointed at the 2003 World Cup in New York , because he lost there in his second fight against the Iranian Hadi Habibi and came with one subsequent victory over Jhonny José Cedero from Venezuela only to 13th place.

In 2004 he qualified with a victory over Joe Heskett in the Trials for the US Olympic team in Athens . He won the international qualification with a tournament victory at the qualification in Bratislava , where he won the welterweight division ahead of Iván Fundora from Cuba, Araik Geworgjan from Armenia and Daniel Igali from Canada . In Athens, Joe Williams won his first two fights, but then lost in the semifinals against Gennadi Lalijew from Kazakhstan with a 2: 3 techn. Points and no longer compete for the bronze medal against Murad Hajdarau from Belarus due to an injury. He finished 5th.

In 2005 he won his second world championship welterweight medal at the World Championships in Budapest . He won this with a victory over Alexandru Burcă from Moldova , after he had lost in the semifinals against the Hungarian Árpád Ritter .

In 2006 Joe Williams paused at the international championships. He moved up to the middleweight division and went back to the 2007 World Cup in Baku . He managed to take revenge there against Árpád Ritter and he also defeated the German David Bichinashvili . Against Georgi Ketojew from Russia he had to accept a clear point defeat (0: 8 technical points). He was facing Reza Yazdani from Iran in the battle for the bronze medal , against whom he also lost on points.

At the end of his international career, he managed to win again at the Pan American Championships in Colorado Springs in 2008 . He won there in the middleweight division before Jorlys Ariel Mosquera from Cuba and Antoine Jaoude from Brazil .

Joe E. Williams, who has been a trainer at the University of Iowa since 2002, lives in Camden, IA and also runs the Northern Illinois Wrestling Academy & Club in Machesny Park, Ill. As head trainer and manager.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1999	1.	Pan American Games in Winnipeg	Welter	before Yosmany Romero Rodríguez, Kuba a . Manuel García Cardena, Puerto Rico
1999	4th	World Cup in Ankara	Welter	with victories over Habetnah Kurginjan, Armenia , Zhang Wenjan, China , Daniel Gonzales Aguillera, Cuba a. Moon Eui-jae , South Korea u. Defeats against Adam Saitijew , Russia a . Adem Bereket , Turkey
2000	1.	World Cup in Fairfax	Welter	before Schamil Alijew, Russia, Daniel Gonzales Aguillera u. Alik Musayev , Ukraine
2001	1.	World Cup in Baltimore	Welter	before Mehdi Akhbarnejad, Iran a . Gökhan Yavaşer , Turkey
2001	3.	World Cup in Sofia	Welter	with victories over Nicholas Ugoalah, Canada , Salvatore Rinella , Italy , Eugen Preda, Romania a . Mehdi Hajizadeh Jouibari , Iran, a loss to Buwaissar Saitijew , Russia and a win over Rodion Kertanti , Slovakia
2002	1.	World Cup in Spokane	Welter	before Irbek Farnijew , Russia a. Alexander Leipold , Germany
2003	1.	World Cup in Boise / USA	Welter	before Sasa Sasirow , Ukraine , Inal Dschgusow, Russia, Kirk White, Weltwahl u. Dominik Zeh , Germany
2003	1.	Pan American Games in Santo Domingo	Welter	before Zoltan Hunyady, Canada a. Daniel Gonzales Aguillera
2003	13.	World Cup in New York	Welter	with a victory over Ivan Diaconu, Moldova , a defeat against Hadi Habibi, Iran a. a victory over Jhonny José Cedero, Venezuela
2004	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Bratislava	Welter	from Iván Fundora , Cuba, Araik Geworgjan , Armenia a. Daniel Igali , Canada
2004	5.	OS in Athens	Welter	with victories over Gela Sagiraschwili, Georgia a . Mehdi Hajizadeh Jouibari, one loss to Gennadi Lalijew , Kazakhstan and one loss without a fight geen Murad Hajdarau , Belarus
2005	1.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	medium	before Andy Hrovat , Tyler Nixt u. Kyle Hansen, all USA
2005	3.	World Cup in Tashkent	Welter	behind Iván Fundora u. Artur Schutajew, Russia, in front of Hadi Habibi u. Soslan Tigiyev , Uzbekistan
2005	3.	World Cup in Budapest	Welter	with victories over Kunihiko Obata, Japan , Ahmet Gülhan , Turkey a. Soslan Tigiyev, a defeat against Árpád Ritter , Hungary a . a victory over Alexandru Burcă, Moldova
2006	1.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	Welter	before Nikolaj Paslar , Bulgaria a . Denis Zargusch , Russia
2006	1.	Grand Prix tournament in Tashkent	Welter	before Gela Saghirishvili, Georgia a. Arsen Gitinow, Russia
2007	5.	World Cup in Baku	medium	with victories over Thomas Bucheli , Switzerland , Árpád Ritter u. Soslan Hadschyjeu , Belarus, one loss to Georgi Ketojew, Russia, one loss to David Bichinashvili , Germany and one loss to Reza Yazdani , Iran
2008	1.	Pan American Championship in Colorado Springs	medium	in front of Jorlys Ariel Mosquero, Cuba a. Antoine Jaoude, Brazil

swell

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

Web links

• Profile of Joe E. Williams at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science
• Joe E. Williams website