Kamandar Majydau

Kamandar Bafalijewitsch (Bafaly ahly) Madschydau ( Belarusian Камандар Бафаліевіч (Бафалы аглы) Маджыдаў , Azerbaijani Kamandar Məcidov , Russian Камандар Бафалиевич (Бафалы оглы) Маджидов , Kamandar Bafalijewitsch (Bafaly ogly) Madschidow * 17th October 1961 in Dmanisi region Kvemo Kartli , Georgian SSR ) is a former Belarusian wrestler of Azerbaijani descent who previously competed for the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States . He was Olympic champion in the Greco-Roman style featherweight in 1988 , as well as twice world champion and three times European champion .

Career

Kamandar Madschydau started wrestling in 1973. He concentrated on the Greco-Roman style. After the first major successes at national level, he was delegated to Minsk and there a member of the Spartak sports association . During his career he was mainly trained by W. Rudenkow. In Minsk he completed a sports degree in addition to his wrestling career. As a junior he was not yet active on the international wrestling mat. It was only at the age of 23 that he played his first international championship and started for the Soviet Union. After the political change in the Soviet Union, he went to the CIS in 1992 and decided in 1993 to run for Belarus in the future.

He played his first international championship in 1984. He was in Jönköping the same European featherweight champion with victories over Gilles Jalabert , France, Schiwko Wangelow Atanassow , Bulgaria, Morten Brekke, Norway, Frans Jansen, the Netherlands, a defeat against Bogusław Klozik , Poland however, his pool victory did not prevent, and a victory in the final over Günter Reichelt from the GDR. He could not take part in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angelos because the Soviet Union boycotted these games. In 1985 he was back at the European Championships in Leipzig. He lost his first fight there against Zhivko Wangelow Atanasov. But since he lost his next fights against Michael Starek, CSSR, and Hannu Övermark from Finland and was eliminated, he was able to secure his second European title with victories over Gheorghe Savu , Romania, Michael Starek, Hannu Övermark and Boguslaw Klozik. In August 1985 he was used for the first time at a world championship. In the Norwegian Kolbotn he only came in 6th place in featherweight.

In 1986 he became world champion for the first time in Budapest. He relegated his old rivals Boguslaw Klozik, Schiwko Wangelow Atanassow, Bulgaria, and Árpád Sipos to their places. At the 1987 World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand, he had to admit defeat in the final battle against Schiwko Wangelow Atanasov and was runner-up that year. In 1986, 1987 and 1988 he was not at the start at the European Championships. Kamandar Madschydau achieved the next big success at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. There he secured the gold medal from Schiwko Wangelow Atanassow, An Dae-hyun , South Korea, Jenő Bódi , Hungary, and Peter Behl , Germany .

In 1989 he was able to become world champion in featherweight again in Martigny / Switzerland ahead of Huk Byung-ho, South Korea, Mario Olivera, Cuba, and Mario Büttner , GDR. From 1990 he could no longer bring the weight limit for the featherweight and he therefore decided to start in the lightweight, which at that time had its weight limit of 68 kg. In this weight class, however, the national competition in the Soviet Union was very strong. Above all, Islam Duguchiev dominated this weight class there. Kamandar Madschydau therefore did not appear at any international championships in 1990 and only at the European championships in Aschaffenburg in 1991. There he was in top form again and won his third European championship title in the lightweight. He won ahead of Martin Kornbakk , Sweden, and Attila Repka from Hungary. At the 1991 World Cup, however, Islam Duguchiev was used again.

In 1992 he could not qualify for the international championships, especially for the Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Olympic champion was Islam Duguchiev. From 1993 he started for Belarus. He won a bronze medal at the European Championships in 1993 in Istanbul behind Islam Dugutschijew, Russia, and Oleg Tokarev , Moldova. In his first battle he fought against Islam Duguchiev and kept the fight open until the end. When the score was 0-0, the judges decided for Duguchiev as the winner. At the world championship this year in Stockholm he was even runner-up behind Islam Dugutschijew. There he lost in the fight for the title against Duguchiev with 0: 4 points.

After Kamandar Madschydau had hung up his wrestling boots in 1994, he made a comeback in 1996. In March 1996 he finished 8th at the European Championships in Budapest in the lightweight, which was won by Attila Repka. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta he came, by now 36 years old, to a victory over Marko Yli-Hannuksela , Finland, lost to Ghani Yalouz , France, triumphed over Bisser Georgiev from Bulgaria and lost in the fight for the bronze medal against Alexander Tretyakov of Russia.

Then he resigned for good. He is now a lecturer in wrestling at the Sports University in Minsk.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1984	1.	EM in Jönköping	feather	before Günter Reichelt , GDR, Constantin Uță , Romania, and Bogusław Klozik , Poland
1985	1.	German Grand Prix in Aschaffenburg	feather	before Constantin Uță and Gheorghe Savu , both Romania, and Bernd Gabriel , Germany
1985	1.	EM in Leipzig	feather	before Bogusław Klozik, Árpád Sipos , Hungary, and Gheorghe Savu
1985	6th	World Cup in Kolbotn / Norway	feather	Winner: Schiwko Wangelow Atanassow ahead of Bogusław Klozik and Gheorghe Savu
1986	1.	World Cup in Budapest	feather	before Bogusław Klozik, Schiwko Wangelow Atanassow and Árpád Sipos
1987	2.	World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand	feather	behind Schiwko Wangelow Atanassow, in front of Shigeki Nishiguchi , Japan, and Bogusław Klozik
1987	3.	FILA Grand Prix in Budapest	feather	behind Schiwko Wangelow Atanassow and Hugo Dietsche , Switzerland, in front of Jenő Bódi , Hungary
1988	1.	FILA Grand Prix in Budapest	feather	before Gilles Jalabert , France, Jenő Bódi and Peter Behl , Germany
1988	gold	OS in Seoul	feather	before Schiwko Wangelow Atanassow, An Dae-hyun , South Korea, Jenő Bódi and Peter Behl
1989	1.	German Grand Prix in Bonn	feather	from Hüseyin Demirtas , Turkey, Constantin Uță and Jozsef Szuromi , Hungary
1989	1.	World Cup in Martigny / Switzerland	feather	in front of Huh Byung-ho , South Korea, Mario Oliveira , Cuba, and Mario Büttner , GDR
1990	1.	World Cup in Gothenburg	Light	before Martin Kornbakk , Sweden, and Alexis Jiménez , Cuba
1991	1.	EM in Aschaffenburg	Light	before Martin Kornbakk, Attila Repka , Hungary, Pedro Villuela , Spain, and Jannis Zamanduridis , Germany
1992	6th	German Grand Prix in Kelheim	Light	Winner: Claudio Passarelli , Germany ahead of Attila Repka, Ghani Yalouz , France, and Petrica Carare , Romania
1993	3.	EM in Istanbul	Light	behind Islam Dugutschijew , Russia and Oleg Tokarev , Moldova, in front of Peter Bielesz , Slovakia, and Ryszard Wolny , Poland
1993	3.	German Grand Prix in Koblenz	Light	behind Islam Dugutschijew and Jannis Zamaduridis, in front of Muttalip Yerlikaya , Turkey, and Peter Bielesz
1993	2.	World Cup in Stockholm	Light	behind Islam Dugutschijew, ahead of Ghani Yalouz, Martin Kornbakk and Ryszard Wolny
1996	3.	Hungarian Grand Prix in Eger	Light	behind Rustam Adschi , Ukraine, and Ender Memet , Romania
1996	1.	Grand Prix of Norway in Porsgonn	Light	before Jannis Zamanduridis, John Westergaard , Denmark, and Adam Juretzko , Germany
1996	8th.	EM in Budapest	Light	Winner: Attila Repka ahead of Alexander Tretyakov , Russia, Ghani Yalouz and Valeri Nikitin , Estonia
1996	4th	OS in Atlanta	Light	after victories over Kim Jung-Il , South Korea, and Marko Yli-Hannuksela , Finland, a defeat against Ghani Yalouz, a victory over Bisser Georgiev , Bulgaria, and a defeat against Alexander Tretyakov

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Feather weight, up to 1996 up to 62 kg, lightweight, up to 1996 up to 68 kg

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

• Kamandar Madschydau in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )