Magomedchan Suleymanovich Arazilov

Magomedchan Suleimanowitsch Arazilow ( Azerbaijani Maqomedxan Aratsilov ; born May 7, 1958 in Churuk , Dagestani ASSR , Russian SFSR ) is a former Soviet wrestler . He won the silver medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and became world middleweight champion in free style in Mexico City in 1978 .

Career

Magomedchan Arazilow, an Azerbaijani (according to other sources, Aware ) grew up in Baku and began wrestling there as a teenager. He developed into an excellent freestyle wrestler very early on. His coach in Baku was Ayub Mamedow. Although he was already one of the best Soviet middleweight freestyle wrestlers at the age of 17, he was never used in international championships in the youth field. At the age of 17 he was sent to the renowned Werner Seelenbinder tournament in Leipzig , where he made an excellent debut at the international with a 2nd place in the middleweight division behind Vasile Iorga from Romania but ahead of the Germans Günter Spindler , Klaus Girke and Adolf Seger Wrestling mat was there.

In 1976 he won a well-manned World Cup tournament in Toledo / USA in front of the American Greg Hicks. In 1977 Magomedchan Arazilow was then used for the first time at the Senior World Championships in Lausanne . He became runner-up world champion after losing to the Hungarian veteran István Kovács on points. In 1978 Magomedchan Arazilow finished second in the Soviet championship behind Anatoli Markowitsch and in front of Grigori Danko. He was nevertheless nominated for the world championship in Mexico City and won the world title in middleweight there. In 1979 Magomedchan Arazilov celebrated great successes against strong competition, especially in the Soviet Union. He was first Soviet middleweight champion in front of Anatoly Markowitsch and Pawel Potapenko and then won the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR . In 1980 Magomedchan Arazilov was able to qualify for the Olympic Games in Moscow . He celebrated five wins in his first five fights in Moscow and also defeated Istvan Kovacs. In the final battle he was defeated by Ismail Abilow, who was in top form, and had to be content with the silver medal .

After his time as an active wrestler, Magomedchan completed a coaching education and was coach of the Soviet national team of freestyle wrestlers from 1985 to 1992. Currently (as of April 21, 2008) he is the national coach of Azerbaijan . Among other things, he trains Çamsulvara Çamsulvarayev , who took 3rd place at the 2008 European welterweight championship.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = free style, Wed = middleweight, then up to 82 kg body weight)

• 1975, 2nd place , "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Leipzig , F, Wed, behind Vasile Iorga , Romania a . before Günter Spindler u. Klaus Girke , bde. DDR a . Adolf Seger , FRG ;

• 1976, 1st place , World Cup in Toledo / USA , F, Wed, ahead of Greg Hicks , USA, S. Zarafshani, Iran a . Richard Deschatelets, Canada ;

• 1977, 4th place , tournament in Tbilisi , F, Wed, behind Hassan Zangiew , Guren Makarasaschwili u. Fatikow, et al. before Grigori Danko u. Sanasar Oganessian , all USSR ;

• 1977, 2nd place , World Championships in Lausanne , F, Wed, with victories over Dsewegiin Düwtschin , Mongolia , Jimmy Martinetti , Switzerland , Adolf Seger, Christopher Campbell , USA a. Mehmet Uzun , Turkey a . a defeat against István Kovács , Hungary (placement: 1st Seger, 2nd Arazilow, 3rd Kovacs);

• 1978, 1st place , World Cup in Mexico City , F, Wed, with victories over Akira Ōta , Japan , Mohammed Bazmavar, Iran , Schukri Akhmedov, Bulgaria , Dsewegiin Düwtschin, Istvan Kovacs u. Adolf Seger;

• 1979, 1st place , Spartakiade of the USSR, F, Wed, before Dan Schuler , USA a. Ruderman, Fatikow et al. Anatoly Prokopchuk , all of the USSR;

• 1979, 3rd place , World Championship in San Diego , F, Wed, with victories over Clark Davis, Canada, Ismail Abilow , Bulgaria, Adolf Seger, Dsewegiin Düwtschin u. John Peterson (wrestler) , USA a. a defeat against Istvan Kovacs (placement: 1st Kovacs, 2nd Peterson, 3rd Arazilow);

• 1980, silver medal , OS in Moscow , F, Wed, with victories over Armin Weiher , GDR, Abdul Rahman Mohammed, Iraq , Dsewegiin Düwtschin, Henryk Mazur , Poland a . Istvan Kovacs et al. a loss to Ismail Abilov;

• 1981, 6th place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Freiburg , F, Wed, behind Oleg Korajew , USSR, Leszek Ciota , Poland, Günter Busarello , Austria , Lajos Nagy, Hungary u. Michel Mege, France

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer from 1975 to 1981, in particular numbers 11/1977, page 7, 9/1978, pages 9-10, 9/1979, page 12 u. 8/1980, page 9,
• International Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig ,
• Website "www.wrestrus.ru"

Web links

• Profile of Magomedchan Arazilow at the Institute for Applied Training Science

Individual evidence

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