Mikhail Saladze
| Mikhail Saladze medal table |
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|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | ||
| World Championship | ||
| gold | 1981 Oslo | Heavy |
| Universiade | ||
| gold | 1973 Moscow | Heavy |
| silver | 1977 Sofia | Heavy |
| gold | 1981 Bucharest | Heavy |
| Junior World Championship | ||
| gold | 1973 Miami | Difficult (Juniors) |
| Junior European Championship | ||
| gold | 1974 Haparanda | Hard (espoirs) |
Mikhail Georgijewitsch Saladze ( Russian Михаил Георгиевич Саладзе ; born January 4, 1954 in Georgia ) is a Soviet wrestler of Georgian origin. He became world heavyweight champion in Greco-Roman style in 1981
Career
Mikhail Saladze began wrestling as a teenager in Georgia. He concentrated on the Greco-Roman style. He became a member of the Dynamo Tbilisi sports club and mainly coached by WS Maissuradze.
At the age of 19 he was the Soviet heavyweight runner-up behind Nikolai Balboschin in 1973 . In the same year he was also junior world champion in the age group "Juniors" in the same weight class in Miami. He also won the 1973 Universiade in Moscow, ahead of the Bulgarian Ivan Zolow and the American Ken Levels.
In 1974 he also won the title at the European Junior Championships (age group Espoirs) in Haparanda, Sweden. In 1974, 1975 and 1976 he took very good places in some strong international tournaments and won the heavyweight tournament in Klippan in front of the strong Bulgarian Kamen Goranow Lozanow . However, he did not go to international championships because Nikolai Balboschin dominated his weight class in the Soviet Union and in the world.
In 1976, in the absence of Nikolai Balboschin, he became the first Soviet heavyweight champion. He won this title in 1979, 1981 and 1982. In 1979 and 1983 he also won the so-called "Spartakiade", a competition that had the highest priority in the Soviet Union.
In 1981 it was used for the first time at a world championship that took place in Oslo. He won the title there with victories over Greg Gibson , USA, Josef Tertelj , Yugoslavia, Yoshihiro Fujita, Japan, Rene Vidal, France and Tamás Gáspár , Hungary. He did not get any further appearances at the international championships. In late 1983 he ended his career as a wrestler.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 1973 | 1. | Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Miami | Heavy | before Sergej Kirilow, Bulgaria and Pedro Pawlidis , Germany |
| 1973 | 1. | Universiade in Moscow | Heavy | before Iwan Zolow, Bulgaria 8 and Ken Levels, USA |
| 1974 | 2. | "Nikola Petrow" tournament in Pleven | Heavy | behind Kamen Goranow Lozanow, Bulgaria, in front of Evgeny Artjuchin , Soviet Union |
| 1974 | 1. | Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Haparanda | Heavy | before Sergej Sdrawkow, Bulgaria, Bogdan Rosolek, Poland and Pedro Pawlidis |
| 1975 | 2. | Intern. Tournament in Galati | Heavy | behind Ismael Jekutitsch, USSR, in front of Fredi Albrecht , GDR |
| 1976 | 1. | Intern. Tournament in Klippan | Heavy | before Kamen Goranow Lozanow and Caj Malmberg, Sweden |
| 1977 | 2. | Intern. Tournament in Klippan | Heavy | behind Andrzej Skrzydlewski , Poland, Virtanen, Finland and Karl Hug, Germany |
| 1977 | 2. | Universiade in Sofia | Heavy | behind Georgi Petkow, Bulgaria, in front of Antal Bodo, Hungary |
| 1978 | 1. | Intern. Tournament in Klippan | Heavy | before Roman Bierla , Poland and Tore Hem, Norway |
| 1978 | 1. | “Ivan Poddubny” memorial in Minsk | Heavy | before Liberman, USSR and Refik Memišević , Yugoslavia |
| 1981 | 1. | Universiade in Bucharest | Heavy | before Vasile Andrei , Romania, Roman Wroclawski , Poland and Georgios Pikilidis , Greece |
| 1981 | 1. | World Cup in Oslo | Heavy | after victories over Greg Gibson, USA, Josef Tertelj, Yugoslavia, Yoshihiro Fujita, Japan, Rene Vidal, France and Tamás Gáspár, Hungary |
| 1982 | 1. | Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Freiburg | Heavy | before Thomas Horschel , GDR, Andrej Dimitrow , Bulgaria and Jeff Simons, USA |
National championships
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 1973 | 2. | Soviet. championship | Heavy | behind Nikolai Balboschin, in front of Vladimir Rakayev |
| 1976 | 1. | Soviet. championship | Heavy | before Dimitri Sadwirjak and Evgenj Artjuchin |
| 1977 | 2. | Soviet. championship | Heavy | behind Nikolai Balboschin, in front of Ismael Yekutitsch |
| 1978 | 4th | Soviet. championship | Heavy | behind Ewgej Artjuchin, Walentinas Misgaitis ö and Dimitri Sadwirjak |
| 1979 | 1. | Soviet. championship | Heavy | before Nikolai Babiaschwili and Ismael Yekutitsch |
| 1979 | 1. | Spartakiad | Heavy | before Ismael Jekutitsch, Walentinas Misgaitis and J. Otison |
| 1980 | 2. | Soviet. championship | Heavy | behind Nikolai Balboschin, in front of Nikolai Babiaschwili |
| 1981 | 1. | Soviet. championship | Heavy | before Airapet Minasjan and Viktor Avdyshev |
| 1982 | 1. | Soviet. championship | Heavy | before Airapet Minasjan and Anatoly Sanjak |
| 1983 | 2. | Spartakiad | Heavy | behind Nikolau Balboschin, in front of Alexander Dubrowski |
- Explanations
- all competitions in Greco-Roman style
- WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
- Heavy weight, then up to 100 kg body weight
literature
- Trade magazines Athletik and Der Ringer
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saladze, Mikhail |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Саладзе, Михаил Георгиевич (Cyrillic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1954 |