Mike Zadick

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Mike Zadick (born July 12, 1978 in Great Falls , Montana ) is an American wrestler . He was runner- up in free style featherweight in 2006 .

Career

Mike Zadick comes from a wrestling family and grew up in Great Falls. He began wrestling at the age of five in 1983 at the North Montana Wrestling Club , where his father Bob Zadick was his first coach. He attended Great Falls High School and often took part in the school championships of the state of Montana as a junior, when he was still active in both wrestling styles, Greco-Roman and free style. Four times he won the championship of this state. After high school, he attended Iowa State University. He was then a member of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club . His coaches in those years were Dan Gable and Jim Zalesky.

In 1994 he took part in the Junior World Championship in Frankfort / USA. In the weight class up to 51 kg, free style, he came in 4th place. This was his first start in an international championship. Until the next start in such a championship, it should be until 2006.

In 1996 Mike Zadick became the American junior champion in both styles, and in 1997 in free style. In those years he was fighting for the lightweight (class up to 68 kg body weight). Later he trained in featherweight (class up to 60 kg body weight). At the US student championships (NCAA Championships) he came in 2001 in lightweight on the 2nd place, in the years 2000 and 2002 he reached only 7th place in each case.

In 2002 Mike Zadick moved to the Gator Wrestling Club and in 2004 he graduated from the University in Sports Science. Since 2002 he has been an assistant trainer at Iowa State University. He has been trained there since 2004 by Terry Brands and Thomas Brands as well as Mike Duroe. He lives in Solon, Iowa and also works for a law firm.

In the years 2000 to 2005 Mike Zadick never managed to qualify for international championships. So he finished in the Olympic Trials 2000 behind Cary J. Kolat and in the Trials 2004 behind Eric S. Guerrero in each case the 2nd place in the featherweight (free style).

In 2006 he qualified for the World Championships in Guangzhou / China . He competed there in the free style in featherweight and came with victories over Saeed Azarbayjani , Canada , Aljaksandr Karnizki , Belarus , Yogeshwar Dutt, India u. Mawlet Batirow from Russia , the Olympic champion from 2004 up to the final, in which he was defeated by Seyed Murad Mohammadi Pahnekalaei from Iran and thus came silver. At this world championship his brother Bill became world champion in the lightweight, free style.

In 2007 Mike Zadick won the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro behind the 2004 Cuban Olympic champion Yandro Quintana in featherweight the 2nd place. At the World Cup this year in Baku, he lost in his first fight against the Albanian Sahit Prizreni on points. Since Prizreni did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 27th place.

At the Pan American Championships in Colorado Springs in 2008 , Mike Zadick had to admit defeat in the semifinals against former world champion Guivi Sissaouri from Canada , but still achieved 3rd place there. Mike Zadick did not actually qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . The US Wrestling Association received a starting place (wildcard) in the featherweight division for this event and put Mike Zadick in Beijing. He lost there against Wasil Fedorischin from Ukraine and Basar Basargurujew from Kyrgyzstan and only came in 19th place.

In 2009, Mike Zadick became the American featherweight champion for the first time in his career.

Mike Zadick intends to wrestle through to the 2012 Olympics, which he hopes to qualify for.

International success

year space competition Weight class Remarks
1994 4th Junior World Championships in Frankfort / USA up to 51 kg body weight behind Emik Bunjamin, Turkey , Sergei Machow, Russia and Dovletberdy Mamedow, Turkmenistan
2004 1. FILA- Manitoba -Open feather before Riley Walker, Canada and Danny Felix, USA
2005 6th World Cup in Tashkent feather behind Yandro Quintana , Cuba , Artysch Tombulak , Russia, Behnam Tayebi Kermani , Iran , Dilschod Mansurow , Uzbekistan and Wiktor Bilokuptni , Ukraine
2006 1. "David Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs feather before Mike Ligthner, Zach Roberson and Travis Lee, all USA
2006 2. Grand Prix of Uzbekistan in Tashkent feather behind Ramazan Saritow, Russia a. in front of Murad Ramazanow, Macedonia
2006 2. World Cup in Guangzhou / China feather with victories over Saeed Azarbayjani , Canada , Aljaksandr Karnizki , Belarus , Yogeshwar Dutt , India and Mawlet Batirow , Russia and one defeat against Seyed Murad Mohammadi Pahnekalaei , Iran
2007 3. World Cup in Krasnoyarsk feather behind Mawlet Batirow , Mehdi Tagheri Kermani , Iran and in front of Levani Tschabiadze , Georgia and Yuri Semankin , Ukraine
2007 2. Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro feather behind Yandro Quintana , in front of Tomas Solorzano , Venezuela
2007 27. World Cup in Baku feather after losing to Sahit Prizreni , Albania
2008 3. Pan American Championship in Colorado Springs feather behind Guivi Sissaouri , Canada and Guillermo Torres , Mexico
2008 11. Olympic qualification tournament in Martigny / Switzerland feather Winner: Yandro Quintana ahead of Selimchan Husseinow , Azerbaijan and Seyed Murad Mohammandi Pahnekalaei
2008 19th OS in Beijing feather after defeats against Wasil Fedorishin , Ukraine and Basar Basargurujew , Kyrgyzstan
2010 1. "Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs feather before Magomed Kurbanalijew and Gadschi Abdulajew, both Russia, Nate Gallick, USA and Kenichi Yumoto, Japan
2010 3. "Cerro Pelado International" in Havana feather behind Alejandro Valdes u. Davian Quintana, bde. Cuba, according to with Shawn Bunch, USA

Note: all competitions in free style; Feather weight = weight class up to 60 kg body weight (KG), OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

National competitions

year space competition style Weight class Result
1996 1. USA Junior Championship F. feather before Michael Lightner
1996 1. USA Junior Championship GR feather before Matt Goldstein
1997 1. USA Junior Championship GR feather
1997 2. USA Junior Championship F. feather behind Jared Frayer
2000 7th NCAA championships F. Light
2000 2. Olympic elimination (trials) F. feather behind Cary J. Kolat
2001 2. NCAA championships F. Light
2002 7th NCAA championships F. Light
2003 2. World Cup elimination F. feather
2004 2. USA championship F. feather behind Eric S. Guerrero , in front of Ryan Lewis u. Danny Felix
2004 2. Olympic elimination (trials) F. feather behind Eric S. Guerrero
2005 2. USA championship F. feather
2005 3. World Cup elimination F. feather
2006 4th USA championship F. feather behind Zach Roberson, Michael Lightner u. Nate Gallick
2006 1. World Cup elimination F. feather
2007 2. USA championship F. feather behind Nate Gallick, in front of Shawn Bunch u. Zach Roberson
2007 1. World Cup elimination F. feather before Zach Roberson et al. Shawn Bunch
2008 1. Olympic elimination (trials) F. feather
2009 1. USA championship F. feather before Shawn Bunch u. Matt Valenti

literature

  • Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links
personal data
SURNAME Zadick, Mike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Great Falls , Montana