Mingijan Arturowitsch Semjonow

Mingijan Arturowitsch Semjonow (red), 2012

Mingijan Semyonov medal table
Wrestler
Russia
Olympic games
bronze	2012 London	Bantam
World Championship
silver	2014 Tashkent	up to 59 kg
European Championship
gold	2016 Riga	up to 59 kg
bronze	2017 Novi Sad	up to 59 kg
Junior European Championship
bronze	2005 Tirana	up to 42 kg cadets

Mingijan Arturowitsch Semjonow ( Russian Мингиян Артурович Семёнов , English Mingiyan Semenov, Mingiyan Semyonov ; born June 11, 1990 in Komsomolski , Kalmyk ASSR , Russian SFSR , USSR ) is a Russian wrestler . He won a bronze medal in bantamweight at the Olympic Games in London in 2012 and was vice- world champion in the weight category up to 59 kg in 2014 .

Career

Mingijan Semenov is ethnically a Kalmuck . He started wrestling at the age of 10 in 2000. His coaches were or are Boris Sambajew, VN Trifonow and Michail Gamsin. He now lives in Moscow , belongs to the (sports) school of the Olympic Reserve No. 1 and is a sports student. He only wrestles in the Greco-Roman style.

Mingijan Semjonow's international career began in 2005 when he took 3rd place in the European Junior Championship for Cadets in Tirana in the weight category up to 42 kg. After that, however, he did not appear again until 2009. That year he became the Russian junior bantamweight champion. He was then used at the Junior World Championships in Ankara , but missed the medal ranks there with a 5th place.

2010 Mingijan Semjonow came in the Russian junior championship in featherweight on the 3rd place.

The great successes did not materialize until 2012. At the beginning of the year he won the famous “Ivan Poddubny” memorial in Tyumen ahead of his compatriots Stepan Maranyan, Ivan Tatarinov and Sergei Popruschko. Then he also won the Golden Grand Prix in Istanbul in front of Ivan Tatarinow, Elçin Əliyev , Azerbaijan and Kohei Hasegawa from Japan . Eventually he was also the Russian bantamweight champion ahead of Nasir Mankijew , Stepan Maranjan and Rassul Bekuch. At the European Championships 2012 in Belgrade , where Elçin Əliyev won the title, he only came in 5th place.

The Russian Wrestling Federation held on to him anyway and sent him to the Olympic Games in London . There he lost his first fight against the experienced Azerbaijani Rövşən Bayramov , but was lucky that he reached the final. That is why he was able to continue in the consolation round and win a bronze medal with victories over Spenser Thomas Mango , United States , Li Shujin , China and Choi Gyu-jin , South Korea .

In 2013 Mingijan Semjonow finished in the Russian championship in the weight class up to 55 kg behind Ivan Tatarinow and Bekchan Mankijew only in 3rd place and did not appear in any international championships this year.

In 2014, however, he was again Russian champion in the weight class up to 59 kg and was then sent to the start in this weight class at the 2014 World Cup in Tashkent. With victories over Roman Amojan , Armenia, Lee Jung-baek, South Korea, Stig Andre Berge, Norway and Spenser Thomas Mango and a defeat in the final against Olympic champion Hamid Soryan Reihanpour from Iran, he won the world championship title.

In 2015 he finished 3rd in the Russian championship in the weight class up to 59 kg, behind Ibragim Labasanow and Stepan Marjanjan . He did not appear in international championships this year.

At the important "Iwan Poddubny" tournament in Tyumen in 2016, he took 3rd place in the weight class up to 59 kg behind his compatriot Ibragim Labasanow and Elmurat Tasmuradow from Uzbekistan. Contrary to the practice of the Russian Wrestling Association, he was nevertheless sent to the European Championship in Riga. In Riga he was in excellent shape and won the European title with victories over Donior Islamow, Moldova, Albert Aghazarjan, Spain, Kristijan Friis, Serbia and Roman Amojan , Armenia.

At the Russian championship in June 2016, however, he only finished 3rd in the weight class up to 59 kg behind Ibragim Labasanow and Stepan Marjanjan and therefore had no chance of being used at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Ibragim Labasanow started there, but he was eliminated in the qualification.

In January 2017 Mingijan Semjonow won the "Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk ahead of Jambolat Lokjajew, Stepan Marjanjan and Sergej Jemelin. He then received a starting place at the European Championships in Novi Sad. In Novi sad he defeated Donior Islamow and Taleh Mammadow, Azerbaijan, in the weight class up to 59 kg, but then lost in the semifinals against Iwo Angelow from Bulgaria, securing a bronze medal with a victory over Erik Torba, Hungary. At the 2017 Russian championship he was runner-up behind Stepan Marjanjan.

In 2018 he took second place behind Sergei Alexandrovich Jemelin at the "Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in the weight class up to 60 kg , but became Russian champion in the same weight class in August 2018. However, Sergej Jemelin, who was injured in the Russian championship, was awarded the starting place at the 2018 World Cup.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2005	3.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Tirana	up to 42 kg	behind Ferhat Tekin, Turkey and Irakli Turmanidze, Georgia
2009	5.	Junior World Championships in Ankara	Bantam	behind Orxan Əhmədov, Azerbaijan , Mohammad Hatami, Iran , Alexander Mikaeljan, Armenia and Kanybek Dscholtschubekow, Kyrgyzstan
2012	1.	“Ivan Poddubny” memorial in Tyumen	Bantam	before Stepan Maranjan, Ivan Tatarinow and Sergei Popruschko, all Russia
2012	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Istanbul	Bantam	before Iwan Tatarinow, Elçin Əliyev , Azerbaijan and Kohei Hasegawa , Japan
2012	5.	EM in Belgrade	Bantam	behind Elçin Əliyev, Peter Modos , Hungary , Alexandar Kostadinow , Bulgaria and Fatih Uruncu , Turkey
2012	1.	“Wladyslaw Pytlasinski” memorial in Racibórz	Bantam	before Håkan Nyblom , Denmark , Michal Tracz, Poland and Fatih Uruncu
2012	bronze	OS in London	Bantam	after a defeat against Rövşən Bayramov , Azerbaijan and victories over Spenser Thomas Mango , USA , Li Shujin , China and Choi Gyu-jin , South Korea
2013	5.	"Wladyslaw Pytlasinski" tournament in Warsaw	feather	Winner: Edward Barsegjan ahead of Michal Tracz, both Poles
2013	1.	"Oleg Karavaev" tournament in Minsk	feather	in front of Ruben Minasjan, Russia
2014	2.	"Ivan Poddubny" tournament in Tyumen	up to 59 kg	behind Iwan Kujlakow , Russia, in front of Alexander Kostadinow and Elmurat Tasmuradow, Uzbekistan
2014	1.	"Vehbi-Emre" tournament in Istanbul	up to 59 kg	ahead of Soslan Daurow, Belarus, Rahman Bilici, Turkey and Dimitri Zimbaliuk, Ukraine
2014	2.	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 59 kg	after victories over Roman Amojan, Armenia, Lee Jung-beak, South Korea, Stig Andre Berge, Norway and Spenser Thomas Mango, USA and a defeat against Hamid Soryan Reihanpour , Iran
2015	1.	"Wladyslaw Pytlasinski" tournament in Warsaw	up to 59 kg	before Iwo Angelow , Bulgaria, Hammet Rustam, Turkey and Alexander Kostadinow
2016	3.	"Ivan Poddubny" tournament in Tyumen	up to 59 kg	behind Ibragim Labasanow, Russia and Elmurat Tasmuradow, Uzbekistan
2016	1.	EM in Riga	up to 59 kg	after victories over Donior Islamow, Moldova, Albert Aghazarjan, Spain, Kristijan Friis, Serbia and Roman Amojan, Armenia
2016	3.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	up to 59 kg	behind Stepan Marjanjan, Russia and Andres Roberto Montano Arroyo, Ecuador, together with Przemyslaw Piatek, Poland
2016	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 59 kg	behind Kenchiro Fumita, Japan and Firuz Tuchtajew, Uzbekistan, together with Kanibek Scholchubekow, Kyrgyzstan
2017	1.	"Ivan Poddubny" tournament in Moscow	up to 59 kg	before Jambolat Lokjajew, Stepan Marjanjan and Sergej Jemelin, all Russia
2017	3.	EM in Novi Sad	up to 59 kg	after victories over Donior Islamow and Taleh Mammadow, Azerbaijan, a defeat against Iwo Angelow, Bulgaria and a victory over Erik Torba, Hungary
2018	2.	"Ivan Poddubny" Grand Prix in Moscow	up to 60 kg	behind Sergej Jemelin, in front of Jambolat Lokjajew and Artur Petrosjan, all Russia
2018	2.	"Ljubomir-Ivanovic-Gedza" International in Kragujevac	up to 60 kg	behind Sergej Jemelin, in front of Lauri Mahonen, Finland and Jozsef Andrasi, Hungary
2018	3.	"Bolat-Turlykhanov" Memorial in Alma-Ata	up to 60 kg	behind Firuz Tuchtajew and Leri Akuladze, Georgia, together with Almodjon Mahmadow, Uzbekistan

Russian championships

(as far as known)

year	space	Age group	Weight class	Results
2009	1.	Juniors	Bantam	before Muradis Araschanow and Ismail Nasrullajew
2010	3.	Juniors	feather	behind Murat Schokarow and Maxim Nikischin
2012	1.	Seniors	Bantam	before Nasir Mankiev , Stepan Maranjan and Rassul Bekuch
2013	3.	Seniors	up to 55 kg	behind Ivan Tatarinov and Bekchan Mankiev
2014	1.	Seniors	up to 59 kg	before Ibragim Labasanow, Iwan Tatarinow and Pawel Sanejew
2015	3.	Seniors	up to 59 kg	behind Ibragim Labasanow and Stepan Marjanjan, together with Jambolat Lokjajew
2016	3.	Seniors	up to 59 kg	behind Ibragim Labasanow and Stepan Marjanjan, together with Jambolat Lokjajew
2017	2.	Seniors	up to 59 kg	behind Stepan Marjanjan, in front of Ibragim Labasanow and Ivan Tatarinow
2018	1.	Seniors	up to 60 kg	before Jambolat Lokjajew, Artur Petrosjan and Rodion Samatow

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Bantam weight, weight class up to 55 kg, feather weight, up to 60 kg body weight (each until December 31, 2013); Since January 1, 2014, a new weight classification has been applied by the World Wrestling Association, formerly FILA, now UWW (United World Wrestling)

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Mingiyan Semenov at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science
• Mingiyan Semyonov in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait of Mingijan Semenov on the website of the Russian Wrestling Association