Mirabi Valiev

Mirabi Valiyev ( Ukrainian Мірабі Валієв , English transcription Mirabi Valiyev; born September 13, 1970 ) is a former Ukrainian wrestler . He became vice world champion in 1993 and European super heavyweight champion in free style in 1994 .

Career

Mirabi Valiev started wrestling as a teenager in 1983. He concentrated on the free style. At a height of 1.90 meters, he always started in the heaviest weight class, the super heavyweight. His career began in the Soviet Union when he was used at the Junior World Championships (Espoirs age group) in 1988 in St.Johns (Canada) and won the title there ahead of David Jones, USA and Andrew Borodow , Canada.

As a senior, he did not come to any more international championships in the Soviet Union, which was nothing unusual given the enormous competition there. After the fall of the Soviet Union, he decided to go to Ukraine in 1992. He became a member of Champion Kiev and trained there by Rouslan Sawlochow. Entry into the army ensured its economic basis.

In 1993 he started for the Ukraine for the first time at international senior championships. He was immediately very successful. At the European Championships in Istanbul, he was runner- up behind Mahmut Demir , Turkey, and also at the 1992 World Championships in Toronto, he was able to fully convince and was runner-up behind Bruce Baumgartner from the United States. In 1994 Valiyev won the European title in Rome and defeated Mahmut Demir in the final. At the World Championships this year he just missed the medal ranks with a 4th place behind Mahmut Demir, Bruce Baumgartner and Aljaksej Mjadswedseu from Belarus.

In 1995 he was again Vice European Champion in Friborg / Switzerland. In the final of this championship he lost to Mahmut Demir with a score after 8 minutes of fighting time of 0: 0 only through a somewhat dubious decision of the jury, which awarded Demir the victory. At the time, many experts were of the opinion that Valiev deserved victory. At the 1995 World Cup he could not build on previous successes with a 9th place.

In 1996 he managed to win a medal again with a 3rd place at the European Championships in Budapest. He came in the fight for the bronze medal to a narrow victory over Alexei Medvedev. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he met Mahmut Demir again in the first round. The events of the European Championship in 1995 were repeated. After the end of the fight it was 1: 1 and again the judges decided for Demir as the winner. For Valiev, of course, this was demotivating. He came to victories over Amarjit Singh, India and Feng Aigang, China, but then lost to Alexander Kowalewski from Kyrgyzstan and was then only able to secure 7th place with a victory over Petros Bourdolis from Greece.

In 1997 and 1998 he did not take part in international championships. During these years, the Ukrainian Wrestling Association Jurij Schobitko was used at these championships. In 1999 Valiyev was able to qualify for the international championships again and was already at the start in 1999 at the European championship in Minsk. After a victory over Jan Tresnak, Czech Republic and defeats against Andrei Schumilin , Russia and Boschidar Bojadschiew , Bulgaria, he only came in 8th place. Even at the following international championships, he could no longer build on the successes of 1993 to 1996. At the 1999 World Cup he defeated Boschidar Bojadschiew and Hiroyuki Obata from Japan and finished 8th after a defeat against Andrei Shumilin and at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney he lost against Kerry McCoy from the United States and against Redyab Ashchabailiev, Azerbaijan and ended up in 18th place.

Then he ended his wrestling career for good.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1988	1.	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in St.Johns (Canada)	Super heavy	before David Jones, USA and Andrew Borodow, Canada
1993	2.	EM in Istanbul	Super heavy	behind Mahmut Demir, Turkey, in front of Gennadi Schilzow, Russia and Sven Thiele , Germany
1993	2.	World Cup in Toronto	Super heavy	behind Bruce Baumgartner, USA, in front of Andrei Schumilin, Russia and Sasa Turmanidze , Georgia
1994	1.	EM in Rome	Super heavy	before Mahmut Demir, Andrei Schumilin and Zsolt Gombos, Hungary
1994	4th	WM	Super heavy	behind Mahmut Demir, Bruce Baumgartner and Aljaksej Mjadswedseu, Belarus
1995	2.	EM in Friborg / Switzerland	Super heavy	behind Mahmut Demir, in front of Leri Chabelowi , Russia and Aljaksej Mjadswedseu
1995	9.	World Cup in Atlanta	Super heavy	Winner: Bruce Baumgartner ahead of Sven Thiele, Leri Chabelowi and Sasa Turmanidse
1996	3.	EM in Budapest	Super heavy	behind Mahmut Demir and Sven Thiele, in front of Alexej Medwedew
1996	7th	OS in Atlanta	Super heavy	after a defeat against Mahmut Demir, victories over Amarjit Singh, India and Feng Aigang, China, a defeat against Alexander Kowalewski, Kyrgyzstan and a victory over Petros Bourdolis, Greece
1999	1.	Polish Grand Prix in Krakow	Super heavy	in front of Aleksi Modebadse , Georgia, Dirk Winterfeldt, Germany and Zsolt Gombos
1999	8th.	EM in Minsk	Super heavy	after a victory over Jan Tresnak, Czech Republic and defeats against Andrei Schumilin and Boschidar Baojadschiew, Bulgaria
1999	8th.	World Cup in Ankara	Super heavy	after victories over Boschidar Bojadschiew and Hiroyuki Obata, Japan and a defeat against Andrei Shumilin
2000	4th	World Cup in Fairfax	Super heavy	behind Kerry McCoy, USA, Oleg Chorpiakow, Russia and Alireza Rezaei , Iran
2000	18th	OS in Sydney	Super heavy	after defeats against Kerry McCoy and Redyab Ashhabailiyev, Azerbaijan

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Super heavyweight, weight class up to 2001 up to 130 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

• Mirabi Valiev in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )