Mujaahid Maynard

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Mujaahid Maynard (born April 9, 1971 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is a retired American wrestler . He was winner of the 1995 Pan American Games in the Greco-Roman style paper weight.

Career

Mujaahid Maynard began wrestling as a teenager at Manual High School in Denver , Colorado . In 1989 he joined the Navy and was stationed in Pensacola , Florida until 1993 . He then went to Colorado Springs and studied economics at the University of Colorado Springs. He continued wrestling with both the Navy and the university, becoming a US Army Master in 1993 and a US University Master in the Greco-Roman style in 1993 and 1994 in paper weight, the lightest weight class, which then had a weight limit of 48 kg Had body weight. At the US championships he came 4th in 1993 and 1994, 2nd in 1995 and in 1996 he won this championship. In his wrestling career he belonged to the wrestling clubs California Jets and Sunkist Kids .

In 1993, Mujaahid Maynard began his international career with a 6th place in flyweight at the Pan American Championships. In 1994 he was used at the World Championships in Tampere in paper weight and came there on 10th place.

In 1995 he achieved his greatest international success. He was the winner of the Pan American Paperweight Games in Mar del Plata . He relegated Enrique Aguilar Zermeno from Brazil and the two-time world champion Wilber Sánchez from Cuba to the places. He also did well at the World Championships this year in Prague , where he came in 5th.

In 1996 Mujaahid Maynard won the US Olympic elimination and represented his country at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in paper weight. In Atlanta he lost his first fight against Wilber Sánchez clearly on points (3:12 technical points), then won over Jose Ochoa from Venezuela on points (4: 2 technical points) and was eliminated after another defeat in his third fight Zafar Gulijew from Russia (0: 6 technical points). He finished 13th.

Then he ended his international wrestling career. He returned to the Navy after completing his studies and made a comeback in 1999. In 1999 he finished 4th at the USA flyweight championship and in 2000 3rd place in bantamweight. He took part in the US again in 2000. Olympic elimination part, but could no longer qualify for the Olympic Games in Sydney .

International success

year space competition Weight class
1992 8th. World Cup in Concord paper
1993 4th World Cup in Concord paper behind Wilber Sánchez , Cuba , Zafar Gulijew , Russia a . Hiroshi Kado , Japan
1993 6th Pan American Championship To fly behind Raúl Martínez Alemán , Cuba, Juan Bernardino Cortes, Mexico , Ulises Valentin, Dom. Rep., Obeo Santana, Puerto Rico, etc. Joel Manuel Medinas, Venezuela
1994 7th "Pytlasinski" tournament in Warsaw paper
1994 10. World Cup in Tampere paper Winner: Wilber Sánchez, Cuba ahead of Aljaksandr Paulau , Belarus a . Gela Papashvili , Georgia
1995 5. Grand Prix of Germany in Schifferstadt paper behind Sergei Suworow , Russia, Wilber Sánchez, Stefan Gartmann, Germany a. Fanis Dauletow, Kazakhstan
1995 1. Pan American Games in Mar del Plata paper before Enrique Aguilar Zermeno , Mexico a. Wilber Sánchez
1995 5. World Cup in Prague paper behind Sim Kwan-ho , South Korea , Hiroshi Kado , Zafar Gulijew u. Oleg Kutscherenko , Germany, in front of Aljaksandr Paulau
1996 2. "Vehbi-Emre" Memorial in Ankara paper
1996 5. Acropolis tournament in Athens paper
1996 13. OS paper after losing to Wilber Sánchez, defeating Jose Ochoa, Venezuela a. Loss to Zafar Gulijew

National successes

year space competition Weight class
1993 1. US Army Championship paper
1993 1. USA Universities Championship paper
1993 4th USA championship paper
1994 1. USA Universities Championship paper
1994 4th USA championship paper
1994 1. World Cup elimination tournament paper
1995 2. USA championship paper
1995 1. World Cup elimination tournament paper
1996 1. USA championship paper
1996 1. Olympic elimination tournament paper
1999 4th USA championship To fly behind Shawn Sheldon , Steve Mays u. Brandon Paulson
2000 1. USA Army Championship Bantam before Steven Mays u. Duane Martin
2000 3. USA championship To fly behind Dennis Hall u. James Grünwald

Note: all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, paper weight, then up to 48 kg, flyweight, then up to 54 kg and the like. Bantam weight, back then up to 58 kg body weight

swell

  • Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
  • Trade journal Der Ringer ,
  • US Wrestling Association website

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Maynard, Mujaahid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City