Murad Mustafayevich Umakhanov

Murad Umachanow medal table
Wrestler
Russia
Olympic games
gold	2000 Sydney	up to 63 kg
European Championship
bronze	1997 Warsaw	up to 58 kg
silver	1998 Bratislava	up to 58 kg
bronze	1999 Minsk	up to 63 kg
gold	2000 Budapest	up to 63 kg
Junior World Championships
bronze	1992 Istanbul	up to 40 kg cadets
gold	1993 Duisburg	up to 43 kg cadets
bronze	1994 Budapest	up to 50 kg Juniors
Junior European Championships
gold	1995 Witten	up to 54 kg Juniors

Murad Mustafajewitsch Umachanow ( Russian Мурад Мустафаевич Умаханов ; born January 3, 1977 in Chassavyurt , Dagestan ) is a Russian wrestler of Dagestan descent. In 2000 he became Olympic champion in free style in the weight class up to 63 kg body weight.

Career

Like many of the best Russian wrestlers, Murad Umachanow comes from the Caucasus region and from a wrestling family. His brother Baugudin Umakhanov, who is six years older than him, was twice European champion in free style. Murad started wrestling at Dinamo Chassavyurt Sports Club in 1986 . He was trained mainly by Magomed Guseinow.

He was already very successful as a junior and qualified in 1992 for participation in the Junior World Championships in the Cadets age group in Istanbul. There he took 3rd place in the weight class up to 40 kg body weight. A year later he became junior world champion in Duisburg in the same age group in the weight class up to 43 kg body weight. In 1994 he started at the Junior World Championships for the Juniors age group and came third in the weight class up to 50 kg. His last start at an international junior championship was in 1995 at the European junior championship in Witten. There he won the title in the weight class up to 54 kg body weight.

It took Murad Umakhanov the year 1996 to get used to the senior citizens. In 1997 he became the first Russian champion in the weight class up to 58 kg. He was then used at the European Championships in Warsaw in the same weight class, where he reached 3rd place and won his first international medal in the senior category. On the way to this success he defeated such strong wrestlers as Šaban Trstena from Macedonia and Harun Doğan from Turkey. A defeat against Dawit Pogosjan from Georgia built an even better position for him. He was then also at the 1997 World Cup in Krasnoyarsk, but with a 4th place just missed the medal ranks. After winning two fights, he lost there against Guivi Sissaouri from Canada and then fought his way to a bronze medal with victories over Arif Abdullajew from Azerbaijan, Mikhail Chernov, Ukraine and Jung Jin-hyuk, South Korea, in which he owed the peculiar regulations at the time met Guivi Sissaouri again and lost again.

At the 1998 European Championships in Bratislava, Murad Umachanow defeated Goran Trajkow, Macedonia, Arif Abdullajew and Othmar Kuhner from Germany in the weight class up to 58 kg, but lost in the final against Dawit Pogosjan. He took 2nd place. At the 1998 World Cup in Tehran, he lost a. a. against Harun Dogan and against Dawit Pogosjan, but fought his way up to 5th place with four wins in the placement round. In the fight for 5th place, he defeated Guivi Sissaouri this time.

1999 Murad Umakhanov was the second time Russian champion in the weight class up to 63 kg, in which he was promoted. He referred Miron Jajayev and Shamil Umakhanov to the next places. At the European Championships in 1999 he won a bronze medal in Minsk. He defeated Dawit Pogosjan for the first time, but lost to Elbrus Tedejew , a Caucasian starting for the Ukraine. He was not at the start at this year's World Cup.

In February 2000, Murad Umachanow fought his way to Leipzig with a victory in an Olympic qualification tournament in the weight class up to 63 kg a starting place at the Olympic Games in Sydney. This year he was again the Russian champion in this weight class, ahead of Selimchan Akhmadov and Soslan Tomayev. At the European Championships in 2000, which took place in Budapest in April, he then won his first international senior title. On the way to this European championship title he defeated three high-profile athletes with Dawit Pogosjan, Serafim Barzakow from Bulgaria and Sergej Smal from Belarus. He celebrated the greatest success of his career in September 2000 at the Olympic Games in Sydney, because he was there in the weight class up to 63 kg with victories over Elbrus Tedejew, whom he beat in the first fight of the tournament, Jo Jong-Son, North Korea, Jang Jae-sung, South Korea and Serafim Barzakow Olympic champions.

After that, Murad Umakhanov, although he was only 23 years old, hung up his wrestling boots.

In 2004 he made a comeback and was the fourth time Russian champion in the weight class up to 60 kg before Murad Ramasanow and Alan Dudajew. He was then used again at the Olympic Games that year in Athens in this weight class and defeated Tevfik Odabasi from Turkey in his first fight. In his second fight he was defeated by his old rival Guivi Sissaouri, with which he was eliminated and only came in 10th place.

Then he finally ended his wrestling career.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1992	3.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Istanbul	up to 40 kg	behind Gheorghe Curduneanu, Romania and Petr Kostadinow, Bulgaria
1993	1.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Duisburg	up to 43 kg	before Milan Lences, Slovakia and Otar Tuschischwili, Georgia
1994	3.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Budapest	up to 50 kg	behind Alireza Dabir , Iran and Adchan Achulow, Uzbekistan
1995	1.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Witten	up to 54 kg	before Rahim Namazow, Azerbaijan and Octavian Cuciuc, Moldova
1997	2.	World Cup in Stillwater / United States	up to 58 kg	behind Kendall Cross, USA, in front of Guivi Sissaouri, Canada
1997	3.	EM in Warsaw	up to 58 kg	after a defeat against Dawit Pogosjan, Georgia and victories over Saban Trstena, Macedonia, Harun Dogan, Turkey, Arif Abdullajew, Azerbaijan, Musa Saibulbatatow, Ukraine, Sevdalin Todorow, Bulgaria and Karo Simonjan, Armenia
1997	4th	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	up to 58 kg	after victories over Tadeusz Kowalski, Poland and Karo Simonjan, one defeat against Guivi Sissaouri and victories over Arif Abdullajew, Michail Tschernow, Ukraine, Jung Jin-hyuk, South Korea and another defeat against Guivi Sissaouri
1998	2.	EM in Bratislava	up to 58 kg	after victories over Goran Trajkow, Macedonia, Arif Abdullajrw and Othmar Kuhner, Germany and a defeat against Dawit Pogosjan
1998	2.	"Dan-Kolow" & "Mikola-Petrow" Memorial in Sofia	up to 58 kg	behind Oyungulag Purevbataar, Mongolia, in front of Sewdalin Todorow
1998	5.	World Cup in Tehran	up to 58 kg	after a loss to Harun Dogan, a victory over Rakesh Kumar, India, a loss to Dawit Pogosjan and victories over Vyacheslav Sianjuk, Belarus, Oyunbulag Purevbataar, Ramil Islamow, Uzbekistan and Guivi Sissaouri
1999	3.	EM in Minsk	up to 63 kg	after victories over John Melling, Great Britain, Lucjan Gralak, Poland and Dawit Pogosjan, a defeat against Elbrus Tedejew, Ukraine and a sieve over Serban-Florin Mumijew, Romania
2000	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Leipzig	up to 63 kg	before Ruslan Bodisteanu, Moldova, Stefan Fernyak, Slovakia and Serban-Florin Mumijew
2000	1.	EM in Budapest	up to 63 kg	after victories over Karim Makhlouf, France, Andras Beloj, Estonia, Dawit Pogosjan, Serafim Barzakow, Bulgaria and Sergej Smal, Belarus
2000	gold	OS in Sydney	up to 63 kg	after victories over Elbrus Tedejew, Jo Jong-Son, North Korea, Jang Jae-sung, South Korea and Serafim Barzakow
2004	10.	OS in Athens	up to 60 kg	after defeating Tevfik Odabasi, Turkey and losing to Guivi Sissaouri

Russian championships

year	space	Weight class	Results
1997	1.	up to 58 kg	before Ajan-ool Sardaa and Shamil Umakhanov
1999	1.	up to 63 kg	before Miron Dschajajew and Shamil Umakhanov
2000	1.	up to 63 kg	before Selimchan Akhmadov and Soslan Tomayev
2004	1.	up to 60 kg	before Murad Ramasanov and Alan Dudayev

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Murad Mustafajewitsch Umachanow at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Murad Mustafajewitsch Umachanow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Training by Murad Umakhanov