Nikolai Gergow

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Nikolai Gergow (born March 17, 1978 in Orjachowo , Wraza Oblast ) is a Bulgarian wrestler . He was world champion in 2005 and European champion in 2005 and 2007 in the Greco-Roman style lightweight.

Career

Nikolai Gergow began as a teenager in 1989 with the rings . His first coach was Ivan Ivanov. After his first successes in Bulgaria in the junior area, he became a member of "Slavia Litex" Sofia , one of the leading wrestling clubs in Bulgaria , in 1996 . There Bratan Zenow , himself a former world champion in wrestling, became his coach. He concentrated fully on the Greco-Roman style.

In 1996 Nikolai Gergow competed in his first major international competition, the Junior European Championship in Sofia , where he immediately took an excellent 2nd place in the weight class up to 54 kg body weight. At the Junior World Championships in Tirana in 1998 , however, he did not get along so well and only came 15th in the weight class up to 60 kg.

Nikolai Gergow made his debut at an international senior championship in 2001 in Istanbul . With a 4th place in featherweight he just missed the medal ranks. At the world championship of the same year in Patras he was eliminated after the 2nd round and only finished 17th. Because of his talent, the Bulgarian Wrestling Association, which is actually subscribed to top places, held on to Nikolai Gergow for the next few years. Initially, this loyalty was not yet rewarded, because Nikolai Gergow only took 7th place at the 2002 World Championships in Moscow in the lightweight category. He defeated Moises Sanchez Parra from Spain and Kim-Jussi Nurmela from Finland , but was defeated in the third round against Manuchar Kffektwelia from Georgia .

In 2003, Nikolai Gergow did not achieve the hoped-for successes either. At the European Championships in Belgrade he finished 13th after a defeat against Armen Wardanjan from the Ukraine in the 2nd round and at the World Championships in Créteil / France he finished only 30th in the lightweight after a defeat against Jimmy Samuelsson from Sweden . Space.

In February 2004 Nikolai Gergow won a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games in Novi Sad in the lightweight. With Eduard Aplewitsch , Belarus , Kevin Bracken , USA , Mkhitar Manukjan , Kazakhstan and Parviz Zaidvand from Iran , he defeated four top wrestlers. At the Olympic Games in Athens , he disappointed again, because after a victory over Levente Füredy from Hungary he lost to the South Korean Kim In-Sub and was eliminated. He placed himself in 14th place.

In 2005 he made his big breakthrough. At the European Championships in Varna he won the European lightweight title with four wins in a superior style. In the final battle he defeated the German Christian Fetzer high on points. He also won the lightweight at the World Championships in Budapest that same year . In the decisive battles he defeated Alain Milián from Cuba , Armen Wardanjan, Ukraine and Hussamaddin Rajabow from Azerbaijan .

Nikolai Gergow could not be satisfied with his performance at the international championships in 2006. He came at the European championship in Moscow after a defeat in his second fight against the Turkish ex-world champion Şeref Eroğlu only on 10th place and lost at the world championship in Guangzhou, China after three victories against the American Justin Harry Lester , which put him in 7th place.

A very successful year for him was then in 2007. In Sofia he was for the second time European champion at lightweight and at the World Championships in Baku , he reached after a defeat in the semifinal against Darkhan Bajaktmetow from Kazakhstan with a win over Arman Adikjan from Armenia to yet 3rd place.

Nikolai Gergow, who is practically a professional wrestler, is also well known in German wrestling circles, because he has been wrestling for the 1st Luckenwalder SC in the German Bundesliga for several years.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Fe = featherweight, up to 2001 up to 63 kg, from 2002 up to 60 kg body weight, Le = lightweight, up to 2001 up to 69 kg, since 2002 up to 66 kg body weight)

  • 1996, 2nd place , Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Sofia , GR, up to 54 kg body weight, behind Wardan Gunarjan, Armenia a . in front of Parviz Kasimow, Uzbekistan ;
  • 2004, 14th place , OS in Athens , GR, Le, with a victory over Levente Füredy , Hungary a. a loss to Kim In-Sub;
  • 2006, 10th place , EM in Moscow , GR, Le, with a victory over Michael Beilin, Israel a . a loss to Şeref Eroğlu;
  • 2007, 1st place , "Stanislaw-Pytlasinski" tournament in Warsaw , GR, Le, in front of Elbrus Mammadow, Ulvan Erkan, Turkey a. Beibit Nughmanow , Kazakhstan;
  • 2007, 1st place , "Nikola Petrow" tournament in Sofia, GR, Le, ahead of Maxim Mordovin, Russia;
  • 2008, 1st place , "Dave-Schultz-Memorial International" in Colorado Springs / USA, GR, Le before Mark Rial , USA, Beibit Nugamanow u. Tomasz Swierk, Poland
  • 2008, 5th place , OS in Beijing , GR, Le, after victories over Şeref Eroğlu and Sergei Kowalenko , Russia and defeats against Kanatbek Begalijew and Armen Wardanjan, Ukraine

literature

  • Trade journal Der Ringer from 1996 to 2008, numbers 06/2001, p. 4–8, 01/2001, p. 4–8, 10/2002, p. 4–7, 06/2003, p. 4–7 , 10/2003, pp. 4–8, 02/2004, S 4, 09/2004, pp. 5–10, 05/2005, pp. 7–9, 10/2005, pp. 8–9, 05 / 2006, 10/2006, pp. 5-6, 05/2007, pp. 7-9, 10/2008, pp. 7-9.
  • International Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

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personal data
SURNAME Gergow, Nikolai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Oryachovo , Vrazza Oblast