Raúl Martínez Inglés
Raúl Martínez Alemán (born May 14, 1971 ) is a former Cuban wrestler and current coach . He was world champion in the Greco-Roman style flyweight in 1991 and 1993 .
Career
Raúl Martínez began wrestling as a teenager in 1980. After initial successes in the national field, he was delegated to one of the largest Cuban training centers, Cerro Pelado Havana, where he was trained by Carlos Ulacia. With a height of 1.59 meters, he always wrestled in the flyweight and only operated in the Greco-Roman style.
In 1988 he finished in the Junior World Championship (Juniors = age group up to 18 years of age) in Wolfurt / Austria in the weight class up to 50 kg body weight behind Wardan Abgadjanajan, USSR a . Jan Ulbrich , GDR 3rd place.
1990 Raúl Martínez won the Central American & Caribbean Championships in Mexico City and 1991 at the Pan American Games in Havana each in the flyweight division. At the age of 20, he started at the 1991 World Cup in Varna , where he was clearly a master of flyweight. On the way to the title he defeated u. a. the 1989 and 1990 world paperweight champion Oleg Kutscherenko from the USSR and the 1988 Olympic flyweight champion Jon Rønningen from Norway . In the final, he won over Shawn Sheldon from the United States clearly on points.
At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , Raúl Martínez was the favorite in flyweight. But he was not in good shape at these games and had to take two wins and defeats against Valentin Rebegea from Romania and the Finnish Ismo Kamesaki from Japan and ended up in 9th place, which was disappointing for him.
Despite his disappointing performance in Barcelona, Raúl Martínez was used again in 1993 at the World Cup in Stockholm . He showed his best behavior there again and was again world champion in flyweight. He defeated it in the pool u. a. Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan from Germany just on points (3: 2 technical points) and beat Armen Nasarjan from Armenia 4: 2 technical points in the final . Points.
In 1994 and 1995 he disappointed again at the World Championships. In 1994 in Tampere he only came in 11th place and in 1995 in Prague only in 17th place.
After this poor performance, he was no longer used by Cuba in any international championship. In the meantime, Raúl Martínez has taken over the management of a regional wrestling academy in Cuba and also works there as a youth coach in the Greco-Roman style.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 3. | Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Wolfurt / Austria | up to 50 kg body weight | behind Wardan Agbadjanjan, USSR a . Jan Ulbrich , GDR |
| 1990 | 1. | Central American & Caribbean Championships in Mexico City | To fly | before Victor Hugo Capacho, Colombia a . Ulises Valentin, Dominican Republic |
| 1991 | 1. | Pan American Games in Havana | To fly | before Ramon Mena, Panama a . Shawn Sheldon , USA |
| 1991 | 1. | World Cup in Varna | To fly | before Shawn Sheldon , Jon Rønningen , Norway , Valentin Rebegea , Romania , Oleg Kutscherenko , USSR a . Bratan Zenow , Bulgaria |
| 1992 | 1. | Pan American Championships | To fly | before Ramon Mena u. Ulises Valentin |
| 1992 | 9. | OS in Barcelona | To fly | after defeat against Valentin Rebegea, victory over Olaf Brandt , Germany , defeat against Ismo Kamesaki , Finland a . Victory over Said Tango, Morocco |
| 1992 | 3. | World Cup in Besançon | To fly | behind Shawn Sheldon u. Samuel Danieljan , Russia , in front of Salah Belguidoum, France |
| 1993 | 1. | Intern. USA championship in Concord | To fly | before Radames Castellon, Cuba , Shawn Sheldon u. Salah Belguidoum |
| 1993 | 1. | Pan American Championships | To fly | before Juan Bernardino Cortes, Mexico a . Ulises Valentin |
| 1993 | 1. | World Cup in Stockholm | To fly | in front of Armen Nazarjan , Armenia , Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan , Germany a. Natig Aivazov , Azerbaijan |
| 1993 | 1. | Central American & Caribbean Championships in Ponce | To fly | in front of Ulises Martínez , Puerto Rico a . Juan Bernardino Cortes |
| 1994 | 1. | Pan American Championship | To fly | before Robert Demeritt, USA a. Juan Bernardino Cortes |
| 1994 | 2. | FILA Grand Prix tournament in Concord | To fly | behind Armen Nazarjan , in front of Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan u. Vardan Paloyan, Armenia |
| 1994 | 11. | World Cup in Tampere | To fly | Winner: Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan before Natig Aiwasow u. Andrij Kalaschnykow , Ukraine |
| 1995 | 1. | Pan American Games in Mar del Plata | To fly | before Shawn Sheldon u. Joel Manuel Medina R., Venezuela |
| 1995 | 17th | World Cup in Prague | To fly | Winner: Samuel Danieljan , Russia in front of Armen Nazarjan u. Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan |
| 1995 | 3. | World Cup in Schifferstadt | To fly | behind Oleg Nemchenko , Russia, in front of Shawn Sheldon |
Note: all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, flyweight, back then up to 52 kg body weight
literature
- Trade journal Der Ringer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Infodeportivas of January 9, 2010 , accessed on June 20, 2010 (Spanish)
Web links
- Profile of Raúl Martínez at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Raúl Martínez in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- US Wrestling Association website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martínez Alemán, Raúl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Martínez, Raúl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | cuban wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1971 |