Radoslav Velikov

Radoslaw Marinow Velikow (also written Radoslav Marinov Velikov , Bulgarian Радослав Маринов Великов ; born September 2, 1983 in Kutsina, Veliko Tarnowo Province ) is a Bulgarian wrestler . He became the 2006 free style bantamweight world champion .

Career

Radoslaw Welikow started wrestling in 1996 as a teenager. He concentrates on the free style. Since 1999 he has been a member of the Bulgarian national wrestling team in the junior division and since 2004 also in the senior division. He is a member of Levski Sofia and is or was trained by Iwan Tsonow and Simeon Schterew . At 1.59 meters tall, it usually weighs a little over 60 kg. At the international championships he always trains in bantamweight , which is the weight class up to 55 kg body weight. He is also well known in German wrestling circles, because he has been wrestling for 1. Luckenwalder SC in the German Bundesliga for several years .

In 1999 he took part for the first time in an international championship, the Junior European Championship (cadets = age group up to the age of 16). He finished 14th in the weight class up to 42 kg body weight in Lodz . Even with his other starts at international championships in the junior area, he was unable to win a medal. His best results were a 5th place at the Junior European Championship 2000 in Bratislava and a 6th place at the Junior World Championship in Tashkent .

In 2004 he qualified for the Bulgarian team for the Olympic Games in Athens. At a qualifying tournament for these games in Sofia , he finished 4th in bantamweight. This place was sufficient for the right to start at the Olympic Games in Athens . There he came in bantamweight but only to one victory over Shaun Williams from South Africa . He lost his second fight against the Chinese Li Zhengyu , with which he was eliminated and came in 9th place.

2005 succeeded Radoslaw Welikow both at the European Championships in Varna and at the World Championships in Budapest in bantamweight each to occupy the 2nd place. He celebrated u. a. Victories over such renowned wrestlers as Bessarion Gotschaschwili from Georgia , Ghenadi Tulbea , Moldova (at the world championship) and others. Named Abdullaev from Azerbaijan . He lost the final bouts against Genadi Tulbea (at the European championship) and against Dilschod Mansurow from Uzbekistan (at the world championship).

In 2006 he was only at the start of the World Championships in Guangzhou . With victories over Qiu Yi, China , O Song Nam, North Korea , Atscham Achilow , Uzbekistan, Samuel Henson , United States and Bessik Kuduchow , Russia , he managed to become world champion in bantamweight.

In 2007 he was no longer so successful, but at least won an EM bronze medal at the European Bantamweight Championships in Sofia . He lost it in his first fight against Bessik Kuduchow , who managed to take revenge for the defeat against him at the 2006 World Cup. At the world championship this year in Baku Radoslaw Welikow won his first fight against Marcel Ewald from Germany , but retired after a defeat in his second fight against Dilschod Mansurow and only came in 13th place.

In the 2008 Olympic year he missed out on a 9th place at the European Championships in Tampere , where he was eliminated from the Olympic qualification after a defeat against Mihran Jaburjan , Armenia , after the 2nd fight. He then fought for this, however, by first place in an Olympic qualification tournament, in which he won ahead of Kim Hyo-sub , South Korea and Namig Sewdimow . In Beijing he lost the bantamweight in his first fight against Henry Cejudo from the United States, but won a bronze medal with victories over his old rivals Bessarion Gotschaschwili and Namig Sewdimow .

In 2009 and 2010 Radoslaw Velikow also won medals at the European Championships . In 2009 he was third winner in Vilnius in bantamweight after a loss to Nariman Israpilow , Russia and victories over Alexandru Chirtoacă, Romania and Mihran Jaburjan and in 2010 he came in Baku in bantamweight after victories over Yuri Ledonov, Ukraine, Vitas Shumakov, Lithuania and Viktor Lebedev , Russia and a defeat against Machmud Magomedow, Azerbaijan even took 2nd place. At the 2009 World Championships in Herning / Denmark he came in 12th place and at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow he reached 7th place.

Radoslaw Velikow Marinow had no success at the 2011 European Championships in Dortmund . He was defeated there in the qualification against Mihran Jaburjan (1: 2 rounds, 4: 5 points), but still came in 11th place due to this good point relationship. He was much more successful at the World Cup in Istanbul , because he fought his way to the final with victories over Andres Quispe Fajardo, Chile , Wlasislaw Andrejew, Belarus, Hassan Rahimi, Iran, Wladimer Kintschegaschwili , Georgia and Nicholas Simmons, USA, in which, however, he lost to Viktor Lebedev from Russia.

In 2012 Radoslaw Velikow won another medal at the European Championships in Belgrade, behind Jamal Otarsultanov from Russia and Bessarion Gotschaschwili from Georgen. But then he just missed one at the Olympic Games in London . There he came to a victory over Nikolai Nojew, Tajikistan , then lost to Wladimer Chintschegaschwili , won over Ibrahim Farag Abdelhaldim Mohamed from Egypt and Amit Kumar from India , but lost the decisive battle for a bronze medal against Shinichi Yumoto from Japan .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1999	14th	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Lodz	up to 42 kg body weight	Winner: Yogeshwar Dutt, India ahead of Yasser Khalpoir, Iran
2000	5.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Bratislava	up to 46 kg body weight	Winner: Ersin Burak, Turkey ahead of Mawlet Batirow , Russia
2001	6th	Junior World Championships in Tashkent	up to 50 kg body weight	Winner: Amiran Elbakidze, Georgia ahead of Mawlet Batirow
2002	8th.	Junior European Championship in Tirana	up to 50 kg body weight	Winner: Amiran Elbakidze ahead of Adam Batirow , Russia
2003	11.	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	Bantam	after a defeat against Ersin Cetin , Turkey a. Victories over Alexander Hrybouski, Belarus a. Florin Buga, Romania
2004	4th	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	Bantam	behind Yogeshwar Dutt , Kim Hyo-sub , South Korea u. Aljaksandr Kantojeu , Russia
2004	9.	OS in Athens	Bantam	after beating Shaun Williams , South Africa and losing to Li Zhengyu , China
2005	1.	Beloglasov tournament in Kaliningrad	Bantam	before Serikbajew, Kazakhstan , Koksegenow u. Mikhailov, bde. Russia
2005	2.	EM in Varna	Bantam	after victories over Francisco Javier Sanchez Parra , Spain and Bessarion Gotschaschwili , Georgia and a defeat against Ghenadie Tulbea , Moldova
2005	2.	World Cup in Budapest	Bantam	after victories over Ghenadie Tulbea, Taghi Dadashi , Iran , Jon Hyon Guk , North Korea and Namig Abdullajew , Azerbaijan and a defeat against Dilschod Mansurow , Uzbekistan
2006	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	behind Dilschod Mansurow , in front of Samuel Henson , USA a. Namig Sevdimov, Azerbaijan
2006	1.	World Cup in Guangzhou	Bantam	after victories over Yi Qin , China, O Song Nam , North Korea, Atscham Achilow , Uzbekistan, Samuel Henson , USA and Bessik Kuduchow , Russia
2007	1.	Kiev International	Bantam	before Opan Sat u. Mikhail Sakharov, bde. Russia and Named Sewdimow
2007	3.	EM in Sofia	Bantam	after a defeat against Bessik Kuduchow and victories over Mihran Jaburjan , Armenia , Namig Sevdimow , Azerbaijan and Bessarion Gotschaschwili, Georgia
2007	13.	World Cup in Baku	Bantam	after a victory over Marcel Ewald , Germany and a loss to Dilschod Mansurow
2008	9.	EM in Tampere	Bantam	after a victory over Bessarion Gotschaschwili and a defeat against Mihran Jaburjan
2008	1.	Olympic qualification tournament	Bantam	before Kim Hyo-sub u. Named Sewdimow
2008	bronze	OS 2008 in Beijing	Bantam	after a loss to Henry Cejudo , USA a . Victories over Bessarion Gotschaschwili u. Named Sewdimow
2009	3.	EM in Vilnius	Bantam	after a defeat against Nariman Israpilow , Russia a. Wins over Alexandru Chirtoacă , Moldova and Mihran Jaburjan , Armenia
2009	12.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Bantam	after defeating Luis Alexander Ibanez Rojas, Cuba a . a loss to Viktor Lebedev , Russia
2010	2.	EM in Baku	Bantam	with victories over Juri Ledenow, Ukraine, Vitas Schumakow, Lithuania a . Viktor Lebedew et al. a loss to Machmud Magomedov, Azerbaijan
2010	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	behind Shinichi Yumoto , Japan , Nariman Israpilow , Bessarion Gotschaschwili u. Angel Escobedo, USA
2010	7th	World Cup in Moscow	Bantam	with victory over Andrei Dukow, Romania, defeat against Viktor Lebedew , victory over Nasibulla Kurbanow, Uzbekistan a. Loss to Kim Hyo-sub
2011	2.	Yasar Dogu Memorial in Istanbul	Bantam	behind Wladimer Chintschegaschwili , Georgia, in front of Mikhail Osip, Russia a. Mihran Jahburjan
2011	3.	Dan Kolow-Nikola Petrow Memorial in Burgas	Bantam	behind Namik Soerdumzadeh, Azerbaijan u. Vladislav Petrov, Russia
2011	11.	EM in Dortmund	Bantam	after a defeat against Mihran Jaburjan (1: 2 rounds, 4: 5 points)
2012	9.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	feather	Winner: Selimchan Huseinow ahead of Agahüseyin Mustafejew, both Azerbaijan
2011	5.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	Bantam	behind Mihran Jaburjan, Dilschod Mansurow, Alexandru Chirtoacă, Moldova and Daulet Nijasbekow, Kazakhstan
2011	2.	World Cup in Istanbul	Bantam	after victories over Andres Quispe Fajardo, Chile , Wladislaw Andrejew, Belarus, Hassan Rahimi, Iran, Wladimer Kintschegaschwili and Nicholas Simmons, USA and a defeat against Viktor Lebedew
2011	3.	Moscow lights	Bantam	behind Nariman Israpilow and Pyotr Siwzew, both Russia and Machmud Magomedow, Azerbaijan
2012	5.	Dan Kolow-Nikola Petrow Memorial in Sofia	feather	behind Anatoli Guidea and Wladimir Dubow, both Bulgaria, Nikolai Nojew, Tajikistan and John Pineda, USA
2012	3.	EM in Belgrade	Bantam	behind Jamal Otarsultanow , Russia and Bessarion Gotschaschwili, together with Ahmet Peker, Turkey
2012	5.	OS in London	Bantam	after victory over Nikolai Nojew, defeat against Wladimer Chintschegaschwili, victories over Ibrahim Farag Abdelhaldim Mohamed, Egypt and Amit Kumar, India and a defeat against Shinichi Yumoto , Japan

Bulgarian championships

(as far as known)

year	space	Weight class	Result
2007	1.	feather	before Ismail Redzhep u. Dobri Atanasov
2009	5.	feather	behind Ismail Redzhep, Krasimir Krastanow , Serfet Ferad u. Ivan Dobrew
2010	3.	feather	behind Anatoli Guidea u. Volodimir Dubovoi

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Bantam weight up to 55 kg, feather weight up to 60 kg body weight

swell

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

Web links

• Profile of Radoslaw Welikow at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Radoslaw Welikow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Final fight of Radoslaw Velikow against Bessik Kuduchow at the 2006 World Cup