Rustam Stanislavowitsch Totrow

Rustam Stanislawowitsch Totrow ( Russian Рустам Станиславович Тотров ; * July 15, 1984 ) is a Russian wrestler . He won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in Istanbul and a silver medal in the Greco-Roman style light heavyweight division at the 2012 Olympic Games in London .

Career

Rustam Totrow grew up in North Ossetia / Alania and began wrestling as a teenager in Vladikavkas in 1998. He focuses on the Greco-Roman style. He is now a member of the WC Torpedo Tyumen sports club , but mostly trains at the Russian wrestler's center in Moscow . At times he also competed for the Partizan Belgrade sports club . His trainers were or are W. Gaglojew, W. Urujmagow, S. Worobiew and SW Batkow. At a height of 1.85 meters, he wrestles in the light heavyweight category, the weight class up to 96 kg body weight.

He was already one of the top Russian wrestlers in his age group in the youth field. To use in an international championship but he only came in 2004, when he at the Junior European Championships in Murska Sobota in the middleweight was used. But he lost his first fight there against the Greek Vassilios Kollaros and was only able to fight for 10th place with a victory over Ahmet Yildirim from Turkey .

In the following years he fought for some good placements in international tournaments. In 2007 he came in the Russian championship in the light heavyweight behind Roman Martschenko and Vasily Teplouchow on the 3rd place. In 2008 he succeeded for the first time to be Russian light heavyweight champion before Vasily Teplouchow and Nikolai Kurakow. At the Russian championships in 2009 and 2010 he did not get a place among the winners, but in 2011 he became the Russian runner-up champion. In 2011 he won the renowned "Ivan Poddubny" memorial in Tyumen in front of the Russian elite of light heavyweights, namely Artur Schachbanow , Olympic champion Aslanbek Chuschtow and Nikita Melnikow .

Because of these successes, he was then used at the European Championships in Dortmund . He won there first over Dejan Frankovic from Serbia , but lost his second fight against Elis Guri from Bulgaria just on points. Since Guri did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 10th place. After he had rehabilitated himself with a tournament victory at the "Wladyslaw-Pytlasinski" memorial in Radom , where he won ahead of Timofei Deinichenko from Belarus , Irakli Kadschaia, Georgia and Nikita Melnikow, he was also used at the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul . He won there over Zbignevs Romanovskis, Latvia and Daigoro Timoncini , Italy , but then lost again to Elis Guri (1: 2 rounds, 5: 6 points). But Guri became world champion and Rustam Totrow was therefore able to fight for a bronze medal at the World Cup by winning over Sinisa Hogac from Croatia and Mohamad Abd El Fatah from Egypt .

Towards the end of 2011 he successfully represented Russia's light heavyweight relay team with Nikita Melnikow at the team tournaments "Moscow Light" and "Oleg Karawajew" Memorial in Minsk.

Rustam Totrow was also at the Olympic Games 2012 in London used. He was in excellent shape there and won the silver medal . On the way there he defeated Schalwa Gadabadse from Azerbaijan , Jimmy Lidberg from Sweden and Timofei Deinichenko from Belarus. In the final he was defeated by the all surprising Iranian Ghasem Gholamreza Rezaei .

In 2013, Rustam Totrom was beaten by Nikita Melnikov in the final of the Russian championship . Since then he has not played in an international championship. In May 2014, however, together with Nikita Melnikow, he represented the Russian colors at the World Cup in Tehran, a team competition won by Iran. He won there over Ilya Nastochenko, Kazakhstan and Daren Burns from the United States.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2004	10.	Junior European Championship in Murska Sobota	medium	after losing to Vassilous Kollaros, Greece and defeating Ahmet Yildirim, Turkey
2006	3.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	medium
2006	2.	Intern. Tournament in Brașov	medium	behind Andrea Minguzzi , Italy , ahead of Zoltán Fodor and Sándor Bárdosi , both Hungarians
2006	7th	Haparanda Cup	Semi-difficult	Winner: Justin Ruiz , USA ahead of Dimitri Timchenko, Ukraine
2008	3.	"Dan Kolow - Nikola Petrow" tournament in Sofia	Semi-difficult	behind Kalojan Dinchew and Wladislaus Metodiew, both Bulgaria, together with Mehmet Özal , Turkey, in front of Elis Guri , Albania
2008	2.	Haparanda Cup	Semi-difficult	behind Jimmy Lidberg , Sweden , in front of Sergei Rutenko, Ukraine, Jakob Cedergren, Sweden and Heiki Nabi , Estonia
2009	1.	Grand Prix of Italy in Sassari	Semi-difficult	before Iwan Popow, Australia , Anil Kumar, India and Schalwa Gadabadse , Azerbaijan
2009	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Semi-difficult	before Ramas Nosadze , Georgia , Denis Mishin, Azerbaijan and Balasz Kiss , Hungary
2009	3.	Oslo -Open	Semi-difficult	behind Jim Pettersson, Sweden and Michail Bakalow, Russia
2010	1.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	Semi-difficult	before Ässet Mämbetow , Kazakhstan , Wassili Teplouchow and Maxim Safarjan, both Russia
2010	5.	World Cup in Yerevan	Semi-difficult	behind Balasz Kiss, Armen Geghamjan , Armenia , Babak Hossein Ghorbani Goldasteh , Iran and Ahmet Tacyldiz, Turkey
2011	1.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	Semi-difficult	before Artur Schachbanow , Aslanbek Chuschtow , Nikita Melnikow , all Russia and R.VC. Johnson, USA
2011	4th	World Cup in Minsk	Semi-difficult	behind Babak Hossein Ghorbani Goldasteh, Timofei Deinichenko , Belarus and Schalwa Gadabadse
2011	10.	EM in Dortmund	Semi-difficult	after a win over Dejan Frankovic, Serbia and a loss to Elis Guri, Bulgaria
2011	1.	"Wladyslaw-Pytlasinski" Memorial in Radom	Semi-difficult	before Timofei Deinichenko, Irakli Kadschaia, Georgia and Nikita Melnikow
2011	3.	World Cup in Istanbul	Semi-difficult	after victories over Zbignevs Romanovskis, Latvia and Daigoro Timoncini, Italy, a defeat against Elis Guri and victories over Sinisa Hogac , Croatia and Mohamad Abd El Fatah , Egypt
2012	1.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	Semi-difficult	before Nikita Melnikow, Ardo Arusaar , Estonia and Kerim Dschansujew, Russia
2012	2.	Thor Masters in Nyköping	Semi-difficult	behind Mirko Englich , Germany, ahead of Martin Hamlet Nielsen, Norway and Andrzej Deberny, Poland
2012	7th	EM in Belgrade	Semi-difficult	Wins: Artur Aleksanjan , Armenia ahead of Mindaugas Ezerskis , Lithuania
2012	3.	"Wladyslaw-Pytlasinksi" Memorial in Racibórz	Semi-difficult	behind Norikatsu Saikawa, Japan and Wladimir Wasiljew, Ukraine
2012	silver	OS in London	Semi-difficult	after victories over Schalwa Gadabadse, Jimmy Lidberg and Timofei Deinichenko as well as a defeat against Ghasem Gholamreza Rezaei
2013	2.	"Vehbi-Emre" Memorial in Istanbul	Semi-difficult	behind Cenk Ildem, Turkey, in front of Ahmet Tacyldiz, Turkey and Michail Kadschaia, Georgia
2013	1.	Adriatic Trophy in Porec / Croatia	Semi-difficult	before Adam Varga, Hungary, Sinisa Hogac and Stjepan Lavric, both Croatia
2013	5.	"Wladyslaw-Pytlasinski" Memorial in Warsaw	Semi-difficult	Winner: Balasz Kiss, Hungary ahead of Wladislaw Metodiew, Bulgaria
2013	1.	Sportaccord Combat Games in St. Petersburg	Semi-difficult	in front of Arkadi Bljumin, Ukraine

Russian championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
2007	3.	Semi-difficult	behind Roman Martschenko and Wassili Teplouchow
2008	1.	Semi-difficult	before Wassili Teplouchow and Nikolai Kurakow
2011	2.	Semi-difficult	behind Nikita Melnikow , in front of Konstantin Jefimow and Aslanbek Chuschtow
2012	1.	Semi-difficult	before Nikita Melnikow, Konstantin Jefimow and Maxim Safarjan
2013	2.	Semi-difficult	behind Nikita Melnikow, in front of Arthur Schahbanow and Islam Magomedow

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Rustam Stanislawowitsch Totrow at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Website of the Russian Wrestling Federation (www.wrestrus.ru)