Said Mustafow

Said Scherifow Mustafow (born March 13, 1933 in Konop , Targovishte Oblast ) is a former Bulgarian wrestler . He won a total of four free style light heavyweight medals at the Olympics and World Championships.

Career

Like a number of other good wrestlers, Said Scherifow Mustafov belonged to the Turkish minority in Bulgaria in the years after 1945 . He came to Olympic wrestling through oil wrestling and concentrated entirely on free style. He was almost 30 years old before his first successes on the international wrestling mat.

He made his first start in an international championship at the 1962 World Cup in Toledo (Ohio) . He came there in the light heavyweight division in 6th place after he had fought against the local hero Daniel Brand and lost against the Olympic champions Alexander Medwed from the USSR and Ismet Atli from Turkey .

At the 1963 World Cup in Sofia , Walko Kostov was preferred to him. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 , however, he was back at the start and defeated there in the light heavyweight division a. a. Heinz Kiehl from the all-German team . He fought against Gholamreza Takhti from Iran and Ahmet Ayik from Turkey and lost again against Alexander Medwed. But these results were enough to make him a bronze medalist.

Also at the World Championships in 1965 in Manchester , 1966 in Toledo (Ohio) and 1967 in New Delhi , Said Mustafow won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division . The way to an even better result was blocked by Ahmet Ayik, Alexander Medwed and Schota Lomidze , USSR .

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , Said Mustafow just missed a medal with fourth place. There he defeated Daniel Vernik from Argentina and Jesse Lewis from the USA , came to a draw against Schota Lomidze and lost to Ahmet Ayik.

After the Olympic Games in 1968, Said Sherifov Mustafov resigned.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = free style, Hs = light heavyweight, back then up to 97 kg body weight)

• 1962, 1st place , "Dan-Kolew" tournament in Sofia , F, Hs, in front of Dimo Kostow , Bulgaria a . Imre Vigh , Hungary ;
• 1962, 1st place , Balkan Games in Athens , F, Hs, before G. Tampa, Romania a . Polat, Turkey ;
• 1962, 6th place , World Championships in Toledo (Ohio) , F, Hs, with a tie against Daniel Brand , USA a . Defeats against Alexander Medwed , USSR a . Ismet Atli , Turkey;
• 1964, 2nd place , tournament in Tbilisi , F, Hs, behind Liwa, USSR a. before Achanow, USSR a. Amiri, Iran ;
• 1964, bronze medal , OS in Tokyo , F, Hs, with victories over Hugh Williams, Australia , Sion Cohen, Panama a . Heinz Kiehl , Germany , tie against Gholamreza Takhti , Iran a. Ahmet Ayik , Turkey a. a loss to Alexander Medved;
• 1965, 3rd place , World Championships in Manchester , F, Hs, with victories over Anthony Buck, United Kingdom , Gerald Conine, USA a. Lennart Eriksson , Sweden a . Defeats against Ahmet Ayik u. Alexander Medved;
• 1966, 3rd place , World Championships in Toledo (Ohio), F, Hs, with victories over Yoshito Ito, Japan , Ryszard Dlugosz, Poland a . József Csatári , Hungary a. a loss to Ahmet Ayik;
• 1967, 3rd place , World Cup in New Delhi , F, Hs, with victories over Shinya Takizawa, Japan, Ganpat Andalkar, India a . Harry Houska , USA, a tie against Schota Lomidze , USSR u. a loss to Ahmet Ayik;
• 1968, 1st place , "Dan-Kolew" tournament in Sevljewo, F, Hs, in front of Wasil Todorow a . Ivan Tschedow, bde. Bulgaria;
• 1968, 4th place , OS in Mexico City , F, Hs, with victories over Daniel Vernik, Argentina a . Jesse Lewis, USA, a tie against Schota Lomidze u. a loss to Ahmet Ayik

International battles

(not complete)

• 1963, FRG against Bulgaria , F, Hs, shoulder winner over Josef Hucker,
• 1963, FRG against Bulgaria, F, Hs, point winner over Djordje Lukac,
• 1963, FRG against Bulgaria, F, Hs, shoulder winner over Josef Hucker

swell

• Athletics magazine from 1962 to 1968,
• Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships , 1976,
• Website "www.iat.uni-leipzig.de",
• Website of the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation

Web links

• Said Mustafow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile of Said Mustafow at the Institute for Applied Training Science