Samira Alimradovna Rachmanova

Samira Alimradowna Rachmanowa ( Russian Замира Алимрадовна Рахманова ; born December 28, 1985 in Kaspijsk , Dagestani ASSR ) is a Russian wrestler . She became European champion in Sofia in 2007 and world champion in Istanbul in 2011 in the weight class up to 51 kg.

Career

Samira Rachmanowa began her wrestling career in 2001 at Dynamo Kaspijsk in Dagestan / Russia . On the international wrestling mat she initially started for Kyrgyzstan . She returned to the Russian Wrestling Association in 2004 and has been trained by Kurban Kurbanow at Dynamo Makhachkala ever since . She is a student and usually starts in the weight class up to 51 kg, but has also trained in the weight class up to 48 kg. Since 2012 it starts in the weight class up to 55 kg.

In her only start on the international wrestling mat for Kyrgyzstan she came in the Junior World Championships 2003 in Istanbul in the weight class up to 48 kg after defeats against Yuuri Funatsu from Japan and Yadav Kamini from India only in 20th place.

In the years 2004 to 2006 she did not take part in any international championships. In 2007 she was quite surprisingly Russian champion in the weight class up to 51 kg and was used at the European Championships that year in Sofia . She was able to convince there completely and immediately became European champion with victories over Emesa Barka from Hungary , Alexandra Engelhardt from Germany and Estera Dobre from Romania . At the 2007 World Cup in Baku , she won her first fight over Maria Iwanowa from Belarus , but then lost to the experienced Canadian Erica Sharp after an even fight just by points (1: 2 rounds at 5: 4 points). Since Erica Sharp did not reach the final, Samira Rachmanowa was eliminated and only came in 7th place.

In 2008 Samira Rachmanova trained in the weight class up to 48 kg, because this weight class is Olympic in contrast to the weight class up to 51 kg. She was then also Russian champion and used in this weight class at the Olympic Games in Beijing . There she disappointed, however, because she lost her first fight against Vanessa Boubryemm from France , dropped out and only reached 11th place.

After this disappointment, she returned to the weight class up to 51 kg in 2009 and took 3rd place in this weight class at the Russian championship. At international championships it was not used by the Russian Wrestling Association this year. 2010 Samira Rachmanowa was again used Russian champion in the weight class up to 51 kg before Jekaterina Krasnowa and in September 2010 at the World Championships in Moscow . She won there in her first fight against Nadine Tokar from Switzerland , but lost to Oleksandra Kohut from Ukraine . This came into the final, so Samira Rachmanowa was able to fight for a bronze medal at the World Championships with victories in the consolation round over Maria Ivanova and Tatjana Bakatschuk from Kazakhstan .

In 2011 Samira Rachmanowa came in the Russian championship in the weight class up to 51 kg behind Marina Wilmowa and Jekaterina Krasnowa only on the 3rd place, but still received the trust of the Russian Wrestling Association at the World Cup 2011 in Istanbul . She fully justified this trust and became the new world champion with victories over Jessica MacDonald , Canada , Sun Yanan, China , Mareka Shidochin , Japan and Dawaasüchiin Otgontsetseg , Mongolia . It is noteworthy that she won this title in four fights with very good grip, as the point ratio of 37:12 indicates.

After switching to the weight class up to 55 kg in 2012, Samira Rachmanova could not convince at the Russian championship in 2012. She lost to Valeria Scholobowa , who had trained from the weight class up to 59 kg and could not place in the front field. This is probably why she no longer has a chance to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games in London .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2003	20th	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	up to 48 kg	after defeats against Yuuri Funatsu, Japan and Yadav Kamini, India ( starting for Kyrgyzstan )
2007	2.	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	up to 51 kg	behind Patricia Miranda , USA , in front of Ninako Hattori, Japan, Li Xiaomei, China and Alexandra Engelhardt , Germany
2007	1.	EM in Sofia	up to 51 kg	after victories over Emese Barka, Hungary , Alexandra Engelhardt and Estera Dobre , Romania
2007	7th	World Cup in Baku	up to 51 kg	after defeating Maria Ivanova , Belarus and losing to Erica Sharp , Canada
2088	3.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 48 kg	behind Sofia Mattsson , Sweden and Sara Fulp-Allen , USA , together with Alexandra Engelhardt
2008	11.	OS in Beijing	up to 48 kg	after losing to Vanessa Boubryemm , France
2010	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 51 kg	behind Sofia Mattsson, in front of Oleksandra Kohut , Ukraine and Tsogtbadsaryn Enchjargal , Mongolia
2010	3.	World Cup in Moscow	up to 51 kg	after a victory over Nadine Tokar, Switzerland , a defeat against Oleksandra Kohut and victories over Maria Iwanowa and Tatjana Bakatschuk , Kazakhstan
2011	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 51 kg	in front of Maria Ivanova, Jekaterina Sergejewna Krasnowa , Russia and Julia Blahinja , Ukraine
2011	2.	Poland Open in Tarnowo Podgorne	up to 51 kg	behind Genevieve Hayley, Canada, in front of Jekaterina Krasnowa and Whitney Conder, USA
2011	1.	World Cup in Istanbul	up to 51 kg	after victories over Jessica MacDonald , Canada, Sun Yanan, China , Mareka Shidochin , Japan and Dawaasüchiin Otgontsetseg , Mongolia
2011	5.	Trofeo Milone in Ostia	up to 55 kg	behind Elsa Tuchbatulina, Russia, Valentina Minguzzi, Italy , Ilona Omilusik, Poland and Ana Maria Pavăl , Romania

Russian championships

year	space	Weight class	Results
2007	1.	up to 51 kg
2008	1.	up to 51 kg
2009	3.	up to 51 kg	behind Ekaterina Sergejewna Krasnova and Marina Wilmowa
2010	1.	up to 51 kg	in front of Ekaterina Krasnova, Lyubov Salnikova and Marina Wilmowa
2011	3.	up to 51 kg	behind Marina Wilmowa and Jekaterina Krasnova
2012	unpl.	up to 55 kg	after a loss to Valeria Scholobowa

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website
• Website "www.wrestrus.ru"

Web links

• Samira Rachmanowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )