Saur Ismatulajewitsch Kuramagomedow

Saur Ismatulajewitsch Kuramagomedow

Saur Ismatulajewitsch Kuramagomedow ( Russian Заур Исматулаевич Курамагомедов ; born March 30, 1988 in Tyrnyaus , Kabardino-Balkaria ) is a Russian wrestler . He won at the Olympic Games 2012 in London , a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in the featherweight .

Career

Saur Kuramagomedow comes from the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria . There he started wrestling in 1999. In the meantime, the 1.70 meter tall athlete belongs to the Dynamo Rostov-on-Don sports club . He is a student and only starts in the Greco-Roman style. His trainer is Yuri Lokeev.

Kuramagomedow was very successful as a junior. He won all international championships in which he participated. These were the European Championship (Cadets) 2003 in Rostov-on-Don , the European Championship 2005 in Wrocław , the European Championship 2006 in Szombathely and the World Championship 2006 in Guatemala City .

In 2007 Saur Kuramagomedow was used for the first time at an international championship among seniors, namely at the European championship in Sofia . He started in bantamweight and became Vice European Champion with victories over Thomas Rønningen, Norway , Wenelin Wenkow , Bulgaria , Alexander Schalesny, Belarus and Wugar Ragimow , Ukraine and a loss in the final against Rövşən Bayramov from Azerbaijan .

In 2008 he was defeated in the final of the "Ivan Poddubny" tournament in Moscow and at the Russian bantamweight championship in the final fight against Nasir Mankiev , who was therefore sent to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and was also Olympic champion there.

In 2010, Saur Kuramagomedow took 3rd place in the Russian featherweight championship behind Rustam Khachbarov and Vyacheslav Jaste . He was used this year but both at the European Championships in Baku and at the World Championships in Moscow . In Baku he won over Svajunas Adomaitis, Lithuania , then lost to Konstantin Balizki from Ukraine and secured a bronze medal with victories over Matti Kettunen from Finland and Eusebiu Diaconu from Romania . In Moscow he won his first fight over Wan Feihu from China , but was defeated in the next fight against Omid Haji Noroozi from Iran , dropped out and only came in 15th.

At the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul , he won his first World Cup medal. He won the featherweight victory over Erik Weiss from Germany , this win with 2: 1 rounds at 3: 3 points and then lost again against Omid Haji Noroozi. Since this world champion , he was able to continue in the consolation round, in which he secured a bronze medal with victories over Konstantin Balizki, Sheng Jiang, China and Jung Ji-hyun , South Korea .

In 2012 Saur Kuramagomedow was again Russian champion before Ibragim Labasanow and although this year his results in international tournaments were not outstanding, the Russian Wrestling Federation kept him loyal and also used him at the Olympic Games in London . There he first won over Tarek Aziz Benaissa from Algeria , but lost in his next fight against Rewas Laschchi from Georgia . Since this reached the final, he was able to wrestle in the consolation round and still secure the Olympic bronze medal there with victories over Sayed Abdelmonem Sayed Hamed from Egypt and Həsən Əliyev from Azerbaijan .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2003	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Rostov-on-Don	up to 42 kg	before Andrej Bulejew, Russia and Irakli Lomadze, Ukraine
2005	1.	Junior European Championship in Wrocław	up to 50 kg	before Virgil Munteanu, Romania and Peter Modos , Hungary
2006	1.	Junior European Championship in Szombathely	Bantam	before Wugar Ragimow , Ukraine and Natig Baghirow, Azerbaijan
2006	1.	Junior World Championships in Guatemala City	Bantam	in front of Jassin Amiri, Iran , Alexandar Kostadinow , Bulgaria and Spenser Mango , United States
2007	4th	World Cup in Antalya	Bantam	behind Pour Yassin Bahrami, Iran, Wugar Ragimow and Harun Bozoglu, Turkey
2007	2.	EM in Sofia	Bantam	after victories over Thomas Rønningen, Norway , Wenelin Wenkow , Bulgaria, Alexander Schalesny, Belarus and Wugar Ragimow and a defeat against Rövşən Bayramov , Azerbaijan
2008	2.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Moscow	Bantam	behind Nasir Mankiev , in front of Bekchan Mankiev , both Russia
2010	3.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	feather	behind Almat Kebispajew , Kazakhstan and Joseph Bettermann , USA
2010	5.	World Cup in Yerevan	feather	behind Omid Haji Noroozi , Rewas Laschchi , Georgia , Rahman Bilici, Turkey and Vahan Juharjan , Armenia
2010	3.	EM in Baku	feather	after a victory over Svajunas Adomaitis, Lithuania , a defeat against Konstantin Balizki , Ukraine and victories over Matti Kettunen, Finland and Eusebiu Diaconu , Romania
2010	15th	World Cup in Moscow	feather	after beating Wan Feihu, China and losing to Omid Haji Noroozi
2011	3.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	feather	behind Ivan Kuilakow and Aslan Abdullin, in front of Maxim Mordovin and Ibragim Labasanow, all Russlend
2011	2.	Torneo Citta a Sassari	feather	behind Vincenzo Macri, Italy , in front of Aurelian Leciu, Romania and Rustam Khachbarov, Russia
2011	1.	"Wladiyslaw-Pytlasinski" Memorial in Radom	feather	in front of Yerbol Kalabajew, Belarus , Iwo Angelow , Bulgaria and Abdol Mohamed Papi, Iran
2011	3.	World Cup in Istanbul	feather	after a victory over Erik Weiß , Germany , a defeat against Omid Haji Noroozi and victories over Konstantin Balizki, Sheng Jiang, China and Jung Ji-hyun , South Korea
2011	2.	"Oleg Karavayev" Memorial in Minsk	feather	behind Asker Orschokdugow, Russia, in front of Yerbol Kalabajew and Rewas Laschchi
2012	5.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	feather	behind Aslan Abdullin, Ibragim Labasanow, Ildus Jamukow and Rustam Khachbarow, all Russia
2012	9.	"Wladyslaw-Pytlasinksi" Memorial in Racibórz	Light	Winner: Tamas Lörincz , Hungary ahead of Migram Arutjunjan, Russia
2012	bronze	OS in London	feather	after a victory over Tarek Aziz Benaissa, Algeria , a defeat against Rewas Laschchi and victories over Sayed Abdelmonem Sayed Hamed, Egypt and Həsən Əliyev , Azerbaijan

Russian championships

year	space	Weight class	Results
2008	2.	Bantam	behind Nasir Mankiev , in front of Maxim Mordovin and Bekchan Mankiev
2010	3.	feather	behind Rustam Khachbarov and Vyateschlaw Jaste
2011	1.	feather	before Vyacheslav Jaste, Maxim Karpow and Iwan Kujlakow
2012	1.	feather	before Ibragim Labasanow, Iwan Kujlakow and Aslan Abdullin

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Bantam weight, weight class up to 55 kg, feather weight, up to 60 kg and lightweight, up to 66 kg body weight

swell

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