Shazam Safin

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Shazam Sergejewitsch Safin (born April 7, 1932 in Kochka-Pozharki, Nizhny Novgorod region , † March 23, 1985 ) was a Soviet wrestler . In 1952 he was an Olympic champion in the Greco-Roman style in a lightweight .

Career

Shazam Safin, of Tatar descent, began wrestling as a teenager in Moscow, where he had moved with his parents in 1939. He concentrated entirely on the Greco-Roman style. He joined an association of workers' reserves in Moscow. His coach was AA Gordienko. From 1953 he studied at the Moscow College of Physical Culture.

He achieved his first major success in 1951 when he finished 3rd in the Soviet lightweight championship behind Vladimir Yegorov and Grigory Gamarnik . Also in 1952 he came in the Soviet championship, this time in welterweight, behind Georgi Chatvorjan and Vladimir Manejew on the 3rd place. However, he succeeded in this year in the inner-Soviet elimination to fight for the starting place at the Olympic Games in Helsinki.

In Helsinki he won over Raif Akbulut, Turkey, Aage Eriksen, Norway, Jack-Finn Rasmussen, Denmark, Dimitru Cuc , Romania, Mikuláš Athanasov , Czechoslovakia and Gustav Freij , Sweden, Olympic champion in Greco-Roman style in the lightweight.

In 1953 Schazam Safin won the World Youth Festival in Bucharest in the lightweight ahead of Dimitru Cuc and Orel from Finland. In the same year he also represented the Soviet colors at the World Cup in Naples. He wrestled there again in the Greco-Roman style in the lightweight and defeated Georgios Petmezas, Greece, Karel Matousek, Czechoslovakia, Dimitru Cuc, Gyula Tarr, Hungary and Gustav Freij, but lost in his last fight against the Finn Kyösti Lehtonen . Lehtonen had lost to Freij a lap earlier. Safin, Freij and Lehtonen had defeated each other and so the total number of error points of the individual wrestlers decided on the medal award. Freij had 6 fault points, Lehtonen had 7 fault points and Safin had 8 fault points because he had won all of his fights “only” on points. Freij was world champion ahead of Lehtonen and Safin.

In the following years Schazam Safin had no more assignments at the Olympic Games or the World Championships. European championships were not held at the time. Outstanding results that he achieved should also be mentioned: in 1955 he won the welterweight division of the World Youth Festival in Warsaw ahead of Kamel, Egypt and Argirow, Bulgaria. In 1955 he finished 3rd in the Soviet welterweight championship behind Vladimir Manejew and Georgi Chartvorjan and in 1957 he was the winner of the III. International welterweight sports games in Moscow in front of Stevan Horvath , Yugoslavia and Mitu Petkow , Bulgaria.

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
1952 gold OS in Helsinki Light after victories over Raif Akbulut, Turkey, Aage Eriksen, Norway, Jack-Finn Rasmussen, Denmark, Dimitru Cuc, Romania, Mikulas Athanasow, Czechoslovakia and Gustav Freij , Sweden
1953 1. World Youth Festival in Bucharest Light in front of Dimitru Cuc and Orel, Finland
1953 3. World Cup in Beapel Light after victories over Georgios Petmezas, Greece, Karel Matousek, Czechoslovakia, Dimitru Cuc, Gyula Tarr, Hungary and Gustav 'Freij and a defeat against Kyösti Lehtonen , Finland
1955 1. World Youth Festival in Warsaw Light before Kamel, Egypt and Argirow, Bulgaria
1957 1. III. Intern. Sports games in Moscow Welter before Stevan Horvath , Romania and Mitu Petkow, Bulgaria

Soviet championships

year space Weight class Results
1951 3. Light behind Vladimir Yegorov and Grigory Gamarnik
1952 3. Welter behind Georgi Chatvorjan and Vladimir Manejew
1955 3. Welter behind Vladimir Manejew and Georgi Chatvorjan
Explanations
  • all competitions in Greco-Roman style
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
  • Lightweight, back then up to 67 kg, welter weight up to 73 kg body weight

literature

Athletics magazine

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Safin, Shazam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Safin, Shazam Sergeevich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Kochka-Pozharki, Nizhny Novgorod region
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1985