Soslan Lyudwikowitsch Ramonow

Soslan Ramonow

Soslan Ramonow medal table
Wrestler
Russia
Olympic games
gold	2016 Rio de Janeiro	up to 65 kg
World Championship
gold	2014 Tashkent	up to 65 kg
bronze	2015 Las Vegas	up to 65 kg
World military games
gold	2015 Mungyeong	up to 70 kg
Military World Championship
gold	2017 Klaipeda	up to 70 kg
gold	2018 Moscow	up to 70 kg
Junior European Championship
gold	2007 Warsaw	up to 54 kg (Cadets)
gold	2008 Daugavpils	up to 58 kg (Cadets)

Soslan Ljudwikowitsch Ramonow ( Russian Сослан Людвикович Рамонов , Ossetian Рæмонаты Людвичы фырт Сослан; born January 1, 1991 ) is a Russian wrestler from South Ossetia . In 2014 he became world champion in free style in the weight class up to 65 kg body weight. He won gold in the class up to 65 kg at the Olympic Games in Rio 2016 .

Career

Soslan Ramonow was born in Tskhinvali , South Ossetia . He started wrestling there as a teenager, concentrating on free style. For some time he has been a member of the CSKA Moscow Army Sports Club . He is or was mainly trained by SF Ramonow and Anatoli Margiew.

He achieved his first successes at international championships in 2007 and 2008. In 2007 he was European Junior Champion (age group Cadets) in Warsaw in the weight class up to 54 kg body weight. He repeated this success in 2008 in Daugavpils in the weight class up to 58 kg. After that he did not appear again until 2011, when he was used by the Russian Wrestling Federation at important international tournaments due to good performance in national competitions. His victory at the Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial in July 2011 in Poznan was particularly remarkable . He won the lightweight here ahead of Adam Sobieraj , Poland, the 2008 Olympic champion Ramazan Şahin , Turkey and the multiple world champion Serafim Barzakow from Bulgaria.

In 2012 he won his first medal at the Russian championship among seniors. He took 3rd place in the lightweight behind Alan Gogayev and Adam Batirow , together with Mulid Lampeschew. 2013 Soslan Ramonow was in the lightweight behind Magomed Kurbanalijew Russian runner-up. In May 2013, he was also a member of the Russian team that fought in New York and Los Angeles, together with the United States and Iran, to keep wrestling Olympic.

In 2014 he was the first Russian champion in the weight class up to 65 kg body weight, ahead of Schichsaid Dschlilow, Magomed Kurbanalijew and Akhmed Tschakajew . He was then used in the same weight class at the World Championships in Tashkent in September 2014 and won there straightaway with victories over Christopher Clavier, France, Franklin Gómez from Puerto Rico, Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran , Mongolia, Asamat Nurikau, Belarus and Seyed Ahmad Mohammadi , Iran , the world title.

In 2015, Soslan Ramonow was unable to defend his world champion title in the weight category up to 65 kg because he lost to Ichtiyor Nawrusow from Uzbekistan in the semifinals of the World Championships in Las Vegas . He secured a bronze medal with victories over Marc Popow, Israel, Tomotsugu Ishida, Japan, Borislaw Nowachkow, Bulgaria and Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran. In October 2015 he won the World Military Games in Mungyeong / South Korea in the weight class up to 70 kg, ahead of Joshgun Asimow, Azerbaijan, Muhammad Naderi, Iran and Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran.

In 2016 he became Russian champion in the weight class up to 65 kg ahead of Israil Kasjumow and Alan Gogajew, two tough competitors for the starting place at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this year. This starting place finally got Soslan Ramonow. In Rio de Janeiro he presented himself in excellent form and won the gold medal with victories over Haislan Garcia Veranes, Canada, Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier, Cuba, Mandakhnaran Ganzorig, Mongolia, Ichtiyor Nawrusow and Toğrul Əsgərov .

After the 2016 Olympic Games, he did not start at any other world or European championships, with the exception of his participation in the 2017 military world championships in Klaipeda and 2018 in Moscow. In both title fights he was also title holder in the weight class up to 70 kg.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2007	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Warsaw	up to 54 kg	before Ibrahim Yorulmaz, Turkey and Igor Wasylischin, Ukraine
2008	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Daugavpils	up to 58 kg	in front of Tornike Lursmanashvili, Georgia
2011	5.	Alexander Medved Prize in Minsk	Light	behind Ali Schabanow, Belarus, Albert Batirow, Belarus, Vladimir Wilnow, Russia and Rostislav Pervachuk, Ukraine
2011	1.	Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial in Poznan	Light	before Adam Sobieraj, Poland, Ramazan Şahin, Turkey and Serafim Barzakow, Bulgaria
2012	3.	Ivan Yarigin Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	Light	behind Alan Gogajew and Chetik Zabolow , together with Adam Batirow, all Russia
2012	6th	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Light	Winner: Tim Müller, Germany ahead of Maxime Eric Fiquet, France and Felix Menzel, Germany
2012	2.	Ramasan Kadirow Cup in Grozny	Light	behind Rasul Dschukajew, in front of Ildus Ginijatullin and Rustam Maschadow, all Russia
2013	3.	Ivan Yarigin Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	Light	behind Ilyas Bekbulatow, Russia and Brent Metcalf, USA
2013	9.	World Cup in Tehran	Light	Winner: Yakup Gör , Turkey ahead of Brent Metcalf
2013	1.	Intern. Tournament in Olympia / Greece	Light	before Philip James Roberts, Great Britain and Opan Sat , Russia
2014	3.	Ivan Yarigin Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 65 kg	behind Magomed Kurbanalijew and Alibekgadschi Emejew, both from Russia
2014	1.	Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial in Dąbrowa Górnicza	up to 70 kg	ahead of Asamat Nurikow, Belarus, Sharap Gitinow, Russia and Takafumi Kojima, Japan
2014	1.	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 65 kg	after victories over Christophe Clavier, France, Franklin Gomez, Puerto Rico, Gandsorigiin Mandachnaran , Mongolia, Asamat Nurikow and Seyed Ahmad Mohammadi, Iran
2015	7th	"Alexander Medved" Prize in Minsk	up to 70 kg	Winner: Magomedrasul Gadschimagomedow, Russia, ahead of Dschan Safjan, Belarus
2015	5.	"Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul	up to 65 kg	Winner: Mustafa Kaya, Turkey ahead of Borislaw Nowachkow, Bulgaria
2015	3.	"Wacław-Ziółkowski" Memorial in Warsaw	up to 65 kg	behind Frank Chamizo Marquez , Italy and George Bucur, Romania
2015	3.	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 65 kg	after victories over Marc Popow, Israel, Tomotsugu Ishida, Japan and Borislaw Nowachkow, a defeat against Ichtiyor Nawrsusow, Uzbekistan and a victory over Gandsorigiin Mandachmaran, Mongolia
2015	1.	World military games in Mungyeong / South Korea	up to 70 kg	before Joshgun Asimow, Azerbaijan, Muhammad Naderi, Iran and Gandsorigiin Mandashmaran
2015	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 65 kg	behind Magomed Kurbanalijew , Russia and Logan Stieber , USA
2016	1.	"Alexander Medved" Prize in Minsk	up to 65 kg	before Frank Chamizo Marquez , Italy, Logan Stieber and Asamat Nurikau
2016	gold	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 65 kg	after victories over Haislan Garcia Veranes, Canada, Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier, Cuba, Mandakhnaran Ganzorig, Mongolia, Ichtiyor Nawrusow and Toğrul Əsgərov , Azerbaijan
2017	1.	Military World Cup in Klaipeda	up to 70 kg	before Aleksi Boruta, Ukraine, Alexander Pauliachenko, Belarus and Jodshgun Asimow
2018	1.	Military World Cup in Moscow	up to 70 kg	before Alexander Semisorow, Germany, Bekhan Bambadorj, Mongolia and Sanan Yazdan, Iran
2018	2.	"Giwi Kartozija" & "Vakhtang Balawadze" Memorial in Tbilisi	up to 70 kg	behind Surabi Iakobishvili , Georgia, in front of Taimuras Salkasanow, Slovakia and Mustafa Kaya , Turkey
2018	3.	"Dimitri-Korkin" tournament in Yakutsk	up to 70 kg	behind Yevgeny Scherbajew, Russia, Byambadorj Bat Erdene, Mongolia and Ichtiyor Nawrusow

Russian championships

(as far as known)

year	space	Weight class	Results
2012	3.	up to 66 kg	behind Alan Gogajew and Adam Batirow , together with Mulid Lampeschew
2013	2.	up to 66 kg	behind Magomed Kurbanalijew , in front of Alibeggadschi Jemejew and Ilyas Bekbulatow
2014	1.	up to 65 kg	before Schichsaid Jalilow, Magomed Kurbanalijew and Akhmed Tschakajew
2016	1.	up to 65 kg	before Israil Kasjumow , Alan Gogayev and Murad Nuchkadiev

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Lightweight, weight class up to 66 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013); Since January 1, 2014, a new weight classification has been in effect by the World Wrestling Association FILA (since September 2014 United World Wrestling "UWW")

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Soslan Ljudwikowitsch Ramonow at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Soslan Lyudwikowitsch Ramonow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Soslan Ramonow wins the gold medal