Tamerlan Ruslanowitsch Tmenow

Tamerlan Ruslanowitsch Tmenow ( Russian Тамерлан Русланович Тменов ; born July 27, 1977 in Vladikavkaz ) is a former Russian judoka who competed in the heavyweight division. He won two Olympic medals and was seven times European champion.

Career

Tmenow was Junior European Champion in 1995 and Junior World Champion in 1996. In 1996 he won the first of six Russian heavyweight championship titles. In 1997 he won the World Cup tournaments in Moscow and Tbilisi. At the 1997 World Championships in Paris, he lost to the Japanese Shinichi Shinohara in the round of 16 , but then fought his way to the bronze medal. In 1998, Tmenow won his first European title in Oviedo by beating Poland's Rafał Kubacki in the final . In the same year Tmenow won bronze at the military world championships. With the Russian team he took third place at the team world championships. In 1999 he won the European Championships by beating the Slovak Semir Pepic in the final . At the 1999 World Championships , he reached seventh place.

In the final of the European Championships in 2000 Tmenow met the Dutchman Dennis van der Geest and lost. At the 2000 Olympic Games , Tmenow won three fights by Ippon before losing to Shinichi Shinohara in the fight for the final. He won the battle for bronze against the Turkish Selim Tataroğlu . At the European Championships in 2001 he defeated Tataroğlu in the semifinals, in the final he won against the Italian Denis Braidotti . In 2002 Tmenow met the Portuguese Pedro Soares in the European Championship final and won his fourth title. The next day he and the Russian team took third place in the team competition. In 2003, the fifth European title followed with a final victory against the Spaniard Aythami Ruano . At the World Championships in 2003 he was defeated early on against the eventual world champion Yasuyuki Muneta from Japan, Tmenow then fought his way to the bronze medal with four wins in the hope round.

Tmenow also won bronze at the 2004 European Championships after an early loss to the German Andreas Tölzer . At the 2004 Olympic Games Tmenow won his first four fights by Ippon, so in the quarterfinals against the Estonian Indrek Pertelson and in the semifinals against the Iranian Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran Fashandi . In the Olympic final Tmenow met the Japanese Keiji Suzuki , Suzuki won after 1:17 min through Ippon. In 2005 Tmenow won the silver medal at the World Military Championships. At the 2005 World Championships in Cairo , Alexander Michailin competed for Russia in the heavyweight division and won, Tamerlan Tmenow started in the open class and lost there in the final against Dennis van der Geest. At the end of 2005 Tmenow won the European title in the open class. In 2006 Tmenow joined the heavyweight championships again, in the fight for the finals he was defeated by the Poland Janusz Wojnarowicz , in the fight for bronze he then won against the Ukrainian Jewgen Sotnikow . At the team world championships in 2006 Tmenow won the silver medal with the Russian team. In 2007 he reached the final at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro , but lost to the French Teddy Riner .

In 2008 Tamerlan Tmenow won his sixth title in the heavyweight division in the final of the European Championships in Lisbon against the Italian Paolo Bianchessi . At the 2008 Olympic Games , Tmenow lost to the eventual Olympic champion Satoshi Ishii from Japan and finished in seventh place after another defeat against the Iranian Mohammad Reza Roudaki . In 2009 Tmenow took part in several international tournaments, after which his career ended.

title

(heavyweight, unless otherwise stated)

• European champions: 1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 (open class), 2008
• Russian champion: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005

Web links

• Tamerlan Tmenow at JudoInside.com
• Tamerlan Tmenow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Footnotes

1. ↑ According to the results list on judoinside.com, Tmenow won all of his seven fights in 1997. Since Shinohara reached the final and won silver, Tmenow cannot have won against him.