Timor Taimuras Kasarashvili

Timor Taimuras "Temo" Kasaraschwili (* 1959 ) is a former Soviet wrestler of Georgian descent. He became world champion in the Greco-Roman style in 1982 paper weight.

Career

Temo Kasarashvili began wrestling as a teenager in what was then SSR Georgia . Further details are not known. But he wrestled exclusively in the Greco-Roman style and throughout his entire career always in paper weight, the lightest weight class that had its weight limit of 48 kg body weight.

In 1978 he became the Soviet junior paperweight champion ahead of Kamil Fatkulin and Gennadi Tainkin. In the same year he started at the Soviet senior championships, but only came in 6th there. In 1978 he was used for the first time at an international championship, the Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Oulu . He reached the final there, in which he was defeated by the Bulgarian Totio Andonow and thus came in 2nd place. He celebrated an even greater success at the Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Haparanda in 1979 , because there he was Junior World Champion ahead of Freddy Scherer from the Federal Republic of Germany and Uwe Baumann from the GDR .

Although there was a wide range of top wrestlers in both styles and in all weight classes in the Soviet Union at that time, it only took Temo Kasarashvili two years to establish himself at the forefront of senior citizens in the Soviet Union . His main competitors were Vasili Anikin , Anatoli Bosin , Sergei Suvorov , Saksylik Uschkempirow , Ivan Samtajew and Magyatdin Allachwerdijew .

In 1981 Temo Kasaraschwili became student world champion in Bucharest . In the final, he defeated the multiple world and European champion Constantin Alexandru from Romania . In the same year he also became known in the Federal Republic of Germany , because he competed in the Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg and came in 3rd place behind Totio Andonow and Wieslaw Kucinski from Poland .

1982 Temo Kasarashvili was Soviet champion and used at the World Championships in Katowice . There he succeeded in becoming world champion ahead of Salih Bora from Turkey and Bratan Zenow from Bulgaria . In 1983 he also competed in the World Cup. In Kiev , however, he could not defend his title because he was defeated in the pool final against Bratan Zenow. He took 3rd place behind Zenow and Markus Scherer from Germany, defeating Fumikazu Sasaki from Japan in the fight for 3rd place .

In 1984 Temo Kasaraschwili came in the Soviet championship behind Magyatdin Allachwerdijew on the 2nd place. Allachwerdijew was therefore used at the European Championships. Temo Kasaraschwili was at the start again at the Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg. He won there ahead of Markus Scherer , N. Onica, Romania and Ferenc Seres from Hungary . The Soviet wrestlers were denied a start at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles this year because the Soviet Union boycotted these games.

Temo Kasaraschwili then completed his last appearance at an international championship at the 1985 European championship in Leipzig . He won there over Jens Genssler from the GDR and Jarmo Vesterinen from Finland and was again defeated in the pool final against Bratan Zenow . He won the battle for the bronze medal against Csaba Vadász from Hungary .

Nothing is known about the further life of Timor Taimuras Kasaraschwili.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1978	2.	Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Oulu	paper	behind Totio Andonow , Bulgaria , in front of Roman Kierpacz , Poland , Vaclav Janota, ČSSR u. Giuseppe Caltabiano , Italy
1979	1.	Junior World Championships in Haparanda	paper	before Freddy Scherer , FRG , Uwe Baumann, GDR , Kauko Kyllonen, Finland a . Ikuzo Saito, Japan
1980	1.	Klippan tournament	paper	in front of Reijo Haaparanta , Finland
1980	1.	World Cup in Trelleborg	paper	before Kent Andersson , Sweden , Mark Fuller , USA a . Fumikazu Sasaki, Japan
1981	1.	Universities World Cup in Bucharest	paper	before Constantin Alexandru , Romania , Hidekazu Okawa, Japan and Mark Fuller
1981	3.	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	paper	behind Totio Andonow u. Wieslaw Kucinski , Poland, before TJ Jones , USA a. Mihai Cișmaș , Romania
1982	1.	World Cup in Katowice	paper	before Salih Bora , Turkey , Bratan Zenow , Bulgaria, Leszek Majkowski , Poland, Csaba Vadász , Hungary a . Vincenzo Maenza , Italy
1983	3.	World Cup in Kiev	paper	behind Bratan Zenow u. Markus Scherer , FRG, before Fumikazu Sasaki, Japan a. Csaba Vadász
1984	1.	Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg	paper	before Markus Scherer , Niculae Onica, Romania a. Ferenc Seres , Hungary
1985	3.	EM in Leipzig	paper	behind Bratan Zenow u. Bernd Scherer , FRG; with victories over Jens Genssler, GDR, Jarmo Vesterinen, Finland a. Csaba Vadász u. a loss to Bratan Zenow

Note: all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, paper weight, at that time up to 48 kg body weight

swell

• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Timor Taimuras Kasaraschwili at the Institute for Applied Training Science