Umjar Abdullowitsch Mawlichanow

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Umjar Abdullowitsch Mawlichanow ( Russian Умяр Абдуллович Мавлиханов ; born September 24, 1937 in Moscow , Soviet Union ; died July 14, 1999 in Moscow, Russia ) was a Soviet sword fencer . He won two gold medals and one bronze medal in three Olympic competitions. Mawlichanow was three times world champion.

Career

Umjar Mawlichanow won his first international medal at the fencing world championships in 1958 , when he won the silver medal behind the Hungarians with the Soviet saber team. In 1959 the Soviet team received bronze behind the Poles and Hungarians. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, the Soviet team was eliminated in the quarter-finals against the US fencers.

At the fencing world championships in 1961 , the Polish saber team won the final against the Soviet team, the following year the Poles won against the Hungarians, the Soviet team won the bronze medal. At the fencing world championships in 1963 , the team received silver behind the Polish team. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, the Soviet team won the gold medal ahead of Italy and Poland, while the Hungarian team took fifth place after seven Olympic victories from 1928 to 1960. In the individual competition Mawlichanow won the bronze medal against his teammate Jakow Rylski .

At the fencing world championships in 1965 , the Soviet saber team won their first title ahead of the Italians. In 1966 they lost to the Hungarians, in 1967 they won against the Hungarian team. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Mawlichanow finished seventh in the individual competition, the team competition won by the Soviet saber fencers against the Italians. Machlivanov won his last major title with the team at the World Fencing Championships in 1969 .

literature

  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .
  • Volker Kluge: Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Mawlichanow, Umjar Abdullowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Мавлиханов, Умяр Абдуллович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet saber fencer
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1999
Place of death Moscow , Russia