Wassyl Fedoryschyn

Wassyl Fedoryschyn 2008

Wassyl Petrowytsch Fedoryschyn ( Ukrainian Василь Петрович Федоришин ; born March 31, 1981 in Kalush , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a Ukrainian wrestler . He is three times European champion, each time in free style in featherweight. At the Olympic Games in 2008 he was convicted of doping.

Career

Wassyl Fedoryschyn began wrestling as a teenager in 1993. After his first major successes, he became a member of the renowned Ukrainian army sports club CSKA Kiev and is or was trained there by Igor Barna and Andrei Silezki. He only wrestles in free style. At the moment he makes a living from wrestling and mainly starts for foreign clubs. He was already active for KSV Gersweiler and also wrestled for Rah Ahan (Khorasan) in the Iranian professional league . In the 2008/2009 season he went to the wrestling mat for KSV Aalen in the German Bundesliga. In December 2008 he received a special honor from the world wrestling association FILA, because he was named "Wrestler of the Year 2008".

Vasyl Fedoryschyn began his international career in the junior division, where he took part in six world and European championships and won three medals. His greatest success was winning the European Junior Championship in Sofia in 2000 in free style in bantamweight.

In 2001 and 2002 in Budapest and Baku , he was vice-European champion in the senior category. 2001 in bantamweight behind Zsolt Bakuti from Hungary and in 2002 in featherweight behind Arif Kama from Turkey . At the 2001 World Cup in Sofia , he retired before reaching the semi-finals by losing to Guivi Sissaouri from Canada and came in 5th place in the featherweight division. In 2003 he lost at the World Championships in New York after defeating Anatoli Gujdja from Bulgaria in his second fight against Yandro Quintana from Cuba and only ended up in 24th place.

2004 came Wassyl Fedoryschyn in Ankara after a semi-final defeat against Tevfik Odabasi from Turkey with a victory over Themistoklis Iakovidis from Greece in 3rd place. When he first took part in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , he achieved a. Victories over Gergő Wöller from Hungary and Guivi Sissaouri. But he lost to Yandro Quintana and could therefore only fight for the bronze medal against the Japanese Kenji Inoue . In this encounter he lost very close with 1: 2 rounds and 5: 6 techn. Points and therefore had to be content with 4th place.

In 2005 Wasil Fedorischin then became the first European featherweight champion in Varna . In the second fight he managed a narrow victory over the Russian Alan Dudajew (2: 1 rounds, 3: 2 technical points). In the final, he clearly beat the French surprise man Didier Païs on points. At the World Cup this year in Budapest he met the Iranian Morad Mohammadi in his second fight and lost against him on points. He only came in 11th place. Also in 2006 and 2007 he could not win any medals at world championships. 2006 in Guangzhou (Canton) lost again to Mohammadi and also to Noriyuki Takatsuka from Japan and thus finished 5th and at the 2007 World Cup in Baku he failed to Mawlet Batirow from Russia and Basar Basargurujew from Kyrgyzstan and landed in 11th place . Before that, however, he had become European champion for the second time in 2007 in Sofia with a victory in the final over Gujdja.

This title was followed by the next in 2008 at the European Championships in Tampere . Wasil Fedorischin defeated Adam Batirow from Russia in the semifinals and Anatoli Guidea again in the final and became European champion for the third time. After he had never won a medal at the Olympic Games and World Championships up to this point, he finally managed to do so at the Olympic Games in Beijing . He defeated there in featherweight Mike Zadick from the United States, Basar Basargurujew and Ken'ichi Yumoto from Japan and then faced Mawlet Batirow , the 2004 Olympic champion in bantamweight, in the final . Batirov turned out to be the stronger and won on points. Wasil Fedorishin was left with the silver medal.

At the European Championships in Vilnius in 2009 he came in 3rd place because he lost there in the semifinals against Adam Batirow . In the battle for the bronze medal, however, he defeated the Turk Ersin Cetin . He also fought for the same place at the 2009 World Championships in Herning . After three wins, he lost there in the semifinals against Bessik Kuduchow from Russia and finally won the battle for the bronze medal over Morad Mohammadi from Iran .

Vasyl Fedoryschyn was also very successful in 2010. He won two World Cup tournaments and took 3rd place at the European Championships in Baku . In the battle for the bronze medal, he defeated Aljaksandr Kantojeu from Belarus. He was even more successful at the World Cup in Moscow . He defeated there with Dilshod Mansurov , Malchaz Kurdiani , Georgia, Ersin Cetin , Turkey and Zəlimxan Hüseynov from Azerbaijan four world class wrestlers . In the final, however, he lost to Olympic champion Kuduchow on points (1: 2 rounds, 1: 5 technical points).

In 2011 Wassyl Fedoryschyn won another medal at the European Championships in Dortmund with 3rd place. He defeated u. a. Toğrul Əsgərov from Azerbaijan, Didier Païs from France and in the battle for the bronze medal Marcel Ewald from Germany . He suffered a defeat in the semi-finals by Sahit Prizreni from Albania . At this year's World Cup in Istanbul , he only managed to win over Hernan Guzman from Colombia . He lost to Ken'ichi Yumoto and was eliminated because Yumoto did not reach the final. He ended up in 15th place.

In 2012 he just managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in London in the third qualifying tournament he played . In London, however, he lost his first fight against Malchaz Zarkua from Georgia clearly on points and therefore only reached 17th place.

In 2017, the doping samples from the 2008 Olympic Games were checked using new methods. Fedoryschyn tested positive for Turinabol . The silver medal was withdrawn from him .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1996	4th	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Tehran	up to 42 kg body weight	behind Əbil İbrahimov , Azerbaijan , Alireza Darwishi, Iran u. Valery Kulbertinov, Russia
1997	3.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in New Delhi	up to 48 kg body weight	behind Əbil İbrahimov u. Murtaza Yilmaz, Turkey
1998	5.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Las Vegas	Bantam	behind Stephen Abas , USA , Mais Ibadow, Uzbekistan , Mehdi Nikmanesh, Iran and Sanyaj Kumar, India
1999	10.	Junior European Championship (Juniors)	Bantam	Winner: Selimchan Gusseinow , Russia ahead of Andrei Fasanek, Slovenia a . Martin Berberjan , Armenia
2000	5.	World Cup in Fairfax	Bantam	behind Alireza Dabir , Iran, Eric S. Guerrero , USA, Miron Dschadschajew, Russia a. Yoendri Albear Ferrer, Cuba
2000	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Alexandria	Bantam	in front of Madijar Kuramusow, Kazakhstan a . Hassan Ibrahim Madani, Egypt
2000	1.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Sofia	Bantam	before Tscherman Marzajew, Russia, Armando Terracchino, Italy a . Tevfik Odabasi , Turkey
2000	3.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Nantes	Bantam	behind Əbil İbrahimov u. Tevfik Odabasi, in front of Enshallah Hosseini Sarangkeh, Iran
2001	2.	EM in Budapest	Bantam	with victories over Leonid Tschoutschounow, Russia, Michal Michalkiewicz, Poland , Anatoli Gujdja , Bulgaria a . Aljaksandr Karnizki , Belarus a . a loss to Zsolt Barkuti , Hungary
2001	5.	World Cup in Sofia	Bantam	with victories over Andrew Hutchinson, Great Britain a . Ludek Burian, Czech Republic a . a loss to Guivi Sissaouri , Canada
2002	6th	"Ivan Yarigin" tournament in Krasnoyarsk	feather	behind Miron Dschadschajew, Russia, Ojuunbilegiin Pürewbaatar , Mongolia , Piotr Roman, Eldar Misirow u. Alexander Kolivanov, all Russia
2002	2.	EM in Baku	feather	with victories over Miron Dschadschajew, Lukasz Goral, Poland, Georgi Charebawa, Georgia a . Arif Abdullayev , Azerbaijan a. one loss to Arif Kama , Turkey
2003	24.	World Cup in New York	feather	with a victory over Anatoli Guidea u. a loss to Yandro Quintana , Cuba
2004	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" tournament in Krasnoyarsk	feather	before Artisch Tambulak u. Alan Dudayev , bde. Russia
2004	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Bratislava	feather	behind Kamil Umachanow , Russia a. Anatoli Guidea, in front of Guivi Sissaouri, Massoud Mustafa Jokar , Iran a. Gergő Wöller , Hungary
2004	3.	EM in Ankara	feather	with victories over Əbil İbrahimov u. Didier Païs , France, lost to Tevfik Odabasi u. a victory over Themistoklis Iakovidis , Greece
2004	4th	OS in Athens	feather	with victories over Ulan Nadyrbek Uulu, Kyrgyzstan , Gergő Wöller u. Guivi Sissaouri et al. Defeats against Yandro Quintana u. Kenji Inoue , Japan
2005	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	feather	in front of Wagaf Kasiew, Russia, Dilshod Mansurov , Uzbekistan a . Rasul Zhukov, Russia
2005	1.	Ziolkowski-Intern. Tournament in Siedlce / Poland	feather	before Əbil İbrahimov, Morad Mohammadi , Iran a. Ilie Vasile Esir , Moldova
2005	1.	EM in Varna	feather	with victories over Lukasz Goral, Alan Dudajew, Russia, Ilie Vasile Esir u. Didier Pais
2005	11.	World Cup in Budapest	feather	with a victory over Ulan Nadyrbek Uulu u. a loss to Morad Mohammadi , Iran
2006	2.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	feather	behind Dawid Pogosjan , Georgia
2006	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	feather	behind Vusal Aliew, Azerbaijan u. before Morad Mohammadi u. Evgeny Khazelow, Ukraine
2006	5.	World Cup in Guangzhou / China	feather	with a victory over Sengedordschiin Süchbaatar , Mongolia , a defeat against Morad Mohammadi, victories over Murad Ramazanow , Macedonia and the like. Dawid Pogosjan, Georgia a. a loss to Noriyuki Takatsuka , Japan
2007	3.	"Ivan Yarigin" tournament in Krasnoyarsk	feather	behind Adam Batirow , u. Vladimir Wilmow, bde. Russia, ahead of Nate Gallick , USA
2007	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	feather	in front of Maxim Matus, Ukraine, Əbil İbrahimov u. Evgeni Chawikow, Ukraine
2007	1.	"Stepan-Sarkisjan" Memorial in Yerevan	feather	before Martin Berberjan, Wachik Howshepjan u. Arenas Mechrabjan, all of Armenia
2007	1.	EM in Sofia	feather	with victories over Əbil İbrahimov, Themistoklis Iakovidis, Gergő Wöller u. Anatoly Guidea
2007	10.	World Cup in Baku	feather	with victories over Sengedordschiin Süchbaatar u. Ri Yong Chol, North Korea a . Defeats against Mawlet Batirow , Russia a. Bazaar Basargurujew , Kyrgyzstan
2008	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	feather	before Martin Berberjan, Juri Semankin a. Maxim Matus, bde. Ukraine
2008	1.	EM in Tampere	feather	with victories over Jarmo Hyytiänen, Finland , Malchaz Kurdiani, Georgia, Adam Batirow , Russia, Anatoli Guidea and others. Didier Pais
2008	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	feather	before Tevfik Odabasi u. Ethmed Gurbanow, Azerbaijan
2008	silver	OS in Beijing	feather	with victories over Mike Zadick , USA, Basar Basargurujew u. Ken'ichi Yumoto , Japan et al. a loss to Mawlet Batirov
2009	3.	EM in Vilnius	feather	with victories over Vladimir Gotisan, Moldova a . Ismail Emin Redzhep , Bulgaria, a loss to Adam Batirow a . a win over Ersin Cetin , Turkey
2009	3.	World Cup in Herning	feather	with victories over Augustin Sanchez-Parra, Spain , Saeed Azarbayjani , Canada a . Sasulan Muchtarbekuly, Ukraine , a defeat against Bessik Kuduchow , Russia a. a victory over Morad Mohammadi , Iran
2010	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	feather	before Hiroyuki Oda, Japan, Wiktor Banzarakzajew, Russia a. Noriyuki Takatsuka, Japan
2010	1.	World Cup in Moscow	feather	before Bessik Kuduchow u. Zəlimxan Hüseynov , Azerbaijan
2010	3.	EM in Baku	feather	with a victory over Anatoli Gujdja , Bulgaria, a defeat against Malchaz Zarkua , Georgia a. Victories over Adam Blok , Poland a. Aljaksandr Kantojeu , Belarus
2010	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	feather	before Shawn Bunch , USA, Saeid Ahmadi Zarinkolaei, Iran a. Malchaz Kurdiani, Georgia
2010	2.	World Cup in Moscow	feather	with victories over Dilshod Mansurov , Malchaz Kurdiani, Ersin Cetin a . Zəlimxan Hüseynov u. a loss to Bessik Kuduchow
2011	3.	EM in Dortmund	feather	after victories over Toğrul Əsgərov , Azerbaijan, Hakki Gürel, Turkey and Didier Païs , France, a defeat against Sahit Prizreni , Albania and a victory over Marcel Ewald , Germany
2011	15th	World Cup in Istanbul	feather	after defeating Hernan Guzman, Colombia, and losing to Ken'ichi Yumoto , Japan
2012	2.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	feather	behind Evgeni Chawilow, Ukraine, ahead of Agahüseyin Mustafejew and Hadji Aliyev, both Azerbaijan
2012	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	feather	behind Toğrul Əsgərov and Anatoli Gujdja , Bulgaria
2012	8th.	Olympic qualification tournament in Taiyuan / China	feather	Winner: Ri Jong Myong , North Korea ahead of Lee Seung-chul, South Korea
2012	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Helsinki	feather	ahead of Tim Schleicher , Germany, Ulan Nadyrbek Uulu, Kyrgyzstan and Krzysztof Bienkowski, Poland
2012	17th	OS in London	feather	after losing to Malchaz Zarkua , Georgia
2013	2.	Black Sea Tournament in Odessa	feather	behind Nikolai Aiwasjan, Ukraine, in front of Andrei Perpeliță, Moldova and Volodja Frangulijan, Armenia

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Bantam weight up to 2001 up to 58 kg, from 2002 up to 55 kg body weight, feather weight up to 2001 up to 63 kg, from 2002 up to 60 kg body weight

swell

• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig (now Foeldeak Wrestling Database)
• Trade journal Der Ringer ,
• Websites of the Russian, US, etc. Iranian Wrestling Association

Web links

• Profile of Wassyl Fedoryschyn at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Fight of Wassyl Fedoryschyn (red) against Mawlet Batirow at the 2007 World Cup

Individual evidence

1. ^ IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. International Olympic Committee , April 5, 2017, accessed April 21, 2018 .