Wadym Tassoyev

Wadym Saurbekowytsch Tassojew ( Ukrainian Вадим Заурбекович Тасоєв , Russian Вадим Заурбекович Тасоев Vadim Saurbekowitsch Tassojew * 13. January 1975 in Ordzhonikidze , Soviet Union ) is a Russian - Ukrainian wrestler of Ossetian origin. He won a total of ten medals at world and European championships in free style.

Career

Wadym Tassojew began wrestling as a youngster in 1986 in Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz). He concentrates on the free style. Even as a junior he was very successful. Still starting for Russia , he became junior European super heavyweight champion in Kourtane / Finland in 1994 and even junior world heavyweight champion in Tehran in 1995 . In the final, he defeated the local Alireza Rezaei in front of a fanatical audience . He made his first start with the seniors at the 1996 World Cup in Tehran, where he came in 2nd place in the heavyweight division behind Wilfredo Morales Sanchez from Cuba , but was again able to place before Alireza Rezaei.

At the beginning of 1998, Wadym Tassojew moved to Ukraine . There he formally became a member of the Ukrainian armed forces, but was able to devote himself fully to wrestling at the SKA Kiev sports club , where he is trained by Ruslan Savlochow. He also started for some time for the Austrian wrestling club KSK Klaus in the Austrian State League.

In 1998 he made his first start in an international championship for Ukraine at the European Championships in Bratislava . Due to a change in weight class by the international wrestling federation FILA, he started in the light heavyweight division, which now reached up to 97 kg body weight. In Bratislava he got four victories, u. a. he also won over Heiko Balz from Germany , but two defeats against Aftandil Xanthopoulos from Greece threw him back to 4th place. He took the same place at the World Championships in Tehran . He even got five wins here. He suffered defeats from Eldari Luka Kurtanidze from Georgia and Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow from Russia .

At the European Championships in Minsk in 1999 , he won his first senior medal with 2nd place. He won it u. a. against Zoltán Farkas from Hungary and Heiko Balz . He lost the final battle against Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow . At the world championship this year in Ankara he was able to defeat the strong Aftandil Xanthopoulos, but he lost in his third fight against Alireza Heidari from Iran and was eliminated and only ended up in 16th place.

With the 3rd place at the European Championship 2000 in Budapest , here he lost in the semifinals against Arawat Sabejew from Germany, but secured 3rd place with a victory over Aftandil Xanthopoulos, Wadym Tassojew made himself a favorite at the Olympic Games this year in Sydney . He met Sagid Murtasalijew from Russia in his first fight and lost against him on points. A victory over ex-world champion Melvin Douglas from the United States only brought him to 11th place.

After a 6th place at the 2001 European Championships in Budapest , where he lost to Eldari Luka Kurtanidze , Wadym Tassojew won another bronze medal at the World Championships that year in Sofia . He achieved victories over Dominic D. Black from the United States, Gandsorigiin Ganchujag from Mongolia , his feared opponent Eldari Luka Kurtanidze and others. Zoltan Farkas . However , he lost to Georgi Gogschelidze from Russia in the semifinals.

In the following years up to the end of his career in 2008, Wadym Tassojew was still very successful. He won five medals at the World and European Championships in those years. In 2004 and 2005 he was vice European champion in Ankara and Varna respectively . He failed in each case only to the Russian representatives Chadschimurad Gazalow and Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow . It is noteworthy that from 2005 he started in the heavyweight division, the weight class up to 120 kg body weight. Without success he stayed again at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . He lost there in the light heavyweight division against Chadschimurad Gazalow and only reached the disappointing 14th place. For participation in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , he could no longer qualify.

Overall, Wadym Tassojew won a total of ten medals at international championships in his long career, including the successes in the junior division. In the senior division, however, he was not granted a title win.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1994	1.	Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Kourtane / Finland	Super heavy	before Sergei Prjadun , Ukraine a . Vyacheslav Pirski, Belarus
1995	1.	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Tehran	Heavy	in front of Alireza Rezaei , Iran a . Eduard Tagoyev, Ukraine
1996	2.	World Cup in Tehran	Heavy	behind Wilfredo Morales Sanchez , Cuba , in front of Alireza Rezaei u. Kashim Chakimow, Uzbekistan
1998	5.	FILA tournament in Clermont-Ferrand	Semi-difficult	behind Sagid Murtasalijew u. Nikolai Telegin, bde. Russia , Mohsen Shaifee, Iran a. William Rombouts, France
1998	4th	EM in Bratislava	Semi-difficult	with victory over Ondrej Pecha, Slovakia , defeat against Aftandil Xanthopoulos , Greece , victories over Sergei Kowalewski, Russia, Ricardas Paulinkos, Lithuania u. Heiko Balz , Germany and another defeat against Aftandil Xanthopoulos
1998	4th	World Cup in Tehran	Semi-difficult	with victory over Arnulfo Hernandez Gonzalez, Colombia , defeat against Eldari Luka Kurtanidze , Georgia , victories over Kasif Sakiroglu, Turkey , Soslan Frajew , Uzbekistan, Dolgorsürengiin Sumjaabadsar , Mongolia u. Melvin Douglas , USA a . a loss to Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov , Russia
1999	2.	EM in Minsk	Semi-difficult	with victories over Zoltán Farkas , Hungary , Heiko Balz , Ricardas Pauliukonis, Lithuania a. Jurijs Janovics, Latvia a . a loss to Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov
1999	16.	World Cup in Ankara	Semi-difficult	with victories over Ricardas Pauliukonis a. Aftandil Xanthopoulos u. a loss to Alireza Heidari , Iran
2000	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Minsk	Semi-difficult	behind Arawat Sabejew , Germany, in front of Joel Sharratt, USA a. Zoltan Farkas
2000	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Leipzig	Semi-difficult	in front of Heiko Balz , Aljaksandr Schamarau , Belarus a . Islam Bairamuchow, Kazakhstan
2000	7th	Olympic qualification tournament in Tokyo	Semi-difficult	Winner: Arawat Sabejew ahead of Dominic D. Black, USA
2000	3.	EM in Budapest	Semi-difficult	with victories over Rolf Scherrer, Switzerland a . Magomed Davud, Azerbaijan , a loss to Arawat Sabejew a . a win over Aftandil Xanthopoulos
2000	11.	OS in Sydney	Semi-difficult	after a loss to Sagid Murtasalijew , Russia and a victory over Melvin Douglas , USA
2001	6th	EM in Budapest	Semi-difficult	with victories over Radovan Valach, Austria a . Fatih Çakıroğlu , Turkey u. a loss to Eldari Luka Kurtanidze , Georgia
2001	3.	World Cup in Sofia	Semi-difficult	with victories over Dominic D. Black, Gandsorigiin Ganchujag u. Eldari Luka Kurtanidse u. Defeats against Georgi Gogschelidze , Russia a. Zoltan Farkas
2002	4th	EM in Baku	Semi-difficult	with victories over Bartłomiej Bartnicki , Poland a. Rolf Scherrer, Switzerland a. Defeats against Eldari Luka Kurtanidze u. Fatih Çakıroğlu , Turkey
2002	3.	World Cup in Tehran	Semi-difficult	with victories over Yoshihiro Nakao, Japan , Tüwschintöriin Enchtujaa , Mongolia a. Aljaksandr Schamarau , Belarus, a loss to Alireza Heidari u. a win over Aftandil Xanthopoulos
2003	3.	EM in Riga	Semi-difficult	with victories over Ricardas Pauliukonis, Pavels Dolgars, Latvia a. Aljaksandr Schamarau, a defeat against Chadschimurad Gazalow , Russia a. a victory over Radovan Valach, Austria
2003	8th.	World Cup in New York	Semi-difficult	with victories over Koo Hah-ja, South Korea u. Taimuras Tigijew , Russia a. a loss to Eldari Luka Kurtanidze
2003	5.	FILA Absolute Championships (invitation tournament) in Moscow	Semi-difficult	after a loss to Georgi Gogschelidze
2004	2.	EM in Ankara	Semi-difficult	with victories over Rolf Scherrer, Fatih Çakıroğlu u. Ruslam Agayev, Azerbaijan a. a loss to Khadjimurad Gazalov
2004	14th	OS in Athens	Semi-difficult	with a victory over Rolf Scherrer u. a loss to Khadjimurad Gazalov
2005	2.	EM in Varna	Heavy	with victories over Jose Cuba Vasquez, Spain , Otto Zsolt Aubeli , Hungary a. Boschidar Bojadschiew , Bulgaria a . a loss to Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov
2005	9.	World Cup in Budapest	Heavy	with a victory over Wichiel Negron, Puerto Rico a . Defeats against Aydin Polatci , Turkey a. Tolly Thompson , USA
2007	3.	World Cup in Baku	Heavy	with a victory over Soslan Sagalijew, Tajikistan , a defeat against Biljal Valerjewitsch Machow , Russia u. Victories over Vincenzo Lipari, Italy , Go Soung-jin, South Korea u. Fatih Çakıroğlu
2008	5.	EM in Tampere	Heavy	with a victory over Arkadiusz Kordus, Poland a. a loss to Aydin Polatci

Note: all competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, super heavyweight, until 1996 up to 130 kg body weight, then abolished, heavyweight, until 1996 up to 100 kg body weight, from 1997 to 2001 up to 130 kg , since 2002 up to 120 kg body weight, light heavyweight, up to 1996 up to 90 kg, from 1997 to 2001 up to 97 kg, since 2002 up to 96 kg body weight

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• Trade journal Der Ringer ,
• Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
• US Wrestling Association website

Web links

• Profile of Wadym Tassojew at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Wadym Tassojew in the fight against Georgi Gogschelidze in Moscow in 2003