Viktor Petrovich Alexeyev

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Viktor Petrovich Alexejew ( Russian Виктор Петрович Алексеев ; born February 8, 1956 in Krasnoyarsk ) is a former Soviet wrestler . He was world champion in 1983 and 1985 in the free style in the featherweight .

Career

Viktor Alexeyev began as a teenager in his hometown of Krasnoyarsk with the rings . He became a member of Dynamo Krasnoyarsk and made rapid progress with the help of coach Vladimir Gusew. He wrestled exclusively in free style. In 1975 he had his first big victory. He won the bantamweight title at the People's Spartakiad of the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic .

In 1977 Viktor Alexejew was also used in international championships. He succeeded in winning the bantamweight title at the European Championships in Bursa . Bernd Bobrich from the GDR was among the wrestlers he defeated . In the final, Viktor Alexejew defeated Fevzi Gökdogan from Turkey . In the same year he was also at the start of the World Championships in Lausanne . In Lausanne his weight class was very strong. Nevertheless, he managed six wins before he met the Japanese Tadashi Sasaki in the final . In an exciting battle he was defeated by this just on points and became vice world champion.

Then Viktor Alexejew had his next use in an international championship again in 1980, after he had become Soviet featherweight champion for the first time in 1979. At the World Cup tournament in Toledo / Okio , he won ahead of Andre Metzger from the United States. 1981 Viktor Alexejew became student world champion in Bucharest and took 3rd place at the world championships in Skoplje . The decisive factor for this was a defeat in the pool final against Marian Skubacz from Poland .

In 1983 Viktor Alexejew won his first featherweight world title in Kiev . He had to contest hard fights against Kazuhito Sakae from Japan , Simeon Schterew from Bulgaria and Lee Roy Smith from the USA before he went off the mat as the winner. In 1984, Viktor Alexejew was defeated by Simeon Schterew at the European Championships in Jönköping and therefore only finished 2nd. Even harder than this defeat was the fact that he could not compete in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles that same year after he had failed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 . The boycott of the Games in 1984 by the socialist states was the reason for this.

In 1985 Viktor Alexejew became world featherweight champion for the second time in Budapest . The Mongol Awirmediin Enchee was his toughest rival.

After 1985 Viktor Alexejew started only at two World Cup tournaments in 1986. After that, he ended his international wrestling career. He had already studied law during his time as an active wrestler at the University of Krasnoyarsk and is now a lawyer, but is also available to young wrestlers as a trainer. His student Adam Saitijew won a gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

successes

international

national

  • 1975, 1st place, Völker-Spartakiade of the RSFSR, F, Ba,
  • 1978, 1st place, championship of the RSFSR, F, Fe,
  • 1979, 1st place, Championship of the USSR, F, Fe,
  • 1979, 1st place, Völker-Spartakiade of the RSFSR,
  • 1981, 1st place, Championship of the USSR, F, Fe,
  • 1981, 1st place, championship of the RSFSR, F, Fe,
  • 1983, 1st place, Championship of the USSR, F, Fe,
  • 1983, 1, place, People's Spartakiad of the USSR, F, Fe,
  • 1983, 1st place, Völker-Spartakiade of the RSFSR, F, Fe,
  • 1985, 1st place, Championship of the USSR, Fe, Fe

(Erl .: WM = world championship, EM = European championship, F = free style, Ba = bantam weight, Fe = featherweight, back then up to 57 kg or 62 kg body weight)

swell

Web link

Profile of Viktor Alexejew at the Institute for Applied Training Science

personal data
SURNAME Alexeyev, Viktor Petrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alexejew, Viktor; Alexeev Viktor; Алеексеев, Виктор Петрович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Krasnoyarsk