Wugar Nariman ogly Orudschow

Wugar Nariman ogly Orudschow ( Russian Вугар Нариман оглы Оруджёв , Azerbaijani Vüqar Nəriman oğlu Orucov ; born October 26, 1971 in Baku , Soviet Union ) is a Russian wrestler who also competed for the Soviet Union, the CIS and Belarus . He became world champion in free style light flyweight in 1991 and 1995 .

Career

Wugar Orudschow was born in Baku, then the Soviet Union, now Azerbaijan . He started wrestling there as a teenager in 1986 and started for Dynamo Baku . Internationally, he competed for the Soviet Union until 1991. In the course of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he started in 1992 for the CIS, 1993 for Belarus and from 1995 for Russia. In Russia he joined the army and started for the CSKA Moscow . He was trained u. a. by Z. Dschangirow. He was only active in free style and always in the lightest weight class in men's wrestling, the light flyweight , which had its weight limit of 48 kg.

1989 Wugar Orudschow was at his first start at an international championship in Bursa Junior European Champion in the age group "Juniors". He won ahead of Mircea Crutus, Romania and Fazli Yeter , Turkey (later Germany ). In the same year he was in Ulaanbaatar Junior Vice World Champion in the age group "Espoirs". In the final of this championship he had to admit defeat to Nasser Zeinalnia from Iran . In 1990 he was again Junior European Champion in the age group "Espoirs" before Neven Alexejew from Bulgaria .

In 1991 he started for the first time in an international senior championship. At the European Championships in Stuttgart he only had to admit defeat to the German Reiner Heugabel in the final . He was even more successful at the 1991 World Cup in Varna , where he won the world title ahead of Kim Il-ong , North Korea and Kim Jong-shin , South Korea . He succeeded in bringing the later two-time Olympic champion Kim Il-ong the only defeat in his international wrestling career.

1992 Wugar Orudschow was Vice European Champion in Kaposvár , where he lost in the final fight against Romica Rasovan , Romania . At the Olympic Games in Barcelona he competed for the CIS. There he lost his first fight against Kim Il-ong, but then won an Olympic bronze medal with impressive victories over Fariborz Besarati, Sweden, Stanislaw Szostecki , Poland, Aldo Martínez , Cuba, Reiner Heugabel and Romica Rasovan, Romania.

At the 1993 World Championships in Toronto , where he competed for Belarus, he finished second behind Alexis Vila Perdomo from Cuba and ahead of Jung Soon-won, South Korea. In 1994 he could not take part in any international championships because of his move from Belarus to Russia. In 1995 he won the European championship in Friborg / Switzerland ahead of Laszlo Olvary , Hungary, Wiktor Efteni from the Ukraine and Armen Mkrtchyan from Armenia . Then he won two world championship titles in 1995. First he was military world champion before Kim Soon-won and Armen Mkrtchyan and then in Atlanta also regular world champion, where he could take revenge against Alexis Vila Perdomo for the loss at the 1993 World Cup in the final.

In 1996, Wugar Orudschow took 3rd place at the European Championships in Budapest and thus won another medal. He was then denied a medal win at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Like four years ago, he had to admit defeat in his first fight against Wiktor Efteni. Then he won over Paul Ragusa, Canada , Filiberto Fernandez, Mexico, Rob Eiter, United States , Gheorghe Corduneanu, Romania and Jung Soon-won. In the decisive fight for a medal he was defeated by Alexis Vila Perdomo, who became Olympic champion , while Wugar Orudschow slipped to the ungrateful 4th place.

After these Olympics, he ended his wrestling career, although he was only 25 years old.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	successes
1989	1.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Bursa	up to 46 kg	in front of Mircea Crutus, Romania and Fazli Yeter, Turkey (later Germany)
1989	2.	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Ulan Bator	Half flying	behind Nasser Zeinalnia, Iran, in front of Luwsan – Ischiin Sergelenbaatar , Mongolia and Francisco Borrero, Colombia
1990	1.	Junior European Championship (Espoirs)	Half flying	before Neven Alexejew, Bulgaria and Gabriel Lupu, Romania
1991	3.	EM in Stuttgart	Half flying	behind Reiner Heugabel, Germany and Stanislaw Szostecki , Poland
1991	1.	World Cup in Varna	Half flying	in front of Kim Il-Ong, North Korea, Kim Jong-shin, South Korea, Reiner Heugabel and Romica Rasovan, Romania
1992	2.	EM in Kaposvár	Half flying	behind Romica Rasovan, in front of Reiner Heugabel and Stanislaw Szostecki
1992	bronze	OS in Barcelona	Half flying	after a defeat against Kim Il-Ong and wins over Fariborz Besarati, Sweden, Stanislaw Szostecki, Aldo Martinez Hechvarria, Cuba, Reiner Heugabel and Romica Rasovan
1993	2.	World Cup in Toronto	Half flying	behind Alexis Vila Perdomo, Cuba, in front of Jung Soon-won, South Korea, Ilyas Sükrüoglu, Turkey, Armen Mkrtchyan, Armenia and Reiner Heugabel
1995	1.	EM in Friborg / Switzerland	Half flying	in front of Laszlo Olvary, Hungary, Wiktor Efteni, Ukraine and Armen Mkrtchyan
1995	1.	Military World Cup	Half flying	ahead of Kim Soon-won, Armen Mkrtchyan, Beyhan Gülfiliz, Turkey and Reiner Heugabel
1995	1.	World Cup in Chattanooga	Half flying	before Nader Rahmati, Iran and Raul Ragusa, Canada
1995	1.	World Cup in Atlanta	Half flying	in front of Alexis Vila Perdomo, Armen Mkrtchyan, Nader Rahmati and Georgi Christow, Bulgaria
1996	3.	EM in Budapest	Half flying	behind Wiktor Efteni, Armen Mkrtchyan, in front of Nikos Tsikualtseli, Greece and Vitali Railean, Moldova
1996	2.	German Grand Prix in Leipzig	Half flying	behind Alexis Vila Perdomo, in front of Romica Rasovan, Germany and Beyhan Gülfiliz
1996	4th	OS in Atlanta	Half flying	after a defeat against Wiktor Efteni, victories over Raul Ragusa, Filiberto Fernandez, Mexico, Rob Eiter, USA, Gheorghe Corduneanu, Romania and Jung Soon-won and a defeat against Alexis Vila Perdomo

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Half flyweight, weight class up to 48 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

• Wugar Nariman ogly Orudschow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )