Wugar Ragimow

Wugar Hamidullowitsch Ragimow (born February 5, 1986 in Baku , Azerbaijani SSR , Soviet Union ) is a Ukrainian wrestler . He is multiple medalist at European Championships in the Greco-Roman style in bantamweight .

Career

Wugar Ragimow came to Ukraine as a child. There he started wrestling at the age of 11. He focuses on the Greco-Roman style. During his military service he was a member of CSKA Zaporozhye , now he is a member of the Metallurg Zaporozhye sports club . He has been trained by Evgeni Chestkow since 2006. Wrestling is currently his profession. The 1.60 meter tall athlete always started in the lightest weight class in men's wrestling, the bantamweight, which has its weight limit of 55 kg. In the 2012/13 season he wrestled in the German Bundesliga for TuS Adelhausen .

He made his first start at an international championship in 2003 when he took part in the Junior World Championship in Istanbul in the weight class up to 50 kg and came in 10th. A year later he won his first medal, a bronze, at the European Junior Championships in Murska Sobota in the same weight class. Another medal, again a bronze one, he also won at the European Junior Championships 2005 in Wrocław , where he came third in bantamweight behind Maxim Mordovin from Russia and Abas Djudojan from Armenia . He was less successful at the Junior World Championships. In 2004 he finished 18th in Vilnius and 15th in Budapest in 2005 .

2006 Wugar Ragimow was used for the first time in an international championship of the seniors. He came here at the European Bantamweight Championships in Moscow with two wins and two defeats on a good 5th place. In the same year he also started at the Junior European Championship in Szombathely and at the Junior World Championship in Guangzhou . In Szombathely he was runner- up behind Saur Kuramagomedow from Russia and in Guangzhou he defeated Bayram Özdemir from Turkey , then lost to Hamid Soryan Reihanpour from Iran , defeated Vicente Lillo Garcia from Spain and was defeated in the consolation round against Wenelin Wenkow from Bulgaria . He came in 7th place.

In 2007 he won his first medal in an international senior championship in Sofia . He finished third at the European Championships. He lost after victories over Mariusz Łoś from Poland and Irakli Chochua from Georgia again against Saur Kuramagomedow. He won the bronze medal by winning the consolation round over Wenelin Wenkow. However, he had no luck at the World Cup this year in Baku , because after a victory over Mamuka Khosrewanidze from Georgia he lost to Virgil Munteanu from Romania and was eliminated early because he did not reach the final. Therefore he only came in 22nd place. A consolation for this poor performance was winning the silver medal at the military world championships in Hyderabad behind Park Eun-chul from South Korea , but ahead of Nasir Mankiev from Russia.

In 2008 Wugar Ragimow again won a medal at the World Military Championship, which took place in Split that year . He took 3rd place behind Mohsen Hajipour from Iran and Choi Gyu-jin from South Korea. For the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 , he could not qualify.

He won further medals at the 2010 European Championships in Baku, where he took 3rd place, and at the 2011 European Championships in Dortmund , where he was runner- up behind Roman Amojan from Armenia. It was not enough for him to win a medal at the 2009 World Cup in Herning , where he came in 10th place, at the 2010 World Cup in Moscow , where he was only 25th and at the 2011 World Wrestling Championship in Istanbul, where he was again 10th arrived.

In 2012 he managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in London at the last possible opportunity, a tournament in Helsinki , by beating Arsen Eralijew from Kyrgyzstan and Joakim Fagerlund from Sweden . In London he lost his first fight against Li Shujin from China on points (0: 2 rounds, 2: 6 points). Since this wrestler could not qualify for the final, he was eliminated and took 13th place.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2003	10.	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	up to 50 kg	Winner: Rövşən Bayramov , Azerbaijan ahead of Yoon Yoon-min, South Korea
2004	3.	Junior European Championship in Murska Sobota	up to 50 kg	behind Malchaz Solomonidze, Georgia and Khosrew Melikjan, Armenia
2004	18th	Junior World Championships in Vilnius	Bantam	after defeats against Scherali Schodmanow, Uzbekistan and Rövşən Bayramov
2005	3.	Junior European Championship in Wrocław	Bantam	behind Maxim Mordovin, Russia and Abos Djudojan, Armenia
2005	15th	Junior World Championships in Budapest	Bantam	after losing to Hamid Soryan Reihanpour, Iran, defeating Bayram Özdemir, Turkey and losing to Lazaro Rivas Scull , Cuba
2006	5.	EM in Moscow	Bantam	after victories over Igor Roitman, Israel and Artjom Kiouregian, Greece and defeats against Roman Amojan, Armenia and Claudiu Florin Gavrila, Romania
2006	2.	Junior European Championship in Szombathely	Bantam	behind Saur Kuramagomedow, Russia, ahead of Natig Baghirow, Azerbaijan and Aurelian Leciu, Romania
2006	7th	Junior World Championships in Guangzhou	Bantam	after a win over Bayram Özdemir, a loss to Hamid Soryan Reihanpour, a win over Vicente Lillo Garcia, Spain and a loss to Wenelin Wenkow, Bulgaria
2007	2.	World Cup in Antalya	Bantam	behind Pour Yasin Bahrami, Iran, ahead of Harun Bozoglu, Turkey and Saur Kuramagomedow
2007	3.	EM in Sofia	Bantam	after victories over Mariusz Los, Poland and Irakli Chochua, Georgia, a defeat against Saur Kuramagomedow and a victory over Wenelin Wenkow
2007	2.	Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund	Bantam	behind Eduardo Telles Zamora, Sweden, in front of Mariusz Los and Scherali Schodmanow
2007	22nd	World Cup in Baku	Bantam	after defeating Mamuka Khosrewanidze, Georgia and losing to Virgil Munteanu, Romania
2007	2.	Military World Cup in Hyderabad	Bantam	behind Park Eun-chul, South Korea, in front of Nasir Mankijew, Russia and Maxim Kacharski, Belarus
2008	14th	Olympic qualification tournament in Rome	Bantam	Winner: Jiao Hua Feng, China ahead of Alexandar Kostadinow , Bulgaria
2008	3.	Military World Cup in Split	Bantam	behind Mohsen Hajipour, Iran and Choi Gyu-jin, South Korea
2009	22nd	EM in Vilnius	Bantam	after a loss to Roman Amojan
2009	10.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Bantam	after victories over Anton Audickas, Lithuania and Aschat Kudaibergenow, Kazakhstan and a defeat against Håkan Nyblom , Denmark
2010	2.	Vehbi Emre Memorial in Istanbul	Bantam	behind Elçin Əliyev , in front of Qadir Suleimanow, both Azerbaijan and Kiraz Kursat, Turkey
2010	3.	EM in Baku	Bantam	after a loss to Elçin Əliyev and victories over Anders Rønningen, Norway and Alexandar Kostadinow, Bulgaria
2010	5.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Bantam	behind Sergei Poruschko, Russia, Florian Crusius, Germany, Jan Hocko, Czech Republic and Peter Modos , Hungary
2010	25th	World Cup in Moscow	Bantam	after a loss to Elçin Əliyev
2011	1.	Cristo Lutte in Créteil	Bantam	in front of Iwan Gusow, Russia, Artjom Roitman, Israel and Mariusz Los
2011	2.	EM in Dortmund	Bantam	after victories over Joao Carvalho, Portugal, Elbek Tachijew, Belarus and Anar Zeinalow, Estonia and a defeat against Roman Amojan
2011	3.	Wadyslaw Pytlasinksi Memorial in Radom	Bantam	behind Arsen Eraliev, Kyrgyzstan and Wenelin Wenkow
2011	10.	World Cup in Istanbul	Bantam	after a win over Lascha Gogitadze, Georgia and a loss to Roman Amoyan
2011	2.	Vantaa Painicup	Bantam	behind Iwan Tatarinow, Russia, in front of Niko Ohukainen, Finland
2012	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely	Bantam	behind Ayhan Karakas, Turkey and Peter Modos
2012	7th	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	Bantam	Winner: Håkan Nyblom, Denmark ahead of Alexandar Kostadinow
2012	1.	Olympic qualification tournament in Helsinki	Bantam	before Arsen Eralijew and Joakim Fagerlund, Sweden
2012	3.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	Bantam	behind Luis Igancio Liendo, Venezuela and Håkan Nyblom
2012	13.	OS in London	Bantam	after losing to Li Shujin , China

Explanations

• all competitions in the Greco-Roman game
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships
• Bantam weight, weight class up to 55 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Wugar Ragimow at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Wugar Ragimow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )