Zəlimxan Hüseynov

Zəlimxan Hüseynov ( Russian Зелимхан Хусейнов ; * July 13, 1981 ) is a Russian or Azerbaijani wrestler . He was runner-up in the world champion and European featherweight champion in free style in 2009 .

Career

Zəlimxan Hüseynov comes from Dagestan , where he started wrestling as a teenager. At the beginning of his career he started for Russia . He concentrated entirely on the free style and wrestles at a height of 1.69 meters in featherweight (weight limit 60 kg). He was trained by Tezhdi Chusseinow and Firdausi Umudow.

In 2001 Zəlimxan Hüseynov became Russian junior champion and then started at the junior world championship (Juniors = age group up to 20 years of age) in Tashkent . He finished there in bantamweight behind Ulan Nadirbek Uulu from Kyrgyzstan and Nejad Haghi Mohammad from Iran in 3rd place. Somewhat surprisingly, it was used by the Russian Wrestling Association at the World Seniors Championships 2001 in Sofia . He came there in bantamweight victories over Martin Berberjan from Armenia and Sunil Kumar from India . In his third fight, however, he lost to David Pogosjan from Georgia , with which he was eliminated and only finished 8th.

In the following years, Zəlimxan Hüseynov no longer managed to qualify for participation in international championships in Russia. But he still started at some major international tournaments and achieved good results there.

In 2008, Zəlimxan Hüseynov therefore decided to change his nationality and start for Azerbaijan . He therefore joined the Ataspor Baku sports club . In 2008 he managed to qualify for the qualification tournament in Martigny / Switzerland with a 2nd place in featherweight behind Vasyl Fedoryschyn from the Ukraine for the participation in the Olympic Games in Beijing . At the Olympic tournament in Beijing he lost his first fight against Russian favorite Mawlet Batirow , then won in the consolation round over Yandro Quintana from Cuba , but lost his fight for an Olympic bronze medal against Morad Mohammadi from Iran. He took 5th place in the final bill.

In 2009 he won first at a strong World Cup tournament in Tehran in the featherweight before Evgeni Chawilow from Ukraine and the bantamweight Olympic champion from 2008 Bessik Kuduchow from Russia. With a lot of self-confidence he then went to the European Championship in Vilnius . With victories over Alexandros Pilaridis, Greece , George Bucur , Romania , Malchaz Kurdjani from Georgia and Adam Batirow , who started again for Russia after a few years for Belarus , he proved that this self-confidence was right and was considered European featherweight champion.

At the 2009 World Championships in Herning / Denmark he won featherweight over Vitali Korjakin from Tajikistan , Artur Arakeljan from Armenia , Shogo Maeda , Japan and Dilshod Mansurov from Uzbekistan . In the final he was defeated by Bessik Kuduchow, whom he had defeated in Tehran, and thus finished 2nd.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2001	3.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Tashkent	Bantam	behind Ulan Nadirbek Uulu, Kyrgyzstan u. Nejad Haghi Mohammad, Iran
2001	8th.	World Cup in Sofia	Bantam	with victories over Martin Berberjan , Armenia a . Sunil Kumar , India a . a loss to David Pogosjan , Georgia
2005	3.	"Shamil Umakhanov" memorial in Khassavyurt	feather	behind Yandro Quintana , Cuba a . Martin Berberjan, together with Adam Batirow , Belarus
2007	2.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	feather	behind Ersin Cetin , Turkey , in front of Kenji Inoue , Japan a . Ramazan Saritov, Russia
2008	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Martigny / Switzerland	feather	behind Yandro Quintana, in front of Morad Mohammadi , Iran
2008	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	feather	behind Wassyl Fedoryschyn , Ukraine , Tevfik Odabasi , Turkey, Ethmed Gurbanow, Azerbaijan u. Mustafa Aghajaniozoubalagh, Iran
2008	5.	OS in Beijing	feather	after a defeat against Mawlet Batirow , Russia, a victory over Yandro Quintana u. a loss to Morad Mohammadi
2009	3.	"Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	feather	behind Adam Batriow u. Ahmed Csoka, bde. Russia, together with Alimchan Mamujew, Russia
2009	1.	World Cup in Tehran	feather	before Ewgeni Chawilow, Ukraine a. Bessik Kuduchow , Russia
2009	1.	EM in Vilnius	feather	with victories over Alexandros Pilaridis, Greece , George Bucur , Romania , Malchaz Kurdjani , Georgia a . Adam Batirov
2009	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	feather	before Malchaz Kurdjani, Saeid Ahmadizarinkolaei, Iran, Dilshod Mansurov , Uzbekistan a . Shawn Bunch , USA
2009	2.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	feather	with victories over Vitali Korjakin, Tajikistan , Artur Arakeljan, Armenia, Shogo Maeda , Japan and others. Dilshod Mansurov et al. a loss to Bessik Kuduchow
2010	1.	"Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul	feather	before Sayef Ahmedizai, Iran, Tevfik Odabasi, Turkey a. Madalyava Gazoli, Mongolia

Note: all competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, bantamweight, back then up to 58 kg, featherweight, up to 60 kg body weight

swell

• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig ,
• Trade journal Der Ringer ,
• Russian Wrestling Association website (www.wrestrus.ru)

Web links

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