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2003 European Wrestling Championships
The 2003 European Wrestling Championships were held in the men's Greco-Roman in Belgrade and men's freestyle style, and the women's freestyle in Riga. Medal table Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle References External linksFila's official championship website {{European Wrestling Championships Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ... European Wrestling Championships Sports competitions in Riga Sports competitions in Belgrade 2003 in European sport Wrestling in Latvia International wrestling competitions hosted by Serbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2021 IIHF World Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2017, it was named the European Region of Gastronomy. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ömer Çubukçu
Ömer Çubukçu (born May 10, 1980 in Pasinler, Erzurum) is a retired amateur Turkish freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's welterweight category. He won a bronze medal in the 63-kg division at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia, and also represented his nation Turkey at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh in the process. Throughout his sporting career, Cubukcu trained full-time for Şekerspor Wrestling Club in Ankara under his personal coach Gürsel Uzunca. Cubukcu emerged into sporting fame at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia, where he ousted his Egyptian rival Ibrahim Hassan for the bronze medal in the 63-kg division. He also picked up two more medals to his career hardware with a similar color in the men's 66 kg class at the European Championships (2003 and 2004). At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Cubukcu qualified for the Turkish squad in the men's welterweight class (66 kg). Earlier in the process, he placed four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Sandu
Marian Sandu (born 5 May 1972 in Ploieşti, Prahova, Romania) is a retired Romanian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. Sandu has competed in four Olympics, from 1992 to 2004. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona he was ranked sixth in Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ..., the ''bantamweight'' class. References External links * 1972 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Romania Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Romanian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Champions Sportspeople from Ploiești {{Romania-wrestling-bio- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Modebadze
Aleksi "Alex" Modebadze ( ka, ალექსი მოდებაძე; born February 21, 1978) is a retired amateur Georgian freestyle wrestler who competed in the men's super heavyweight category. He represented his nation Georgia in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and later claimed three career medals at the European Championships. Modebadze also trained for Shevardeni Wrestling Club in Tbilisi under his personal coach Zaza Turmanidze. Modebadze made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's super heavyweight division (130 kg). He eclipsed Greece's Efstathios Topalidis on his opening bout with a striking effort, but could not pin Iranian wrestler and 1999 world champion Abbas Jadidi into the ring without collecting a single point. Finishing second in the prelim pool and tenth in the overall rankings, Modebadze fell short to earn a spot for the quarterfinals. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Modeb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serhii Priadun
Serhii Anatoliyovych Priadun ( uk, Сергій Анатолійович Прядун; born October 11, 1974, in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired amateur Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category. He won three medals (two silver and one bronze) at the European Championships, scored a fourth-place finish in the 120-kg division at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships in New York City, New York, United States, and also represented his nation Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout his sporting career, Priadun trained full-time for Tavira Wrestling Club in Simferopol, under his personal coach Vitali Karassov. Priadun qualified for the Ukrainian squad, as a 30-year-old, in the men's 120 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he placed fourth and guaranteed a spot on Ukraine's wrestling team from the World Championships, losing to Iran's Alireza Rezaei Alireza Rezaei ( fa, علیرضا ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Musulbes
David Vladimirovich Musulbes (russian: Давид Владимирович Мусульбес, also transliterated Musuľbes, born 28 May 1972 in Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR) is a retired Russian wrestler of Georgian origin who competed for Russia and later represented Slovakia. He is the 2000 Summer Olympics winner in freestyle 130 kg, the 2001 and 2002 World Champion in freestyle 120 kg. In 2007, he gained Slovak citizenship and represented Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal in freestyle 120 kg. After Artur Taymazov Artur Taymazov ( os, Таймазты Барисы фырт Артур; russian: Артур Борисович Таймазов; born 20 July 1979) is an Ossetian- Uzbek-Russian wrestler and politician. He was Uzbekistan's most decorated Olympi ..., who defeated Musulbes in semifinals, was positively tested for banned substance in his urine sample and disqualified, Musulbes moved to second place and silver medal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadym Tasoyev
Vadym ( uk, Вадим) is a Ukrainian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Vadym Antipov (born 1988), Ukrainian football striker *Vadym Bolokhan (born 1986), professional Moldovan football defender *Vadym Deonas (born 1975), professional Ukrainian football goalkeeper *Vadim Gutzeit (born 1971), Olympic champion fencer and Ukraine's Youth and Sport Minister *Vadym Hetman (1935–1998), Ukrainian statesman and banker * Vadym Ishmakov (born 1979), Ukrainian footballer *Vadym Kalmykov, Paralympian athlete from Ukraine *Vadym Kharchenko (born 1975), Ukrainian football midfielder * Vadym Kolesnik (born 2001), Ukrainian-born ice dancer * Vadym Kyrylov (born 1981), Ukrainian football striker *Vadym Meller (1884–1962), Ukrainian-Russian Soviet painter, theatrical designer, book illustrator and architect *Vadym Melnyk (born 1980), professional Ukrainian football defender *Vadym Milko (born 1986), professional Ukrainian football midfielder * Vadym Panas (born 1985), professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatih Çakıroğlu
Fatih Çakıroğlu (born April 14, 1981, in Istanbul), is a Turkish European champion Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. Çakıroğlu graduated from the Ondokuz Mayıs University in Samsun with a degree in Physical Education and Sports. Career * 2002 European Championships - * 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece - 9th place (96 kg) * 2006 International Golden Grand Prix in Baku, Azerbaijan - (96 kg) * 2007 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria - * 2007 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan - 5th place (120 kg) * 2008 International Alexander Medved Tournament in Minsk, Belarus - (120 kg) * 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy - (120 kg) * 2010 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan - (120 kg) * 2010 International Golden Grand Prix in Baku, Azerbaijan - (120 kg) * 2010 World Championships in Moscow, Russia - lost in the 2nd round (120 kg) * 2011 European Championships in Dortmund, Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov
Khadzhimurat Soltanovich Gatsalov (russian: Хаджимурат Солтанович Гацалов, born December 11, 1982, in Chikola, North Ossetia–Alania) is a Russian wrestler. As of February 2020, he represents Armenia. He won the gold medal in the freestyle 96 kg class in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he beat future UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier in the semi-finals. He won five world medals in the 96 kg class at the FILA Wrestling World Championships. In 2013, he moved up to the 120 kg class and won a gold medal at the FILA Wrestling World Championships. He started his senior level competitive career at 84 kg in 2002 before moving up to 96 kg and 120 kg. Khadzhimurat is a devout Sunni Muslim In 2014, Gatsalov became Cormier's training partner ahead of Cormier's fight against Jon Jones at UFC 182 ''UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier'' was a mixed martial arts event held on January 3, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Laliev
Vadim Laliev (born 12 December 1980) is a retired Ossetian Freestyle wrestler. He joined the Russian national wrestling team in 1999 and switched to the Armenian national wrestling team in 2006. Laliev won a bronze medal at the European Wrestling Championships The European Wrestling Championships is the second oldest international wrestling competition of the modern world and the main wrestling championships in Europe. It predates World Wrestling Championships and other regional wrestling championships ... twice, in 2003 representing Russia and in 2006 representing Armenia. He is the younger brother of Olympic silver medalist Gennadiy Laliev. References 1980 births Living people Ossetian freestyle wrestlers Armenian male sport wrestlers Russian male sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists {{Armenia-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamed Aghaev
Mamed Aghaev (born 26 May 1976) is a retired Russian-born freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. He switched to the Armenian national wrestling team in 1999. Aghaev began wrestling in 1987 and was part of the Ajastam Armenia club in Vanadzor. He won a silver medal at the 2003 European Wrestling Championships in Riga and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ... in Athens. References External links * 1976 births Living people Armenian male sport wrestlers Russian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Armenia Chechen martial artists European Wrestling Championships medalists Russian emigrants to Armenia {{Armenia-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revaz Mindorashvili
Revaz Mindorashvili ( ka, რევაზ მინდორაშვილი, born July 1, 1976) is a Georgian wrestler, who has won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... ReferencesThe Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games External links * 1976 births Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Olympic wrestlers for Georgia (country) Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Georgia (country) Living people Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists {{Georgia-Olympic-medalist-stub Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence European Wrestling Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
