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1997 World Wrestling Championships
The following is the final results of the 1997 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Wrocław, Poland and Women's competition were held in Clermont-Ferrand, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations Men's freestyle 220 competitors from 45 nations participated. * (5) * (5) * (6) * (8) * (2) * (6) * (8) * (7) * (2) * (8) * (1) * (3) * (2) * (7) * (7) * (2) * (5) * (5) * (8) * (1) * (3) * (8) * (8) * (7) * (2) * (1) * (5) * (2) * (1) * (8) * (1) * (2) * (6) * (3) * (8) * (4) * (2) * (8) * (3) * (1) * (8) * (8) * (8) * (7) * (8) Men's Greco-Roman 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yenisey River, and is the second-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk, with a population of over 1.1 million. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the renowned Trans-Siberian Railway, and is one of the largest producers of aluminium in the country. The city is known for its natural landscape; author Anton Chekhov judged Krasnoyarsk to be the most beautiful city in Siberia. The Stolby Nature Sanctuary is located 10 km south of the city. Krasnoyarsk is a major educational centre in Siberia, and hosts the Siberian Federal University. In 2019, Krasnoyarsk was the host city of the 2019 Winter Universiade, the third hosted in Russia. Geography The total area of the city, including suburbs and the river, is .Poexaly.ru. Krasnoyars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guivi Sissaouri
Guivi "Gia" Sissaouri ( ka, გივი სისაური, tr, born April 15, 1971) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler who lives and works in Canada. Biography Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sissaouri began wrestling at age ten. Sissaouri won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 57 kg class. He also won the gold at the 2001 world championships at Sofia, Bulgaria in the 58 kg class, a silver at the 1995 world championships in Atlanta, Georgia in the 57 kg class, a bronze at the 1998 world championships at Tehran, Iran in the 58 kg class, and another bronze at the 1997 world championships at Krasnoyarsk, Russia also in the 58 kg class. In the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won a gold medal. Sissaouri also appeared on season 12 of The Ultimate Fighter as Georges St-Pierre Georges St-Pierre (; born May 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor and former professional mixed martial artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in mixed marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov
Kuramagomed Sharipovich Kuramagomedov (russian: Курамагомед Шарипович Курамагомедов; born 21 March 1978) is a freestyle wrestler who competed for Russia in the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a world title in 1997 at 97 kg. He also represented Russia at the World Championships in 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ..., where he won bronze at 97 kg. From 2003 to 2005, he competed for Russia at 120 kg. He won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. References External links Foeldeak Wrestling Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuramagomedov, Kuramagomed 1978 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of Russia Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Makhachkala World Wrestling Championships medalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alireza Heidari
Alireza Heidari ( fa, علیرضا حیدری, born March 4, 1976 in Tehran) is a retired Iranian wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He also competed in Sydney 2000 The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ..., where he placed 6th. He is also a seven-time Asian champion and has won a gold medal, three silver medals and a bronze medal at World Championships. Heidari was selected as the 1999 National Sportsman of the Year in Iran. He has a sister and three brothers. After his retirement, he bought a mine with nearly eight hundred employees. Results References External links * * Picture of Alireza Heidari {{DEFAULTSORT:Heidari, Alireza 1976 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of Iran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldar Assanov
Eldar Assanov (born August 22, 1974) is a former competitor in Freestyle wrestling for Ukraine. His major accomplishment was a silver medal in the 1997 World Wrestling Championships The World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by United World Wrestling. The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, and the Men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951. The Women's .... He also won a bronze medal at the 1995 World Military Games, and again at the 1999 World Military Games. He was a world champion at the espoir level in 1993, European champion at the junior level in 1991, and European champion at the espoir level in 1994. References 1974 births Living people Ukrainian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Gutches
Leslie Lyle Gutches (born February 21, 1973, Medford, Oregon) is an American former amateur wrestler and coach. His accomplishments include becoming world champion in freestyle wrestling at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships, the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation's best college wrestler in 1996, becoming the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion in the 177 lb. weight division in both 1995 and 1996, earning All-American status in 1994, 1995 & 1996, becoming a member of the 1996 United States Olympics freestyle wrestling team, and winning numerous other tournaments and honors. Youth Gutches grew up in a family of wrestlers with his father Les Senior, a retired Fire Captain, being the first Gutches state champion. Les's siblings are Jason, a chiropractor and Chad, a home builder. Les Gutches grew up in Southern Oregon and has the unique distinction of winning national championships in all of the wrestling age groups, including three state titles while a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Gochev
Miroslav Angelov Gochev ( bg, Мирослав Ангелов Гочев; born April 9, 1973, in Burgas) is a retired amateur Bulgarian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. Gochev has claimed a bronze medal in the 76-kg division at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships in Wrocław, Poland, picked up a silver at the 2001 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and later represented his nation Bulgaria at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout his sporting career, Gochev trained full time as a member of the wrestling squad for Slavia Litex Sports Club in Sofia under his personal coach Miho Dukov. Gochev qualified for the Bulgarian squad, as a 31-year-old veteran, in the men's 84 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving an allocated berth from the International Federation of Associated Wrestling (FILA). Facing against two Olympic medalists from Sydney four years earlier, Gochev opened an astonishing 4–2 victory over Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Leipold
Alexander Leipold (born 2 June 1969 in Alzenau in Unterfranken) is a German former freestyle wrestler who won the German Championships eleven times, the European Championships three times, the World Championships in 1994, and won the tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics but was later stripped of his gold medal for doping. Wrestling career Leipold won the German Junior Championships in freestyle wrestling in 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989, and was runner-up in 1987. After being runner-up in the German Championships in 1988 and 1989, he won in 1991, 1992, 1994–1999, 2002, 2003 and 2005, and was runner-up in 2004 and third in 1993. He was runner-up in the European Junior Championships in 1985 and finished fifth in 1987. He won the European Espoir Championships in 1988, and finished sixth in the European Championships the same year before winning them in 1991, 1995 and 1998. He was runner-up in 1997 and 2003, and third in 1994 and 1999. He won the World Espoir Championships in 1984 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buvaisar Saitiev
Buvaisar Hamidovich Saitiev, also spelled Buvaysar Hamidovich Saytiev, (russian: Бувайсар Хамидович Сайтиев, ce, Сайт КIант Бувайса) (born March 11, 1975, in Khasavyurt, Dagestan ASSR) is a Russian retired Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler of Chechens, Chechen heritage, who represented Russia, and List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling#9 World Level Championships, won nine world-level gold medals in freestyle wrestling (second most, behind Aleksandr Medved's ten). He is widely considered as the greatest freestyle wrestler of all time. He currently is an acting State Duma Deputy from Dagestan. Life In 1992, Buvaisar left his hometown of Khasavyurt, Dagestan in order to train at a prestigious wrestling center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. His younger brother Adam Saitiev would follow in his footsteps. Soon after graduating from the training center, Saitiev began his quest to represent Russia on the world stage. Buvai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaza Zazirov
Zaza Dianozovych Zazirov (born April 25, 1972, in Gori, Georgian SSR) is a former Ukrainian wrestler and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Wrestling" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 18, 2008) He obtained one silver medal and one bronze medal at the FILA Wrestling World Championships
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Hwang Sang-ho
Hwang Sang-ho (born 28 May 1971) is a South Korean former wrestler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References 1971 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for South Korea Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics South Korean male sport wrestlers Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 20th-century South Korean people 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arayik Gevorgyan
Arayik Gevorgyan ( hy, Արայիկ Գեւորգյան, born 22 January 1973) is a retired Armenian Freestyle wrestler. He is an Armenian Champion, European Champion, and three-time World Champion. Gevorgyan was awarded the Master of Sports of the USSR, International Class title in 1991 and the Honored Master of Sports of Armenia title in 1995. Biography Gevorgyan was born on 22 January 1973 in a village of the Artashat region of Soviet Armenia. He started wrestling in 1984 under the guidance of Razmik Goletsyan. From 1989 to 1991, he was a member of the USSR junior freestyle wrestling team. Gevorgyan became a Junior European Champion in 1991. In 1992, Gevorgyan joined the Armenia espoir freestyle wrestling team. Gevorgyan became an Espoir European Champion in 1992 and an Espoir World Champion in 1993. After that year, Gevorgyan joined the Armenian national freestyle wrestling team. He became a three-time consecutive World Wrestling Champion, having won a gold medal at the 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
