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1999 World Wrestling Championships
The following is the final results of the 1999 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Ankara, Turkey. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Athens, Greece and Women's competition were held in Boden, Sweden. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations Men's freestyle 271 competitors from 53 nations participated. * (1) * (1) * (5) * (5) * (2) * (8) * (6) * (8) * (1) * (7) * (8) * (2) * (8) * (3) * (3) * (2) * (3) * (5) * (8) * (8) * (6) * (8) * (8) * (4) * (8) * (3) * (1) * (8) * (6) * (7) * (2) * (2) * (6) * (1) * (5) * (8) * (4) * (2) * (8) * (2) * (7) * (8) * (7) * (3) * (8) * (3) * (4) * (3) * (8) * (8) * (8) * (8) * (3) Men's Greco-Roman 280 competitors from 56 nations participated. * (8) * (3) * (3) * (7) * (8) * (1) * (8) * (8) * (3) * (2) * (8) * (1) * (6) * (2) * (4) * (6) * (6) * (8) * (8) * (8) * (1) * (8) * (8) * (5) * (4) * (8) * (6) * (6) * (2) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman province with the same name (25 BC–7th century), the city is very old, with various Hattian, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatian, Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman archeological sites. The Ottomans made the city the capital first of the Anatolia Eyalet (1393 – late 15th century) and then the Angora Vilayet (1867–1922). The historical center of Ankara is a rocky hill rising over the left bank of the Ankara River, a tributary of the Sakarya River. The hill remains crowned by the ruins of Ankara Castle. Although few of its outworks have survived, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbrus Tedeyev
Elbrus Tedeyev (born December 5, 1974, in Nogir, Prigorodny District, North Ossetian ASSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian wrestler and Olympic champion; he became a citizen of Ukraine in 1993. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Wrestling" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 17, 2008) He is a three-time and the brother of Dzhambolat Tedeyev, who also represented Ukraine. Tedeyev became |
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 I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagid Murtazaliev
Sagid Magomedovich Murtazaliev (russian: Сагид Магомедович Муртазалиев; av, СагIид МагIамедович МуртазгIалиев; born 11 March 1974) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. Born in Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR, Soviet Union and of Avar descent, Murtazaliev has won gold medals in heavyweight divisions at the 1999 FILA World Championships and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Olympics Murtazaliev represented Ukraine at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and represented Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won gold in the men's freestyle 97 kg competition."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Wrestling" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 9, 2008) [...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] |
Khadzhimurad Magomedov
Khadzhimurad Magomedov (born 24 February 1974, Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR) is a Russian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. International career Magomedov competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the ''middleweight'' class."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Wrestling" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 9, 2008) Magomedov also became world champion at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships
The following is the final results of the 2001 Worl ...
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Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero Palacio (born April 30, 1977) is a Cuban professional mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division for Bellator MMA. Romero formerly competed in the Middleweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and he was a four-time challenger for the UFC Middleweight Championship. As a freestyle wrestler, Romero competed at 85 kilograms, and he was the '99 World Champion (five-time medalist at the World Championships), the '00 Olympic Silver medalist, a three-time World Cup winner (six-time medalist), the '03 Pan American Games Gold medalist (bronze medalist in '99) and a five-time Pan American Champion. As of September 27, 2022, he is #4 in the Bellator Light Heavyweight Rankings. Wrestling career Romero started training in wrestling in the 1990s, and eventually representing Cuba at senior level in the FILA Wrestling World Championships, which is held in non-Olympic years, from 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adem Bereket
Adem Bereket (born Adam Barakhoyev 19 July 1973) is an Ingush-Turkish wrestler. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 2000. He won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships The following is the final results of the 1999 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Ankara, Turkey. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Athens, Greece and Women's competition were held in Boden, Sweden. .... He is member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. References 1973 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of Turkey Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Turkish male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey Olympic medalists in wrestling People from Ingushetia Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 20th-century Turkish people 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Adam Saitiev
Adam Hamidovich Saitiev, also spelled Saytiev, ( ce, Адам Хамидович Сайтиев, born December 12, 1977) is a Russian wrestler of Chechen descent who won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics for the Russian Federation at 85 kg cat. Adam also won the Wrestling World Championships in 1999 and 2002. His elder brother Buvaisar Saitiev, also a wrestler, won gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and again in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Wrestling career Adam initially started his senior-level international career at 69 kg, or around 152 lbs. He found the weight cut too severe, and soon moved up to 76 kg, where he was world champ in 1999. However, this was his elder brother Buvaisar's weight, and Adam wanted to compete alongside his brother at the Olympics, not compete with him for a spot on the team. Adam moved up to 85 kg, and despite being undersized, won two world-level titles at the weight. Saitiev co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yüksel Şanlı
Yüksel Şanlı (born November 14, 1973) is a former competitor in Freestyle Wrestling from Turkey. Şanlı was in the 1996 Olympic Games and the 2000 Olympic Games. He finished 15th in 1996 and 9th in 2000. He also represented Turkey at the 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 ... in 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1999. He won a bronze medal in 1999. References External links * 1973 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Turkey Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Turkish male sport wrestlers Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games World Wrestling Championships medalists European champions for Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln McIlravy
Lincoln Paul McIlravy (born July 17, 1974 in Rapid City, South Dakota) from Philip, South Dakota is a businessman notable for his collegiate and Olympic wrestling accolades. High School and College Career McIlravy wrestled for Philip High School in Philip, SD where he won 5 state titles, going on to wrestle in college for the University of Iowa under celebrated coach Dan Gable. He was a three-time NCAA Division I champion, winning in 1993, 1994 and 1997. He was also a runner-up in 1995, losing to Steve Marianetti of University of Illinois. International career McIlravy later competed for the United States in the 1998 and 1999 World Championships, 1999 Pan Am Games, and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he won the bronze medal in the Freestyle Welterweight competition. As a competitor, McIlravy was known for his aggressive and innovative attacks, including the so-called "boot scoot" technique. For his numerous accolades and example of a student-athlete, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
