Shelby Autry Wilson ( born Shelby Autrie Wilson ; July 14, 1937 , Ponca City, Oklahoma , USA ) - American freestyle wrestler, Olympic champion [1] .
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| Full name | Shelby Autry Wilson |
| A country |  USA |
| Club | Oklahoma state cowboys |
| Date of Birth | July 14, 1937 (82 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Ponca City, Oklahoma , USA |
| Growth | 170 cm |
| Weight | 67 kg |
Biography
He grew up on a farm near the town of Ponca City.
He began to engage in wrestling at school, but neither there nor at the college of the University of Oklahoma had any particular success, he became twice the second in the championship according toNCAA . But, unlike many others, he continued to train hard. Before the Olympics, Shelby Wilson even temporarily left school to devote more time to training. [2] . However, at that time he specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling, and only in 1959 began to engage in freestyle wrestling.
At the qualifying competitions, he was nominated for a national qualifying tournament just in case twice - from Oklahoma and from Colorado . He remained second at the national qualifying competitions, but went to the training camp (the three winners went to the training camp and it was there that it was decided who would represent the country). At the training camp, he again tried to qualify twice - both in the free and Greco-Roman wrestling. In the Greco-Roman wrestling, he won the competition, and was already selected to the team, but decided to fight also in the freestyle, and there again he was out of competition.
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he fought freestyle wrestling in the category of up to 67 kilograms (lightweight). The elimination of the tournament took place as penalties accumulated. No penalty points were awarded for a clean victory, 1 penalty point was awarded for a victory in points for any ratio of votes, any loss in points was punishable by 3 penalty points, a pure defeat - 4 penalty points. A draw could be fixed in the bout, then each of the fighters was awarded 2 penalty points. If a wrestler scored 6 or more penalty points, he was eliminated from the tournament. The title was disputed by 24 people. An obvious favorite of the tournament was the two-time world champion, Soviet wrestler Vladimir Sinyavsky , whom Shelby Wilson was able to defeat in the fourth round, at the beginning of the meeting going to his feet and earning one point, and become the champion of the Olympic Games.
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
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| one | Parkash Gian | Victory | On points (1 penalty point) | - | |
| 2 | Martti Peltoniemi | Victory | On points (1 penalty point) | - | |
| 3 | Katsuo Abe | Victory | On points (1 penalty point) | - | |
| four | Vladimir Sinyavsky | Victory | On points (1 penalty point) | - | |
| five | - | - | - | - | - |
| The final | Mustafa Tajik | Victory | On points (1 penalty point) | - |
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He was very flexible and stretched. Without much effort, he returned his hand back even when the shoulder joint was completely turned off and the elbow was inserted behind the back of the head
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After the Olympics, he organized the Stronghold Youth Foundation, a Christian-assisted youth fund, and worked on it, combining this with coaching. Until recently, he trained at the Owen Valley Community High School in Spencer, Indiana . [2]
Video
- [1] - 1960 Olympics, freestyle wrestling, 67 kg: Vladimir Sinyavsky (USSR) -Shelby Wilson (USA)
Notes
- ↑ Database Archived on October 9, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 InterMat Wrestling - InterMat Rewind: Shelby Wilson .
- ↑ Shelby Wilson Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
- ↑ Archived copy . Date of treatment December 23, 2013. Archived September 24, 2015. Nelyubin BB Mindiashvili D.G., Mishchenko N.M. "Masters of the big carpet", M.: 1993
Links
- Shelby Wilson - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com