Viktor Mikhailovich Igumenov ( March 10, 1943 , Omsk , RSFSR , USSR ) - Soviet classic style wrestler, five-time world champion, European champion, two-time champion of the USSR in classical wrestling. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1966), Honored Coach of the USSR (1976), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences (1992), Professor (1987). Most famous for the fact that the USSR national team under his leadership at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal won seven gold, two silver and one bronze medals in ten weight categories . Also in the sources is called "perhaps the greatest wrestler who did not win the Olympic award" [1] .
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Club | "Spartacus" | ||
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Sports career | 1961 - 1972 | ||
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Growth | 178 cm | ||
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Biography
Born in 1943 in Omsk , graduated from school number 1. He began to engage in wrestling in 1958 with young coach Alexander Kudinov. In 1961, in Volgograd, he won the championship of the sports society "Spartak" among young men, and then won the USSR championship in Kiev. In 1962 he became the champion of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions of Russia among adults, having fulfilled the standard of the master of sports. In 1964, he won the RSFSR championship in Astrakhan, and in 1965 became the champion of the USSR [2] . He was included in the national team of the country.
In 1966, he made his debut at the World Championships and won a victory there, in 1967 he confirmed his title of world champion. At the 1968 Olympic Games he rode with the rank of the clear favorite.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he fought in the weight category up to 74 kilograms (welterweight). The winner of the tournament was determined by the number of penalty points by the end of the tournament, penalty points were awarded to the wrestler in any case, except for a clear victory, so a victory on points brought 1 penalty point, a loss on points 3 penalty points. The participant who collected 6 penalty points was eliminated from the tournament. In the category fought 22 athletes.
In the first two meetings, the current double world champion without any problems won his rivals, with the main competitors. In the third bout, he met with the untitled Norwegian athlete Harald Barley. Viktor Igumenov from the first seconds of the meeting went on the attack, and as he himself recalls: “I made a throw deflection and stuck on the bridge. I jumped to my feet and again trying to hold the same reception. I was sure that I accidentally lost two points. ” [3] As a result, Victor Igumenov in the second minute of the bout turned out to be on the shoulder blades, scored a total of six penalty points and dropped out of the tournament. A wrestler finds an explanation in the coaching error:
- 1968, the Olympics in Mexico City. I won two fights against my main competitors, Bulgarian and Romanian. Third - with a Norwegian. I'm tuning in. And suddenly one trainer approaches: “Who are you fighting with?” With Barley, I answer. He grinned: “Yes, with whom to fight there ?!” This phrase, “with whom to fight there?” Inflamed me so much that I tried to quit the Norwegian from the very first second. Without preparation. Out of the blue came up with stress.
- How was it?- Soothe me, not screw it up! Say: “The guy is not a gift. Work as usual, do not hurry. Everything will be fine".
After the Olympics, meeting with Barley, Victor Igumenov defeated him three times, two of them on the carcass.
A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
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one | Method Zarev | Victory | By points (1 penalty point) | - | |
2 | Jon Ceranu | Victory | By points (1 penalty point) | - | |
3 | Harald Barley | Defeat | Touche (4 penalty points) | 1:39 |
All three years of the inter-Olympic cycle (1969, 1970, 1971) Viktor Igumenov won the World Championships, becoming a five-time world champion, and again went to the Olympics in the rank of the clear favorite.
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he fought in the weight category up to 78 kilograms (welterweight). The rules of the tournament remained the same; 20 athletes fought in the category.
But Viktor Igumenov was haunted by bad luck. Before the competition in the control fight, he fought with Gennady Sapunov, and conducting a sharp reception, broke the edge . As a result, having won the first meeting, after the second was forced to withdraw from the competition.
In Munich, I won the first fight. But I realized: it will be difficult for me. There is nothing to breathe. A rib for a fighter is the most dangerous injury. You freeze the shoulder in order, relieve the pain. Be patient. And with the edge to endure is unreal. You can not breathe!
A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
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one | Franz Berger | Victory | By points (1 penalty point) | - | |
2 | Petros Galaktopoulos | Draw | (2 penalty points) | - |
After the Olympic Games, he left an active career, and at the age of 29 he became the head coach of the country's national classic wrestling team. Viktor Igumenov drew up a promising (for the entire inter-Olympic cycle) plan for preparing the national team for the Olympic Games. Already in 1975, the team under his leadership at the World Championships in wrestling won eight out of ten gold medals. In 1976, at the Olympic Games, the USSR national team performed triumphantly, won seven gold, two silver and one bronze medals. For this success, Viktor Igumenov was awarded the Order of Lenin and at the age of 32 became the Honored Coach of the USSR. After the Olympics, he left an active coaching career, focusing on science.
He graduated from the Omsk State Institute of Physical Culture (1964). Back in 1972, he defended his thesis on the topic “Study of the influence of pre-start emotional excitement of highly skilled wrestlers on the results of their performances”. From 1976 to 1979 he was the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of the State Central Institute of Physical Culture (SCOLIPC) . From 1979 to 1986 he was the Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sport at the Council of Ministers of the USSR. Since 1987 he was the rector of the State Central Institute of Physical Culture (SCOLIPC). Since 1993 - Head of the Department of Theory and Methods of Combat Sports. In 1996–2000 - Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies of the RGAFK, since 2000 - Vice-Rector of the Russian State University of Physical Culture and Head of the Department of Theory and Methods of Martial Arts, since 2012 he has left the post of Vice-Rector in connection with the age limit. Professor of the theory and methodology of Greco-Roman wrestling [4] .
Doctor of Education. The author of more than 100 scientific papers, including a textbook for pedagogical universities "Wrestling" (1994, co-author); textbook "Fundamentals of methods of formation and improvement of technical and tactical skills in the classical struggle" (1984, co-author); of the educational-methodical manual "Organization and holding of classical wrestling competitions" (1986), "Psychological and pedagogical characteristics of the activity of a wrestling instructor-coach" (1986), "Standardization of means and methods for monitoring the physical fitness of senior-class fighters" (1987, co-author ), "The physiological characteristics of the struggle" (1992, co-author). Honorary Doctor of Science of the Korean National College of Physical Education. Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences [5] . He prepared 20 champions of Europe, the world and the Olympic Games, 7 candidates of science. [6] .
First Vice-President of the Russian Wrestling Federation. The creator and honorary President of the first in Russia non-state scientific educational sports institution "Academy of martial arts" [5] .
Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the Russian Federation (1997). Cavalier of the Order of Lenin , "Badge of Honor" , Friendship of Peoples , awarded with the Order of Merit for the Fatherland Medal, 2 degrees , in memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow . Member of the Hall of Fame wrestling FILA (2013).
He was married, had a son and a daughter from marriage. The son died in a car accident in 1997. The daughter lives in the UK , the granddaughter graduated from the same university [7] .
Notes
- ↑ Viktor Igumenov Bio, Stats, and Results
- ↑ Legend of Omsk: coach of champions
- ↑ Igumenov was a surprisingly rational wrestler
- ↑ Igumenov Viktor Mikhailovich | Department of martial arts
- ↑ 1 2 Martial arts in Russia. Encyclopedia in the faces
- ↑ Igumenov, Victor Mikhailovich
- ↑ Victor İGUMENOV: “MESSING AND KASHPIROVSKY DIDN'T RIGHT WITH ME”
Links
- Victor Igumenov - Olympic statistics on the site Sports-Reference.com (English)
- Victor Igumenov - profile on the International Wrestling Database (English)