Who is Viktor Lebedev? Freestyle wrestling what is it? We will answer these and other questions in the article. Viktor Nikolaevich Lebedev is a freestyle wrestler of the Russian Federation. His nationality is Even. He is a two-time champion (2010, 2011) and a bronze medalist (2009, 2015) of the European Championship and World Championship (2010), a six-time winner of competitions in Russia (2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2010, 2009), Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation.
Sport
So what is freestyle wrestling? Lebedev is engaged in it from an early age. Freestyle wrestling is called a sport consisting of a duel of two athletes according to the established rules. Athletes use various techniques (captures, throws, sweeps, coups, and so on). Each of the opponents tries to put the opponent on the shoulder blades and win. In contrast to Greco-Roman, in freestyle wrestling, grabs of the opponent’s legs, sweeping and active use of the legs are allowed when implementing any technique.
Biography Pages
Lebedev has always liked freestyle wrestling. The future champion was born in 1988, on March 10, in the Yakutsk village of Topolinoye. Victor was brought to sport by his father. He gave the boy to the martial arts section of the Hapsagai, the national Yakut struggle. Victor's father is a native of the Yakut Churapchinsky ulus. It is famous for its powerful freestyle wrestling school. Her students appear Pinigin Pavel, Dmitriev Roman - Olympic champions. Lebedev is married, has a daughter and a son.
Career
It is known that the free-style wrestling by Lebedev was revered for many years. For the first time in his career, Viktor received the title of favorite of the world championship at the World Championships in Moscow , defeating Askerov Torgul, a 17-year-old Azerbaijani player, 1: 0, 0: 3, 1: 0.
In Istanbul, at the world championship, the athlete defended the title and won the right for the Russian team to participate in the Olympics in London. At the Russian freestyle wrestling competitions in 2015 in Kaspiysk, he was able to win a gold medal in the weight category up to 57 kg, requisitions in the final of Isukail Musukaev (Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria).
Freestyle wrestling Lebedev brought many awards. At the Russian Championship in 2016 in Yakutsk, he took the gold medal in the weight category up to 57 kg. In 1/16 of the competition, the athlete defeated Dmitry Aksenov with a score of 6: 0, in 1/8 with a score of 10: 0 he defeated Tyutrin Aryan, in ¼, in a fight with Musukaev Ismail, the controversial verdict with a score of 4: 3 of the winner's laurels was given to Lebedev.
In the semifinals, Victor defeated Aldar Balzhinimaev with a score of 7: 0. After the final meeting with Alexander Bogomoev, in which the winner was not revealed, both athletes were awarded gold medals.
Sandeep Tomara (India) won with a score of 3: 1 in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympics, in the 1/8 finals. But in the ¼ final with a score of 1: 3, Victor lost to Rahimi Hassan (Iranian wrestler).
Ranks and awards
What did Viktor Lebedev achieve in his life? Freestyle wrestling is a difficult sport. Victor was able to receive the following awards and titles:
- Honorary Citizen of Tompon District (2009).
- Honorary Citizen of the Mountain Ulus.
- Gratitude of the Yakut Chairman of the State Assembly of the Republic of Sakha.
- Medal “For Fidelity to the North” (the highest trophy of the Association of Small Indigenous Peoples of Siberia, the Far East and the North of the Russian Federation).
- “Honorary Worker of Physical Education of the Republic of Sakha”;
- Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation.
Conquest
Lebedev Victor Nikolaevich was able to achieve the following heights:
- World Cup - Gold (2010, 2011).
- World Championship - Gold (2010, 2011) and Bronze (2009, 2015).
- European Games - Gold (2015).
- Grand Prix “Yarygin Ivan” - gold (2015), bronze (2010, 2016), silver (2009).
- European Tournament - Bronze (2010).
- The championship of Russia is gold (2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016), silver (2012).
Retirement
On May 15, 2017, the mayor of Yakutsk, Nikolaev Aisen, reported that Viktor Lebedev, a freestyle wrestler of the Russian Federation, had completed his career. The press service of the mayor's office said that Victor would take the post of adviser on general issues to the mayor of Yakutsk. Nikolaev is sure that the fighter is waiting for decent times in a new quality.
Scandalous story on the eve of Rio
Lebedev Victor Nikolaevich - an excellent fighter. Wrestling is the sport of gentlemen. Mutual assistance, the severity of illegal techniques, the "wrestling code", which Olympic champion Karelin Alexander constantly recalls, the great brotherhood of wrestlers - in a word, there is something to rely on if you need to explain the romance of the advantages of this sport, its difference from others. But this medal has always had a different side, not the most attractive.
History knows of cases when brawls and fights took place between the triumphs and the losers right at the platform, in which sometimes not only fists were used. And you can hear a tremendous amount of stories about mercenary or, more precisely, illiterate refereeing (as well as about further quarrels with referees) at any major competition.
In small doses, all this, like a delicate spice, creates a unique “surroundings” around the struggle. In excess, it often leads to the fact that all the “food” becomes completely inedible.
About this happened at the qualifying competitions of Russian wrestlers in Yakutsk: first, after refereeing atrocities in the quarterfinal battle in the weight category up to 57 kg, the Dagestan team withdrew without a sign of disagreement from the tournament. Then another judicial argument in the final of the same category ended with the fact that gold medals were awarded to both participants in the battle.
The final touch was the refusal of one of the “favorites” - namely, the two-time owner of the world crown of Lebedev - to participate in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The athlete explained that he had made a deliberate decision and because of the dishonest behavior of the judges did not consider himself a winner. His coaches tried to persuade, but Victor refused to continue further training.
“Freestyle wrestling, Rio, Lebedev,” then these words did not leave the lips of the fans. Victor’s act, of course, looks manly noble in this situation, even despite the fact that with his demarche the fighter destroyed the many years of work of a large number of coaches.
Earlier, the same Karelin called big sport a legitimate demonstration of egoism, explaining that when one athlete goes to the start, he is not interested in anyone else who wants to win first place besides him. To enter the most important battle in your life and win it for the sake of your power is the essence of the Russian struggle.
Lebedev decided to throw off a moral burden. Many well-known athletes have always been the embodiment of total preparedness for everything for society: the fact that an earthquake or collapse occurs on the day of the match, the ceiling in the locker room collapses, injury happens, and disappointing refereeing finally. None of these factors has ever been considered sufficient to warrant abandonment of the battle.
In other words, even if a fighter thinks that he got a place in the team in advance or for long-standing achievements, this somehow does not remove his obligation to go out on the carpet and fight to the last for victory. For decades, the national team has been taught exactly this - no matter what, go into battle. That is, in this system, the athlete was, first of all, a soldier. If a soldier refuses of his own free will to attack, this indicates that the system is broken, and it requires an urgent reboot. This would be extremely useful for everyone to understand.