Two-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling Vlasov is one of the most famous Russian representatives of this sport. He won many awards at other major international competitions. Twice won the championships of the world and Europe. He is an Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation.
Wrestler Biography
The representative of Greco-Roman wrestling Vlasov Roman Andreevich was born in 1990. He was born in Novosibirsk.
In childhood, he began to play sports with his brother Artem, who also achieved certain successes. He became a master of sports in the same discipline, twice won the youth championships of Russia.
The mother of the hero of our article, Tatyana Leonidovna, worked as a history teacher in a gymnasium, in which Roman himself studied until the seventh grade. After he transferred to Novosibirsk school number 52. Since that time, more opportunities for training and sports have arisen.
His elder brother in 1997 brought him to the Greco-Roman struggle. The two of them began to engage in the sports school of the Honored Coach of the Soviet Union Viktor Kuznetsov. The first to work with Vlasov was Vyacheslav Rodenko.
In 2002, he went to the very founder of the school, Kuznetsov, when he began to stand out from his peers with his brilliant sports results.
Vlasov’s coaches have always claimed that on the carpet he showed his unbending character, always knew how to get together at the right time, and was seriously tuned to every fight. And these have always been defining qualities in sports.
Vlasov graduated. He graduated from the agrarian university in Novosibirsk. Received a diploma in law. Currently serving in the Russian Guard as a senior lieutenant.
First Olympiad
In 2012, Roman Vlasov got to his first Olympic Games . Greco-Roman wrestling became his crown sport, in which he intended to prove himself from the best side.
Roman came to London as part of the Russian national team. He performed in the category of up to 74 kilograms. The year before, the guy won bronze at the European Championships in Serbia and became the winner of the world championship in Turkish Istanbul. Therefore, the tournament came in the rank of one of the favorites. Confidently passing the first stages, in the final match he met with the Armenian Arsen Julfalakyan, who by that time had already won medals at the World and European Championships in Greco-Roman wrestling. At the Olympics, Vlasov turned out to be stronger, winning gold.
Olympics in Rio
For his second Olympics, Roman managed to become a two-time world and European champion. This time he performed in the category of up to 75 kilograms in Greco-Roman wrestling. Vlasov was the leader in the world ranking and was considered an unconditional favorite.
Among the contenders for the title, Kazakh Dosjan Kartikov, the reigning Asian champion, was highly quoted. But Vlasov managed to defeat him at an early stage of the tournament.
In the final fight, he was opposed by another promising wrestler - Dane Mark Madsen. He repeatedly won medals, but he could not win in major competitions. This did not happen at the Olympics in Brazil. In Greco-Roman wrestling, Vlasov won gold for the second time.