Freestyle wrestling. Lebedev Victor Nikolayevich: sports career

Who is Victor Lebedev? Freestyle wrestling what is it? These and other questions will be answered in the article. Viktor Nikolayevich 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) World Championship and European Championship (2010), six-time winner of the competition in Russia (2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2010, 2009), Honored Master of sports of the Russian Federation.

Sport

So, what is a free-style wrestling? Lebedev is engaged in it from a young age. Freestyle wrestling refers to a sport consisting of a duel between two athletes according to established rules. Athletes use various techniques (captures, throws, swings, coups, and so on). Each of the opponents tries to put the opponent on the shoulder blades and win. In contrast to the Greco-Roman, in free-style wrestling, the opponent's leg grabs, undercuts and active use of the legs are allowed in the implementation of any reception.

Biography pages

Freestyle wrestling always liked. There was a future world champion in 1988, on March 10, in the village of Topolinoye in Yakutsk. Victor was brought to the sport by his father. He gave the boy to the martial arts section of the Hapsagai - the national Yakut fight. Father Victor is a native of the Yakut Churapchinskiy ulus. He is famous for his powerful school of freestyle wrestling. Her disciples are Pinigin Pavel, Dmitriev Roman - Olympic champions. Lebedev is married, has a daughter and a son.

Career

It is known that Lebedev's free-style wrestling was revered for many years. At the World Championships in Moscow, Victor won the title of the favorite of the world championship for the first time in his career, beating 17-year-old Azerbaijanian Askerov Torgul - 1: 0, 0: 3, 1-0.

In Istanbul, at the world championship athlete defended his title and won the right for the Russian national team to participate in the Olympics in London. In the competitions in Russia in free-style wrestling in 2015 in Kaspiisk, he was able to win a gold medal in the weight category up to 57 kg, punching in the final Musugaev Ismail (Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria).

Freestyle wrestling brought many awards. At the Russian Championship in 2016 in Yakutsk, he took the gold medal in the weight category to 57 kg. In 1/16 of the competitions the athlete defeated Aksenov Dmitry with a score of 6: 0, in 1/8 with a score of 10: 0 defeated Tjutrin Aryan, in ¼, in a fight with Ismail Musukayev, a controversial verdict with a score of 4: 3 laurels of the winner were given to Lebedev.

In the semifinal Victor defeated Balzhinimaev Aldar with a score of 7: 0. After the final meeting with Alexander Bogomoyev, in which the winner was not revealed, both athletes were awarded gold medals.

Defeated Sandeep Tomara (India) with a score of 3: 1 in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympics, in the 1/8 finals. But in the 1/4 finals with a score of 1: 3 Victor lost to Rahimi Hasan (an Iranian wrestler).

Ranks and awards

What did Viktor Lebedev achieve in his life? Freestyle wrestling is a complex sport. Victor was able to receive the following awards and titles:

• Honorary citizen of Tomponsky district (2009).
• Honorary citizen of the Mountainous region.
• 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 Indigenous Peoples of Siberia, the Far East and the North of Russia).
• "Honored Worker of Physical Education of the Republic of Sakha";
• Honored Master of Sports of Russia.

Conquest

Victor Lebedev was able to reach the following heights:

• The World Cup is gold (2010, 2011).
• The world championship is gold (2010, 2011) and bronze (2009, 2015).
• Games of Europe - 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).

Completion of career

May 15, 2017 Mayor of Yakutsk Nikolaev Aisen said that Lebedev Viktor Nikolayevich, a wrestler of free style of the Russian Federation, completed his career. The press service of the mayor's office said that Viktor will take up the post of adviser on general issues of the mayor of Yakutsk. Nikolaev is sure that the soldier is waiting for worthy times in a new capacity.

Scandalous story on the eve of Rio

Lebedev Viktor Nikolayevich is an excellent fighter. Struggle is a sport of gentlemen. Mutual assistance, the severity of illegal practices, the "wrestling code", which is constantly recalled by the Olympic champion Karelin Alexander, the great fraternity of fighters - in short, there is something to rely on, if it is necessary to explain the romance of the advantages of this sport, its differences from others. But this medal has always had a different side, not the most attractive.

There are cases when, between the triumphers and the vanquished, fights and fights took place right at the platform, in which not only the kulaks were used. And as for stories about self-serving or, let's say more accurately, illiterate refereeing (as well as about further quarrels with arbitrators), in any major match one can hear a colossal amount.

In small doses, all this, like a refined spice, creates a unique "entourage" around the struggle. In excess, often leads to the fact that all the "food" is completely inedible.

Approximately this happened at the qualifying competitions of Russian wrestlers in Yakutsk: first after the judicial riots in the quarterfinal battle in the weight category up to 57 kg, the Dagestan team completely withdrew from the tournament as a sign of disagreement. Then another referee's quarrel in the finals of the same category resulted in the fact that gold medals were awarded to both participants of the battle.

The final touch was the refusal of one of the "favorites" - namely, the two-time owner of the world crown Lebedev - from participating in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The athlete explained that he took a deliberate decision and because of the dishonest behavior of the judges he does 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 go away from the lips of the fans. The act of Victor, of course, looks like a man's noble in this situation, even despite the fact that his demarche fighter destroyed the many years of work of a large number of coaches.

Earlier, the same Karelin great sport called a legitimate demonstration of selfishness, explaining that when an athlete leaves for the start, he does not care that anyone else but him wants to win first place. Go out to the most important battle in your life and win it for the sake of your power - that is the essence of the Russian struggle.

Lebedev decided to throw off a moral heavy load. Many well-known athletes have always been for the society the embodiment of total preparedness for everything: to the fact that on the day of the fight an earthquake or collapse will happen, the ceiling in the locker room will collapse, a trauma will occur, to disappointing refereeing, finally. None of these factors has ever been considered sufficient to justify the abandonment of the battle.

In other words, even if the fighter thinks that he has received a place in the team in advance or for longstanding merits, this somehow does not relieve him of the obligation to go out on the carpet and fight to the last for the victory. For decades, the national team was taught this, in spite of everything, to go into battle. That is, in this system the athlete was, first of all, a soldier. If the soldier refuses to go on his own volition, this indicates that the system has broken down, and it requires an urgent restart. To understand this would be extremely useful for everyone.