Shazam Safin
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Shazam Sergeyevich Safin was a Soviet
wrestler
who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
. He was born in Kochki-Pozharki, Nizhny Novgorod
.
At the USSR championship-1952 Shazam Safin took әтдн third place. According to the classification of that period, this result was not high enough for the title of master of sports to be conferred upon the athlete. To receive the "master of sports" title, the athlete was either to win the USSR national championship or to take second place. However, Safin, a first-grade wrestler, got included into the USSR Olympic team and successfully appeared at the XV Olympic Games
winning the gold medal. In final fight he won famous Swedish wrestler Gustav Freij
.
In the 1953 World Championship
in Naples
(Italy
), Safin received the bronze medal, having lost points to Finnish athlete Lehton. The world champion title in the 67 kg weight class was gained by Frei.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
wrestler
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...
who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
. He was born in Kochki-Pozharki, Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
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At the USSR championship-1952 Shazam Safin took әтдн third place. According to the classification of that period, this result was not high enough for the title of master of sports to be conferred upon the athlete. To receive the "master of sports" title, the athlete was either to win the USSR national championship or to take second place. However, Safin, a first-grade wrestler, got included into the USSR Olympic team and successfully appeared at the XV Olympic Games
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
winning the gold medal. In final fight he won famous Swedish wrestler Gustav Freij
Gustav Freij
Karl Gustav Herbert Freij was a Swedish wrestler who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, in the 1952 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He was born in Silvåkra and died in Malmö....
.
In the 1953 World Championship
1953 FILA Wrestling World Championships
The 1953 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship were held in Naples, Italy.-Medal table:-Greco-Roman:-See also:List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestlingList of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling...
in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
(Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
), Safin received the bronze medal, having lost points to Finnish athlete Lehton. The world champion title in the 67 kg weight class was gained by Frei.