Artur Omarov Explained
Artur Omarov (born 13 August 1988) is a Russian-born[1] Czech Greco-Roman wrestler of Dargin ethnicity. He represented the Czech Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] [3] He is a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and the European Wrestling Championships.
Background
Artur was born Tanty village, Akushinsky District, Dagestan, Soviet Union.[4] At the age of four he moved to Czech Republic and started wrestling. He is a devout Sunni Muslim of Dargin ethnicity
Career
Omarov competed at the World Wrestling Championships in 2010, 2011, 2013 – 2015 and 2017 – 2022. He also competed at the European Wrestling Championships in 2013 and 2016 – 2023. In 2015, he competed in the 85 kg event at the European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 2016, he competed at three qualification tournaments hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In March 2021, Omarov competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] [6] He did not qualify at this tournament but, in May 2021, he was able to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[3] He competed in the men's 97 kg event where he was eliminated in his first match by Alex Szőke of Hungary.[7] In October 2021, he competed in the 97 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[8]
In 2022, Omarov competed in the 97 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary where he was eliminated in his second match.[9] He competed in the 97kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]
Omarov won one of the bronze medals in the 97kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. He also won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[11]
Achievements
Notes and References
- Web site: Bílek . Petr . Bičiště . Ondřej . 2021-06-09 . Zápasník Omarov: Když řeknu, že jsem muslim, lidi zpozorní . June 9, 2021 . idnes.cz . Czech.
- News: Shefferd. Neil. 8 May 2021. Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier. InsideTheGames.biz. 8 May 2021.
- Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2021-07-02 . Не сдаваться! Борец Омаров пробился на Олимпиаду с седьмой попытки . To not give up! Wrestler Omarov made it to the Olympics on his seventh attempt . July 2, 2021 . vk.com . ru.
- News: Shefferd. Neil. 21 March 2021. Russia claim double gold on final day of European Olympic wrestling qualifier. InsideTheGames.biz. 15 October 2021.
- Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: Wrestling Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
- Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 . 3 April 2022 . 3 April 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI . 4 November 2023 . 4 November 2023 . United World Wrestling.