Shaban Sejdiu

Shaban Sejdiu (Macedonian: Шабан Сејдиу; born 6 May 1959) is Macedonian retired freestyle wrestler.

Shaban Sejdiu
Personal information
Born (1959-05-06) 6 May 1959
Blace, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles 74 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1977 Lausanne 68 kg
Silver medal – second place 1981 Skopje 68 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1975 Algiers 68 kg
Gold medal – first place 1979 Split 68 kg
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Sofia 68 kg

An ethnic Macedonian Albanian, Sejdiu, as part of the Skopje Wrestling Club, was trained by notable coaches Risto Takov, who had also trained notable wrestlers Shaban Tërstena, Bajram Qorrolli, Abdulla Mehmeti, Mustaf Syla, Shend Kamberi and Adnan Elezi.[1]

Sejdiu competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2] He received bronze medals in both the Moscow and Los Angeles Olympics.

Sejdiu also competed in the 1977 and 1981 World Wrestling Championships, and received silver medals in both. Soviet wrestler and Olympic and Worlds gold medalist, Saypulla Absaidov, stopped him in both finals of the Moscow Olympics and the 1981 World Wrestling Championships.

His daughter Altuna is a successful singer in North Macedonia and Albania.

References
  1. "Ndahet nga jeta Mentaz Allajbegu (1946 -2014)". yllpress.com. Yll Press. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shaban Sejdiu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
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