1st Top European Athletes Sumó
Training Camp
European Sumó Union organized the 1st Top European
Athletes Sumó Training Camp between Tue 2-Nov-1999 and Tue 16-Nov-1999.
The training camp took place at Nihon University in Tókyó, Japan.
International Sumó Federation arranged the stay of the
European athletes at Nihon University and took care of room and board of
the athletes.
The camp, which should be a regular yearly event from
now on, was intended to be a training opportunity for the top European sumó
wrestlers in all the weight classes.
The athletes were and will be selected based on their PORIZ
rating and only the top athletes in each category based on their
rating are eligible to participate in the camp.
This year the following athletes qualified:
Levan EBANOIDZE, Georgia, open, rating: 775
Jörg BRÜMMER, Germany, heavyweight, rating: 872
Marek PACZKÖW, Poland, middleweight, rating: 715
Svetoslav BINEV, Bulgaria, lightweight, rating: 823
Svetoslav Binev could not participate, since he had to
study for university exams at the time, therefore, only the other three
men participated. ShiroiKuma,
European Sumó Union's Sports Director, led the European team as coach. Günter
Romenath, President of the European Sumó Union, came to Japan as the head
of the delegation.
Apart from the official team, seven more athletes
participated in the team: three German men (Torsten Scheibler, Alex
Czerwinski, and Eduard Grams) and three German women came on costs of the
German Sumó Association, and Yuri Golubovski of Russia also attended the
camp on his own costs.
For a report
with pictures from the tournament visit the Czech
Sumó Union's site.
