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Macedonian freestyle wrestler (born 1959)

Shaban Sejdiu

Personal information
Born (1959-05-06) 6 May 1959 (age 65)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

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

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]

His daughter Altuna is a successful singer in North Macedonia and Albania.[_citation needed_]

  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.
Awards
Preceded byMatija Ljubek Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1977 Succeeded byDražen Dalipagić
Preceded byMatija Ljubek Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year 1977 Succeeded byDražen Dalipagić