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Shaban Sejdiu

Shaban Sejdiu
Personal information
Born (1959-05-06) 6 May 1959 (age 65)
Blace, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia

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]

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.
Awards
Preceded by Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia
1977
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Matija Ljubek
Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year
1977
Succeeded by
Dražen Dalipagić