Shaban Sejdiu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Shaban Sejdiu

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 06-May-1959

Place of Birth: Blace, Čučer-Sandevo, Skopje Statistical Region, North Macedonia

Profession: amateur wrestler

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Shaban Sejdiu (Albanian: Shaban Sejdiu, Serbo-Croatian: ????? ??????; born 6 May 1959 in Skopje) is a former Yugoslav freestyle wrestler. Sejdiu was born in Bllace, SFR Yugoslavia and is of Albanian heritage.
Shaban 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.Sejdiu competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
He received bronze medals in both the Moscow and Los Angeles Olympics. Sejdiu also competed in the 1977 World Wrestling Championships and 1981 Skopje, 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 Sejdiu is a successful singer in the Albanian speaking world.