Roman Sedych – the story of a champion 09:00 11/14/2014 His road to the podium. Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. Roman Sedych is a world class armwrestling champion, disabled and regular category. The first time I saw armwrestling was in 1994, in TV – says Roman. – I was still in high school back then. I watched the “ Golden Bear ” tournament, with the legendary Giennadyi Makhotin amongst the fighters – a disabled warrior with the strength of spirit to overcome any obstacle. The “ Golden Bear ” left no doubts to Roman – armwrestling was his calling. He got back to Moscow, where he met Victor Zaitsev – armwrestling enthusiast and someone who ’ s worked with disabled fighters before. I worked with Victor for a year – says Roman. – And then I realized that it was time to aim higher, to reach for championship. I started to look for ways to develop myself, and then fate had me meet a wonderful guy and great coach – Pavel Zhivore. He was my first real coach, who allowed