Shaban Trstena

{{Short description|Macedonian Yugoslavian wrestler (born 1965)}}

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| name = Shaban Trstena

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| nationality = {{MKD}}
{{YUG}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|1|1}}

| birth_place = Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia

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| height = 165 cm

| country = {{YUG}}

| sport = Freestyle Wrestling

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| weight_class = 48-52-57 kg

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}}

{{MedalCountry | {{YUG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalGold| 1984 Los Angeles | 52 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 1988 Seoul | 52 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze| 1982 Katowice |48 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1984 Jönköping |52 kg}}

{{MedalGold| 1990 Poznan |52 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 1983 Budapest |52 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 1985 Leipzig |52 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 1986 Piraeus |52 kg}}

{{MedalBronze| 1982 Varna |48 kg}}

{{MedalBronze| 1988 Manchester |52 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1983 Casablanca |57 kg}}

{{MedalGold| 1987 Latakia |57 kg}}

{{MedalGold| 1991 Athena |62 kg}}

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Shaban Trstena ({{langx|sq|Shaban Tërstena}}, {{langx|mk|Шабан Трстена|Šaban Trstena}}; born 1 January 1965){{Cite web|url=http://www.oks.org.rs/takmicenja/olimpijske-igre/letnje-olimpijske-igre/xxiii-igre-los-andeles-1984/saban-trstena/|title=Šaban Trstena|website=Olimpijski komitet Srbije|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306011541/http://www.oks.org.rs/takmicenja/olimpijske-igre/letnje-olimpijske-igre/xxiii-igre-los-andeles-1984/saban-trstena/|archive-date=6 March 2013}} is an Albanian former freestyle wrestler from North Macedonia.

Trstena won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and also won the silver medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.{{cite book |last=Singh |first=H |date=2004 |title=33 Olympic Games |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eHlabC50q5AC&pg=PA187 |publisher=Discovery Publishing House |isbn= 9788171417643}}{{cite book |last1=Heijmans |first1=Jeroen |last2=Mallon |first2=Bill |date=2011 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mM0XzW03AcC&pg=PA211 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7249-3 }} Trstena is currently the youngest to win any wrestling gold at the Olympics, being 19 years of age at the Los Angeles Olympics.{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=Alan |date=12 August 2008 |title= Russian teen Albiev wins 60 kg wrestling gold|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Sport/Russian-teen-Albiev-wins-60-kg-wrestling-gold/Article1-330695.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407095428/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Sport/Russian-teen-Albiev-wins-60-kg-wrestling-gold/Article1-330695.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 April 2014 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |agency=Associated Press }}

He would win in his wrestling career the 1984 European Championship and the 1990 European Wrestling Championship in Poznan. Trstena also won gold beating the then World Champion Valentin Yordanov.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25RnAm-mGrI|title=Saban Trstena v. Jordanov 1984 European Championships|website=YouTube}} Trstena would then win silver in 1983, 1985, 1986, and the bronze in 1982 and 1988.

In the 1982 World Wrestling Championships, Trstena reached bronze. During the three times he competed in the Mediterranean or Balkan Games, he won gold in all three. He has been pronounced the best Macedonian athlete many times and once, in 1984 the best athlete of Yugoslavia. In 2000 he has been also pronounced the best Albanian athlete of the last century. He has won 715 matches out of 741 fights. He participated in 42 tournaments in the world winning 30 gold medals, the remainder being silver and bronze. At the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996 he won the fifth place.