Buvaisar Saitiev

Buvaisar Hamidovich Saitiev, also spelled Buvaysar Hamidovich Saytiev, (Russian: Бувайсар Хамидович Сайтиев, Chechen: Сайт КIант Бувайса) (born March 11, 1975) is a Russian retired freestyle wrestler of Chechen heritage, who represented Russia, and won nine world-level gold medals in freestyle wrestling (second most, behind Aleksandr Medved's ten). He is widely considered as the greatest freestyle wrestler of all time. He currently is an acting State Duma Deputy from Dagestan.

Buvaisar Saitiev
Personal information
Born (1975-03-11) March 11, 1975
Khasavyurt, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubMindiashvili wrestling academy
Coached byDmitri Mindiashvili
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing  Russia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 - -
World Championships 6 - -
European Championships 6 - -
Total 15 0 0
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta74 kg
2004 Athens74 kg
2008 Beijing74 kg
World Championships
Atlanta 199574 kg
Krasnoyarsk 199776 kg
Tehran 199876 kg
Sofia 200176 kg
New York 200374 kg
Budapest 200574 kg
European Championships
Budapest 199674 kg
Warsaw 199776 kg
Bratislava 199885 kg
Budapest 200076 kg
Budapest 200176 kg
Moscow 200674 kg
World Cup
Edmonton 199474 kg
Updated on 5 September 2014.
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