Buvaisar Saitiev

Buvaisar Saitiev
Saitiev in 2008
Personal information
Born(1975-03-11)11 March 1975
Khasavyurt, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died2 March 2025(2025-03-02) (aged 49)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubMindiashvili wrestling academy
Coached byDmitri Mindiashvili
Retired2008
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 - -
World Championships 6 - -
Wrestling World Cup - - 1
European Championships 6 - -
Total 15 0 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 74 kg
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 74 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 74 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place Atlanta 1995 74 kg
Gold medal – first place Krasnoyarsk 1997 76 kg
Gold medal – first place Tehran 1998 76 kg
Gold medal – first place Sofia 2001 76 kg
Gold medal – first place New York 2003 74 kg
Gold medal – first place Budapest 2005 74 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place Budapest 1996 74 kg
Gold medal – first place Warsaw 1997 76 kg
Gold medal – first place Bratislava 1998 85 kg
Gold medal – first place Budapest 2000 76 kg
Gold medal – first place Budapest 2001 76 kg
Gold medal – first place Moscow 2006 74 kg
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place Edmonton 1994 74 kg

Buvaisar Hamidovich Saitiev[a] (Russian: Бувайсар Хамидович Сайтиев, Chechen: Сайт КIант Бувайса; 11 March 1975 – 2 March 2025) was a Russian wrestler and politician. His total of nine world-level gold medals (three Olympics, six World Championships) in freestyle wrestling is second highest, behind Aleksandr Medved's 10. Saitiev is widely considered to be the greatest freestyle wrestler of all time;[1][2][3][4] in 2007, he and Greco-Roman practitioner Aleksandr Karelin were voted the best wrestlers in the history of the sport by FILA.[5]

After his retirement from competition, Saitiev served as an acting deputy from Dagestan in the 7th State Duma from 2016 until he stepped down in 2021. In 2015, he became the President of the Chechen Wrestling Federation, a position he held until his death in 2025.[6][7]


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  1. ^ "Olympics-Russian wrestler Saitiev abandons comeback attempt". Reuters. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ^ R, Coach Mike (27 June 2014). "The greatest wrestler ever, Buvaisar Saitiev, flattens a toddler". SB Nation. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ UFC Fight Night 35 fact grinder, SB Nation, Retrieved June 18, 2014
  4. ^ Wyman, Patrick. "Why Are UFC Champions Hanging Out With An Accused Russian War Criminal?". Deadspin. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Karelin and Saitiyev named world's best wrestlers". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Умер трехкратный олимпийский чемпион по борьбе Бувайсар Сайтиев, ему было 49 лет". Главные новости в России и мире - RTVI (in Russian). 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Возглавлял Федерацию спортивной борьбы Чеченской Республики". Газета.Ru (in Russian). 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.

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