Aniuar Borisovich Geduev (Russian: Аниуар Борисович Гедуев, Kabardian: Джэду Борис и къуэ Iэниуар; born 26 January 1987) is a Russian former freestyle wrestler of Circassian Kabardian ancestry.

Aniuar Geduev
Аниуар Гедуев
2016 Olympic Games
Personal information
Full nameAniuar Borisovich Geduev
National team Russia
CitizenshipRussian
Born (1987-01-26) January 26, 1987 (age 37)
Psygansy, Urvansky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
CountryKabardino-Balkaria, Russia
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubCSKA Wrestling Club
CSC Nalchik
Coached byAlan Kaziev, Arsen Khasanov, Anvar Magomedov
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 74 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Las Vegas 74 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 74 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tbilisi 74 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Vantaa 74 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Moscow 74 kg

Career

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Geduev competed in the 74 kg division at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships and the 2014 European Wrestling Championships, winning gold medals in both competitions.[1] In the gold-medal match at the 2015 European Games he defeated Soner Demirtaş of Turkey by technical fall (10–0). Geduev claimed his first world medal later that year, winning bronze at the World Wrestling Championships in 2015. In the rematch of the 2016 Russian Nationals, he beat the three-time world champion Denis Tsargush and won the Olympic Team Trials. He competed at the 2016 Olympics. After his win over Bekzod Abdurakhmonov of Uzbekistan in the opening round, he beat Jordan Burroughs of United States in the quarterfinals. He then beat Jabrayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan to claim his spot in the finals. He lost his final match to the Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani and was awarded the silver medal.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Geduev, Aniuar (RUS) Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, International Wrestling Database
  2. ^ "Burroughs, Four Other World Champs Tumble on First Day of Freestyle Wrestling at Rio 2016 | United World Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
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