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Adlan Varayev Адлан Вараев | |
Fullname: | Adlan Abuevich Varayev |
Nationality: | Russian |
Birth Date: | 1962 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sadovoe, Groznensky District, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Height: | 170 cm |
Weight: | 74 kg |
Country: | Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union (now Chechnya, Russia) |
Sport: | Freestyle wrestling |
Club: | Soviet Army, Grozny |
Coach: | Degi Bagaev, Aslanbek Dzgoev |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Adlan Abuevich Varayev (Russian: Адлан Абуевич Вараев; 2 January 1962 – 4 May 2016) was a Russian-Chechen welterweight freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal at the 1988 Olympics. He won the 1987 World Championships, beating Dave Schultz in the final, and placed second in 1986. Varayev held the European welterweight title in 1986–1988. After retiring from competitions worked as a wrestling coach and administrator. He trained the Russian national freestyle team and served as vice-president of the Russian Wrestling Federation.[1] He drowned after a bad fall into the Argun River.