Aniuar Geduev Explained

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Aniuar Geduev
Аниуар Гедуев
Fullname:Aniuar Borisovich Geduev
Ethnicity:(Kabardian)
Citizenship:Russian
Birth Date:January 26, 1987
Birth Place:Psygansy, Urvansky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Residence:Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria
Height:1.75m (05.74feet)
Weight:79 kg
Country:Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Freestyle
Club:CSKA Wrestling Club
CSC Nalchik
Coach:Alan Kaziev, Arsen Khasanov, Anvar Magomedov
Show-Medals:yes

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

Career

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=3DFC1FC0C13C4A24B974351C9AC56994 Geduev, Aniuar (RUS)
  2. Web site: Burroughs, Four Other World Champs Tumble on First Day of Freestyle Wrestling at Rio 2016 | United World Wrestling . 2016-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160921153706/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/burroughs-four-other-world-champs-tumble-on-first-day-of-freestyle-wrestling-at-rio-2016 . 2016-09-21 . dead .