Ibrahim Saidau Ибрагим Саидов | |
Birth Name: | Ibragim Magomedovich Saidov |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1985 |
Birth Place: | Kokrek, Khasavyurtovsky District, Dagestan, Soviet Union |
Height: | 175 cm |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Weight Class: | 97-125 kg |
Event: | Freestyle |
Education: | Dagestan State University |
Club: | Dynamo Makhachkala (RUS)[1] Grodno (BEL) |
Coach: | Imanmurza Aliev |
Ibragim Magomedovich Saidov' (Russian: Ибрагим Магомедович Саидов; born March 9, 1985) is a Russian and Belarusian freestyle wrestler of Avar heritage. He won a bronze medal in the 125 kg weight division at the 2016 Olympics.[2]
Saidau took up wrestling in 2000 in Khasavyurt, following his elder brother. He served a doping-related ban imposed by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency between May 2012 and June 2014. After the ban ended he represented Belarus.[3]