Milad Alirzaev Explained

Milad Alirzaev
Full Name:	Milad Valerikovich Alirzaev
Nationality:	Russia
Birth Place:	Rutulsky District, Dagestan, Russia
Weight:	87 kg.
Sport:	Amateur wrestling
Event:	Greco-Roman

Milad Valerikovich Alirzaev (Russian: Милад Валерикович Алирзаев; born 13 June 1998) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 82 kg event at the World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary.^[1] He won the gold medal in the 82 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[2]

In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the 87kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.^{[3] [4]}

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for the Individual Neutral Athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[5] In July 2024, the Russian Wrestling Federation announced that Russian wrestlers would not take part after a unanimous decision to refuse to participate.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228051956/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/u23_senior_world_championships_final-book.pdf. 28 December 2019. 8 August 2020. United World Wrestling.
2. Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf. 18 December 2020. 18 December 2020. United World Wrestling.
3. News: Shefferd. Neil. 24 April 2021. Russia claim two golds in men's Greco-Roman finals at European Wrestling Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 24 April 2021.
4. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf. 25 April 2021. 25 April 2021. United World Wrestling.
5. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
6. News: 6 July 2024 . Russian wrestlers refuse to participate in Paris Games . 7 July 2024 . Reuters.