Tajmuraz Salkazanov Explained

Tajmuraz Salkazanov
Headercolor:Gold
Birth Name:Салказанов Таймураз Маирбекович
Full Name:Taimuraz Mairbekovich Salkazanov
Nationality:Ossetian
Birth Date:1996 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Karman-Sindzikau, Digorsky District, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia
Height:172 cm
Country: (2014–2015)
(2018–)
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:74kg
Event:Freestyle
Worlds: (2019) (2021) (2022)
Regionals: (2021) (2022) (2023) (2024)
Show-Medals:Yes
Medaltemplates: All-World Team

Tajmuraz Mairbekovich Salkazanov (Russian: Таймураз Маирбекович Салказанов, Ossetian; Ossetic: Салхъазанты Мæирбеджы фырт Таймураз; born 6 April 1996) is a Slovak naturalized freestyle wrestler of Russian origins and Ossetian ethnicity who competes at 74 kilograms.[1] [2] He has represented Slovakia since 2018, and has been a four-time European champion at 74kg.[3]

Career

Salkazanov won the gold medal in the men's 70kg event at the 2018 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. In 2019, he won a bronze medal in the men's 79kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[4] [5] In 2020, Salkazanov won a bronze medal in the 74kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6] [7]

In March 2021, Salkazanov competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8] He did not qualify at this tournament, and he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9]

In April 2021, Salkazanov claimed the 2021 European Championship.[10] [11]

In 2022, Salkazanov won the gold medal in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[12] He won the silver medal in the men's 74kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13] [14]

Salkazanov won the gold medal by defeating Frank Chamizo of Italy 3-1 in the men's freestyle 74kg final match at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. He reached the final by defeating Rasul Shapiev of Macedonia 5-0 in the second round, Armenian Hrayr Alikhanyan 3-0 in the quarterfinals and Georgian Avtandil Kentchadze 5-1 in the semifinals.[15]

Salkazanov won the gold medal in the men's 74kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[16] He defeated Soner Demirtaş of Turkey in his gold medal match.[16] Salkazanov competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[17] He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[17] Salkazanov later qualified for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.[18] [19] He competed in the men's freestyle 74kg event at the Olympics.[20]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2019World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rdFreestyle 79kg
2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland1stFreestyle 74kg
World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway2ndFreestyle 74kg
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 1stFreestyle 74kg
World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia2ndFreestyle 74kg
2023European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia1stFreestyle 74kg
2024European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania1stFreestyle 74kg

Freestyle record

! colspan="7"| Senior Freestyle Matches|-! Res.! Record! Opponent! Score! Date! Event! Location|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|69–17|align=left| Soner Demirtaş|style="font-size:88%"|5-0|style="font-size:88%"|18 February 2024|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2024 European Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Bucharest, Romania|-|Win|68–17|align=left| Turan Bayramov|style="font-size:88%"|7-1|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|117 February 2024|-|Win|67–17|align=left| Mohammad Mottaghinia|style="font-size:88%"|4-1|-|Win|66–17|align=left| Hayk Papikyan|style="font-size:88%"|2-1|-|Win|65–17|align=left| Akhmed Usmanov|style="font-size:88%"|4-0|style="font-size:88%"|3 November 2023|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|PWL: Dagestan vs. North Ossetia |style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Moscow, Russia|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|64–17|align=left| Georgios Kougioumtsidis|style="font-size:88%"|4-3|style="font-size:88%"|17 September 2023|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2023 World Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Belgrade, Serbia|-|Win|64–16|align=left| Rasul Shapiev|style="font-size:88%"|4-3|style="font-size:88%"|17 September 2023|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2023 World Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Belgrade, Serbia|-|Win|63–16|align=left| Vasile Diacon|style="font-size:88%"|8-2|style="font-size:88%"|17 September 2023|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2023 World Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Belgrade, Serbia|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|62–16|align=left| Frank Chamizo|style="font-size:88%"|3-1|style="font-size:88%"|19 April 2023|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2023 European Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Zagreb, Croatia|-|Win|61–16|align=left| Avtandil Kentchadze|style="font-size:88%"|5-1|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|18 April 2023|-|Win|60–16|align=left| Hrayr Alikhanyan|style="font-size:88%"|3-0|-|Win|59–16|align=left| Rasul Shapiev|style="font-size:88%"|5–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|58–16|align=left| Kojiro Shiga|style="font-size:88%"|6-10|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|1 February 2023|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|Zagreb Grand Prix 2023|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2| Zagreb, Croatia|-|Loss|58–15|align=left| Younes Emami|style="font-size:88%"|0-6|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|58–14|align=left| Giorgi Sulava|style="font-size:88%"|10-0|style="font-size:88%"|11 December 2022|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|Wrestling World Cup|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Coralville, Iowa|-|Win|57–14|align=left| Mohammed Firouzpour|style="font-size:88%"|9-0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|10 December 2022|-|Win|56-14|align=left| Kirin Kinoshita|style="font-size:88%"|10-0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|55–14|align=left| Kyle Dake|style="font-size:88%"|1-3|style="font-size:88%"|17 September 2022|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2022 World Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Belgrade, Serbia|-|Win|55–13|align=left| Frank Chamizo|style="font-size:88%"|3-0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|16 September 2022|-|Win|54-13|align=left| Soner Demirtaş|style="font-size:88%"|3-1|-|Win|53–13|align=left| Daichi Takatani|style="font-size:88%"|3-1|-|Win|52–13|align=left| Cesar Alvan|style="font-size:88%"|13-0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|51–13|align=left| Turan Bayramov|style="font-size:88%"|4-0|style="font-size:88%"|25 June 2022|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|Matteo Pellicone 2022|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Rome, Italy|-|Win|50–13|align=left| Fazlı Eryılmaz|style="font-size:88%"|WO|-|Win|49–13|align=left| Dmitri Jioevi|style="font-size:88%"|7-1|-|Win|48–13|align=left| Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev|style="font-size:88%"|3-2|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|47–13|align=left| Bat-Erdeniin Byambadorj|style="font-size:88%"|8-0|style="font-size:88%"|5 June 2022|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|Bolat Turlykhanov Ranking Series 2022|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3| Almaty, Kazakhstan|-|Win|46–13|align=left| Nurkozha Kaipanov|style="font-size:88%"|3-1|-|Win|45–13|align=left| Ikhtiyor Navruzov|style="font-size:88%"|3-0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|44–13|align=left| Frank Chamizo|style="font-size:88%"|7-5|style="font-size:88%"|30 March 2022|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2022 European Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Budapest, Hungary|-|Win|43–13|align=left| Turan Bayramov|style="font-size:88%"|8-2|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|29 March 2022|-|Win|42–13|align=left| Zurab Kapraev|style="font-size:88%"|12-1|-|Win|41–13|align=left| Kamil Rybicki|style="font-size:88%"|5–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|40–13|align=left| Kyle Dake|style="font-size:88%"|3–7|style="font-size:88%"|3 October 2021|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2021 World Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Oslo, Norway|-|Win|40–12|align=left| Avtandil Kentchadze|style="font-size:88%"|5–0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2 October 2021|-|Win|39–12|align=left| Timur Bizhoev|style="font-size:88%"|2–2|-|Win|38–12|align=left| Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev|style="font-size:88%"|3–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|37–12|align=left| Vitali Ihnatovich|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|10–12 September 2021|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2021 Alexander Medved Prizes|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3| Minsk, Belarus|-|Loss|36–12|align=left| Magoma Dibirgadzhiev|style="font-size:88%"|6–8|-|Win|36–11|align=left| Timur Nikolaev|style="font-size:88%"|3–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 | |-|Win|35–11|align=left| Arsalan Budazhapov|style="font-size:88%"|5–2|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|6–7 May 2021|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Sofia, Bulgaria|-|Loss|34–11|align=left| Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov|style="font-size:88%"|2–13|-|Win|34–10|align=left| Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev |style="font-size:88%"|6–4|-|Win|33–10|align=left| Zurab Kapraev|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|-|Win|32–10|align=left| Marc Dietsche|style="font-size:88%"|TF 12–2|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|31–10|align=left| Miroslav Kirov|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|20–21 April 2021|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2021 European Continental Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Warsaw, Poland|-|Win|30–10|align=left| Razambek Zhamalov|style="font-size:88%"|6–5|-|Win|29–10|align=left| Avtandil Kentchadze|style="font-size:88%"|6–5|-|Win|28–10|align=left| Frank Chamizo |style="font-size:88%"|6–2|-|Win|27–10|align=left| Marc Dietsche|style="font-size:88%"|5-2|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|26–10|align=left| Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev|style="font-size:88%"|Fall|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|18 March 2021|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2| Budapest, Hungary|-|Win|26–9|align=left| Erik Reinbok|style="font-size:88%"|8–1|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|25–9|align=left| Murad Kuramagomedov|style="font-size:88%"|2–2|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|12–18 December 2020|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2020 Individual World Cup|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Belgrade, Serbia|-|Loss|24–9|align=left| Razambek Zhamalov|style="font-size:88%"|0–5|-|Win|24–8|align=left| Maxim Vasilioglo|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|-|Win|23–8|align=left| Denys Pavlov|style="font-size:88%"|7–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|22–8|align=left| Galymzhan Usserbayev|style="font-size:88%"|3–2|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|21–22 September 2019|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2019 World Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan|-|Loss|21–8|align=left| Jabrayil Hasanov|style="font-size:88%"|3–4|-|Win|21–7|align=left| Jitender Kumar|style="font-size:88%"|4–0|-|Win|20–7|align=left| Dorjvaanchigiin Gombodorj |style="font-size:88%"|2–1|-|Win|19–7|align=left| Ayoub Barraj|style="font-size:88%"|7–1|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|18–7|align=left| Yakup Gör|style="font-size:88%"|7–5|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|11–14 July 2019|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2019 Yasar Dogu International|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Istanbul, Turkey|-|Win|17–7|align=left| Csaba Vida|style="font-size:88%"|TF 12–2|-|Loss|16–7|align=left| Jordan Burroughs|style="font-size:88%"|4–6|-|Win|16–6|align=left| Azat Sakayev|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|15–6|align=left| David Baev|style="font-size:88%"|9–1|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|12–18 November 2018|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2018 U23 World Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Bucharest, Romania|-|Win|14–6|align=left| Oleksii Boruta|style="font-size:88%"|9–0|-|Win|13–6|align=left| Jintaro Motoyama|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|-|Win|12–6|align=left| Naveen|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|11–6|align=left| Zurabi Iakobishvili|style="font-size:88%"|1–2|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|22 October 2018|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|2018 World Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2| Budapest, Hungary|-|Win|11–5|align=left| Younes Emami|style="font-size:88%"|7–7|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|10–5|align=left| Konstantin Khabalashvili|style="font-size:88%"|4–0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|3–5 July 2018|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Tbilisi, Georgia|-|Loss|9–5|align=left| Zurabi Iakobishvili|style="font-size:88%"|3–7|-|Win|9–4|align=left| Giorgi Sulava|style="font-size:88%"|TF 11–0|-|Win|8–4|align=left| Aidyn Tazhigali|style="font-size:88%"|TF 14–4|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|7–4|align=left| Giorgi Sulava|style="font-size:88%"|2–2|style="font-size:88%" |8 June 2018|style="font-size:88%" |2018 U23 European Continental Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" | Istanbul, Turkey|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|7–3|align=left| Ramazan Ramazanov|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|14–18 May 2018|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2018 Ali Aliev Memorial|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Kaspiysk, Dagestan|-|Loss|6–3|align=left| Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev|style="font-size:88%"|5–6|-|Win|6–2|align=left| Ildus Giniyatullin|style="font-size:88%"|5–2|-|Win|5–2|align=left| Mansur Syrgak Uulu|style="font-size:88%"|8–0|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|4–2|align=left| Zurabi Iakobishvili|style="font-size:88%"|2–6|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|4 May 2018|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2|2018 European Continental Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2| Kaspiysk, Dagestan|-|Win|4–1|align=left| George Bucur|style="font-size:88%"|Fall|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Win|3–1|align=left| Enes Uslu|style="font-size:88%"|4–1|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|22–25 March 2018|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2018 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4| Sofia, Bulgaria|-|Loss|2–1|align=left| Ilyas Bekbulatov|style="font-size:88%"||-|Win|2–0|align=left| George Bucur|style="font-size:88%"||-|Win|1–0|align=left| Giorgi Sulava|style="font-size:88%"||-

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eric. Akgul Bests Geno and Salkazanov Shocks 74kg Field in Warsaw. 2021-04-21. United World Wrestling. English.
  2. Web site: ЧЕ-2021, второй день: доминирование россиян и сенсационные результаты в весе до 74 кг — Федерация спортивной борьбы России. 2021-04-21. wrestrus.ru.
  3. Web site: 2023-04-19 . Akgül prevails in heavyweight final at European Wrestling Championships . 2023-09-23 . www.insidethegames.biz.
  4. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  5. News: Zápasenie-MS: Slovenský reprezentant Tajmuraz Salkazanov získal bronz. 22 September 2019. Sport.sk. 12 April 2020. sk.
  6. 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.
  7. News: Shefferd. Neil. 17 December 2020. Russia claim four freestyle golds as UWW Individual World Cup continues. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 March 2021.
  8. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
  9. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
  10. Web site: 21 April 2021. Russia claim three more golds at European Wrestling Championships. 22 April 2021. www.insidethegames.biz.
  11. 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.
  12. Web site: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW . 25 June 2022 . 25 June 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  13. News: Iveson . Ali . 17 September 2022 . Dake and Ghasempour retain wrestling world titles in Belgrade . InsideTheGames.biz . 17 September 2022.
  14. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  15. Web site: European Championships. United World Wrestling.
  16. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  17. 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.
  18. Web site: World OG Qualifier 2024 wrestling results . 2024-05-16 . uww.org . en.
  19. Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  20. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.

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