Buvaisar Saitiev
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Buvaisar Saitiev |
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| Gold | Atlanta 1996 | 74 kg freestyle | |
| Gold | Athens 2004 | 74 kg freestyle | |
Buvaisar Hamidovich Saitiev, also spelled Buvaysa Hamidovich Saytiev, (Chechen: Бувайса Хамидович Сайтиев) (born in March 11, 1975 in Khasavyurt, Dagestan) is a Chechen wrestler who has won eight world-level gold medals in freestyle wrestling.
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[edit] Life
In 1992, Buvaisar left his hometown of Khasavyurt, Dagestan in order to train at a prestigious wrestling center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. Soon after graduating from the training center, Saitiev began his quest to represent Russia on the world stage.
[edit] Wrestling Career
Saitiev has won eight world-level gold medals. He is a six-time world champion and a two-time Olympic champion.
[edit] 1995
- Saitiev won a world gold medal at 74 kg.
[edit] 1996
- Saitiev won an Olympic gold medal at 74 kg. He won the title after defeating Park Jang-Soon of South Korea in the championship match by a score of 5-0.
- Saitiev was named the Freestyle Wrestler of the Year by the International Wrestling Federation
[edit] 1997
- Saitiev won a world gold medal at 76 kg.
[edit] 1998
- Saitiev won a world gold medal at 76 kg.
- Saitiev was named the Freestyle Wrestler of the Year by the International Wrestling Federation
The championship was in Iran
[edit] 1999
- Saitiev did not compete in the world championships. Instead, Russia was represented by Saitiev's brother Adam Saitiev at 76 kg. Adam Saitiev won the gold.
[edit] 2000
- Saitiev won a European gold medal at 76 kg.
- Saitiev placed ninth at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney after being upset by American Brandon Slay. Slay who was eventually awarded the gold at 76 kg.
[edit] 2001
- Saitiev won a European gold medal at 76 kg.
- Saitiev won a world gold medal at 76 kg.
[edit] 2002
- Saitiev did not compete at the world championships in 2002.
[edit] 2003
- Saitiev won a world gold medal at 74 kg.
[edit] 2004
- Saitiev won an Olympic gold medal at 74 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by defeating Kazakh Gennadiy Laliyev by a score of 7-0.[[1]
[edit] 2005
- Saitiev won a world gold medal at 74 kg.
[edit] 2006
- Saitiev wrestled at the world championships with a rib injury and did not place.
[edit] Other Honors
Buvaisar has been decorated with the Order of Friendship by the Russian president.
[edit] Plans
Buvaisar has been training in Krasnoyarsk for the past several years. On February 14, 2007, Newslab reported that he had resumed training after a neck-bone trauma. [2] He intends to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
[edit] Trivia
- Buvaisar is a supporter and friend of Chechen warlord-turned-president Ramzan Kadyrov. Kommersant reported on March 22, 2007 that Buvaisar had visited Kadyrov in a Moscow hotel to offer advice to the new Chechen leader. [3]
- His younger brother Adam Saitiev won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
