Buvaisar Saitiev

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Buvaisar Hamidovich SaitievTemplate:Efn (Template:Langx, Template:Langx; 11 March 1975 – 2 March 2025) was a Russian wrestler and politician. His total of nine world-level gold medals (three Olympics, six World Championships) in freestyle wrestling is second highest, behind Aleksandr Medved's 10. Saitiev is widely considered to be the greatest freestyle wrestler of all time;[1][2][3][4] in 2007, he and Greco-Roman practitioner Aleksandr Karelin were voted the best wrestlers in the history of the sport by FILA.[5]

After his retirement from competition, Saitiev served as an acting deputy from Dagestan in the 7th State Duma from 2016 until he stepped down in 2021. In 2015, he became the President of the Chechen Wrestling Federation, a position he held until his death in 2025.[6][7]

Personal life

Saitiev was born in Khasavyurt, Dagestan on 11 March 1975, and was of Chechen descent.[8] Saitiev left his hometown in 1992 in order to train at a prestigious wrestling center in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. His younger brother Adam Saitiev later followed in his footsteps.

Soon after graduating from the training center, Saitiev began his quest to represent Russia on the world stage. Saitiev was decorated with the Order of Friendship by the Russian president. His younger brother Adam Saitiev, also a wrestler, won gold in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Saitiev's life philosophy was heavily influenced by Nobel Prize-winning poet Boris Pasternak. Saitiev repeated Pasternak's poem, "It is not seemly to be famous,"[9] before every match, and according to Saitiev, the poem defined his life both inside and outside of wrestling.[10]

Saitiev had three sons and one daughter.[11]

Death

Saitiev died in Moscow on 2 March 2025, at the age of 49.[12][13] Executive director of the Russian Wrestling Federation, Makhmud Magomedov, stated that Saitiev died of cardiac arrest, and Russia's minister of sport Mikhail Degtyarev said Saitiev had been ill, frequently visiting medical centres. Saitiev's widow, Indira, stated Saitiev had fallen out of a second-storey window before his death. Russian outlet Template:Ill reported that a janitor found Saitiev lying injured on the ground near a residence on Minskaya Street, and called for an ambulance. Baza said Saitiev later died in hospital. Newsweek stated that they could not independently verify Baza's claims.[14] Saitiev's death created an outpouring of grief. Khabib Nurmagomedov wrote on social media that "Saitiev inspired millions of children around the world", and Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Republic, said Saitiev was "not only a legendary athlete, but also a man of high honour." Kadyrov announced three days of mourning in Chechnya in honour of Saitiev. Saitiev was a practicing Muslim and was buried next to his father in his hometown of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, following Muslim tradition.[8]

Wrestling career

Saitiev won nine World-level gold medals. He was a six-time World champion and a three-time Olympic champion. His senior level international career began in 1994 and continued on through the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In thirteen years, he competed in eleven World or Olympic championship tournaments, winning nine gold medals at those events and losing only two bouts. Saitiev won at the World championships in 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2005, and at the Olympics in 1996, 2004 and 2008.

In 1999, Saitiev did not wrestle at the World championships, instead his weight class was represented by his younger brother Adam Saitiev, who went on to win the gold medal. Saitiev also did not compete at the World Championships in 2002. In 2007, according to media reports, Saitiev's training in was hampered by a neck injury.

Despite his success, Saitiev suffered a number of losses in his senior career. He suffered his first loss in his senior career at the 1994 World Wrestling Cup to Davoud Ghanbari.[15] At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Saitiev lost to Brandon Slay.[16] Saitiev lost to Magomed Isagadzhiev at the 2002 Russian Nationals.[17][18] Saitiev then lost to Mihail Ganev at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships.[19] Saitiev lost at the 2007 Russian Nationals to Makhach Murtazaliev.[20] He then lost at the 2008 Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix, also to Murtazaliev.[21]

His Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics was his last wrestling competition and the final of his nine total World or Olympic level championships.

Match results

World Championships & Olympics
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2008 Summer Olympics Template:Gold1 at 74kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win 46-2 Template:Flagicon Soslan Tigiev 0–1, 1–0, 3–1 August 12, 2008 2008 Olympic Games Template:Flagicon Beijing, China
Win 45-2 Template:Flagicon Kiril Terziev Fall
Win 44-2 Template:Flagicon Iván Fundora 2-0, 2-1
Win 43-2 Template:Flagicon Ahmet Gülhan 1-0, 4-0
Win 42-2 Template:Flagicon Cho Byung-kwan 1-0, 7-2
2006 World Championships 8th at 74kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Loss 41-2 Template:Flagicon Mihail Ganev 3-0, 2-2, 1-1 September 27, 2006 2006 World Wrestling Championships Template:Flagicon Guangzhou, China
Win 41-1 Template:Flagicon Iván Fundora 5-3, 7-2
Win 40-1 Template:Flagicon Maximo Blanco 4-1, 5-0
2005 World Championships Template:Gold1 at 74kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win 39-1 Template:Flagicon Árpád Ritter 3-0, 3-1 September 26, 2005 2005 World Wrestling Championships Template:Flagicon Budapest, Hungary
Win 38-1 Template:Flagicon Mehdi Hajizadeh 6-0, 5-3
Win 37-1 Template:Flagicon Salvatore Rinella 6-1, 5-0
Win 36-1 Template:Flagicon Nikolay Paslar 3-0, 3-1
Win 35-1 Template:Flagicon Malak Mohamed Osman 2-0, 9-0
2004 Summer Olympics Template:Gold1 at 74kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win 34-1 Template:Flagicon Gennadiy Laliyev 7-0 August 26, 2004 2004 Olympic Games Template:Flagicon Athens, Greece
Win 33-1 Template:Flagicon Krystian Brzozowski 8-0
Win 32-1 Template:Flagicon Murad Gaidarov 3-2
Win 31-1 Template:Flagicon Emzarios Bentinidis 6-1
Win 30-1 Template:Flagicon Árpád Ritter 8-2
2003 World Championships Template:Gold1 at 74kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win 29-1 Template:Flagicon Murad Gaidarov 2-2 September 12, 2003 2003 World Wrestling Championships Template:Flagicon New York City, United States
Win 28-1 Template:Flagicon Hadi Habibi 6-3
Win 27-1 Template:Flagicon Talgat Ilyasov 9-1
Win 26-1 Template:Flagicon Nikolay Paslar 4-1
Win 25-1 Template:Flagicon Jean Bernard Diatta Tech. Fall
2001 World Championships Template:Gold1 at 76kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win 24-1 Template:Flagicon Moon Eui-jae 3-2 November 22, 2001 2001 World Wrestling Championships Template:Flagicon Sofia, Bulgaria
Win 23-1 Template:Flagicon Joe Williams 5-4
Win 22-1 Template:Flagicon Revaz Mindorashvili 3-2
Win 21-1 Template:Flagicon Kunihiko Obata 7-0
Win 20-1 Template:Flagicon Ruslan Khinchagov 4-3
2000 Summer Olympics 9th at 76kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Loss 19-1 Template:Flagicon Brandon Slay 3-4 September 28, 2000 2000 Olympic Games Template:Flagicon Sydney
Win 19-0 Template:Flagicon Plamen Paskalev 8-2
1998 World Championships Template:Gold1 at 76kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win 18-0 Template:Flagicon Moon Eui-jae 3-0 September 7, 1998 1998 World Wrestling Championships Template:Flagicon Tehran, Iran
Win 17-0 Template:Flagicon Marcin Jurecki Fall
Win 16-0 Template:Flagicon Alexander Kahniasvili Tech. Fall
Win 15-0 Template:Flagicon Victor Peikov Tech. Fall
1997 World Championships Template:Gold1 at 76kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win 14-0 Template:Flagicon Alexander Leipold 3-1 August 29, 1997 1997 World Wrestling Championships Template:Flagicon Krasnojarsk, Russia
Win 13-0 Template:Flagicon Moon Eui-jae 6-2
Win 12-0 Template:Flagicon David Bichinashvili 7-0
Win 11-0 Template:Flagicon Arpad Ritter 6-0
Win 10-0 Template:Flagicon Nicholas Ugoalah Fall
1996 Summer Olympics Template:Gold1 at 74kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win 9-0 Template:Flagicon Park Jang-soon 5-0 July 30, 1996 1996 Olympic Games Template:Flagicon Atlanta, United States
Win 8-0 Template:Flagicon Kenny Monday 6-1
Win 7-0 Template:Flagicon Alexander Leipold 3-1
Win 6-0 Template:Flagicon Issa Momeni 8-0
1995 World Championships Template:Gold1 at 74kgScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Win 5-0 Template:Flagicon Alexander Leipold 3-2 August 10, 1995 1995 World Wrestling Championships Template:Flagicon Atlanta, United States
Win 4-0 Template:Flagicon Magomed Salam Gadshiev 3-0
Win 3-0 Template:Flagicon Victor Peikov 12-3
Win 2-0 Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Walencik Fall
Win 1-0 Template:Flagicon Alberto Rodríguez Tech. Fall

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External links

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