Aniuar Geduev

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Borisovich and the family name is Geduev.
Aniuar Geduev
Аниуар Гедуев
Personal information
Full name Aniuar Borisovich Geduev
National team  Russia
Ethnicity Circassian (Kabardian)
Citizenship Russian
Born (1987-01-26) January 26, 1987
Psygansy, Urvansky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Residence Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Club CSKA Wrestling Club
CSC Nalchik
Coached by Alan Kaziev, Arsen Khasanov, Anvar Magomedov

Aniuar Borisovich Geduev (Russian: Аниуар Борисович Гедуев, Kabardian: Джэду Борис и къуэ Iэниуар; born 26 January 1987) is a Russian freestyle wrestler.

Career

Geduev competed in the 74 kg division at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships and the 2014 European Wrestling Championships, winning gold medals in both competitions. Thus he is a two-time European defending champion.[1] In the gold-medal match at the 2015 European Games he defeated Soner Demirtaş of Turkey by technical fall (10–0). Geduev has incredible physical strength, his bench press is 125 kg, and deadlift more than 280 kilograms.

For the first time in his career, he won a bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships in 2015. In the rematch of the 2016 Russian Nationals, he beat the three-time world champion Denis Tsargush and won the Olympic Team Trials. He competed at the 2016 Olympics. After his win over Bekzod Abdurakhmonov of Uzbekistan he beat Jordan Burroughs of United States in the quarterfinals, then he beat Jabrayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan and at the end he lost his final match to the Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani and got the silver medal.[2]

References


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