Aniuar Borisovich Geduev (russian: Аниуар Борисович Гедуев, ; born 26 January 1987) is a

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freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

of Circassian Kabardian ancestry.

Career

Geduev competed in the 74 kg division at the

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and the

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, winning gold medals in both competitions. In the gold-medal match at the

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he defeated

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of Turkey by technical fall (10–0). Geduev claimed his first world medal later that year, winning bronze at the

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in 2015. In the rematch of the 2016 Russian Nationals, he beat the three-time world champion

Denis Tsargush Denís Tsargúsh ( ab, Дени́с Царгәы́ш, IPA /dɛˈnis t͡sʰɑrˈgʷɨʂ/, born 1 September 1987 in Gudauta, Abkhazia, Georgia, also known as Dinislam Tsargush, is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Abkhaz descent. He is a three-time ...

and won the Olympic Team Trials. He competed at the 2016 Olympics. After his win over

Bekzod Abdurakhmonov Bekzod Makhamadzhonovich Abdurakhmonov (russian: Бекзод Махамаджонович Абдурахмонов; born 15 March 1990) is an Uzbekistani freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Ga ...

of Uzbekistan in the opening round, he beat

Jordan Burroughs Jordan Ernest Burroughs (born July 8, 1988) is an American freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 79 kilograms, and previously competed at 74 kilos. In freestyle, he was the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, is ...

of United States in the quarterfinals. He then beat

Jabrayil Hasanov Jabrayil Hasanov ( az, Cəbrayıl Həsənov, born on 24 February 1990 in Suparibağ, Astara, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union) is a male freestyle wrestler from Azerbaijan who has competed in the 66, 74 and 79 kg categories. ...

of Azerbaijan to claim his spot in the finals. He lost his final match to the Iranian wrestler

Hassan Yazdani Hassan Yazdani Charati ( fa, حسن یزدانی چراتی born 26 December 1994 in Lapu Sahra, Chapakrud Rural District, Juybar County, Iran) is an Iranian wrestler. Yazdani is an Olympic and World Champion in freestyle wrestling in two weig ...

and was awarded the silver medal.

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* 1987 births Living people Circassians Circassian people of Russia European Games gold medalists for Russia European Games medalists in wrestling Russian male sport wrestlers Sportspeople from Kabardino-Balkaria World Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in wrestling Olympic wrestlers for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists {{Russia-wrestling-bio-stub