David Albertovich Baev (russian: Баев Давид Альбертович , os, Байаты Алберты фырт Давид; born November 7, 1997, in

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) is a Russian

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 Ossetian descent who competes at 70 kilograms. In 2019, he claimed the

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, the Russian National Championship and the

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. Throughout the years, he has compiled a Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix silver medal (2020), a U23 World Championship silver medal (2018) and four Russian National Championships medals. In the age-group, he was a Cadet and Junior World Champion.

Wrestling career

Baev debuted at the 2017 Russian Championships in

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; after losing to Magomed Dibirgadzhiev of

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in the semi-finals, he beat Karachay-Cherkassia's Alibek Akbaev by 6–4; Baev ultimately took third place. Baev also won the 2017 Junior World Championships in

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, after beating Rayan Deakin of the United States by technical fall (10-0). Baev once again won bronze in 2018 Nationals in

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. David Baev has two younger brothers.

2019 Russian National Championships

In the 2019's edition of the Russian National Championships held in

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, Baev became champion in the 70 kg weight class. In the round of 16, Baev faced

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representative, Ismail Dzhapua, and won by technical superiority by 10–0, without conceding a single point. Baev then faced Krasnoyarsk's Semen Tereshenko who he won by 5-0 points. In the quarter-final, Baev faced former Ivan Yarygin gold medalist and two-time Russian national silver medalist, Israil Kasumov of

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. Baev won the quarter-final match with a technical fall by a score of 13–2, advancing to the semi-finals, where he defeated Evgeny Zherbaev of

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by another technical fall with a 15–4 score. After an exhaustive-paced match, Baev defeated

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and was declared the winner by criteria with a score of 10*-10, for he scored with the highest-scoring technique of the match – a 4-point takedown in the first period, shortly after Baev was put on the shot-clock. With two-time World Champion

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moving up to 74 kg, Baev won the right to represent Russia at the

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held in

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2019 World Championships

Baev competed in the 70 kg weight category and won his first senior World title. Baev first defeated Andrei Karpach of Belarus by a technical fall, 10–0. Then, Baev was matched against former World Champion,

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, who he defeated by a score of 7–0. Baev progressed to the quarter-finals where he faced Asian Champion and World and Olympic medalist Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan, who he also defeated, 11–5. Next, Baev faced World silver medalist and European Champion, Magomedmurad Gadzhiev. Baev was able to score two-points on a takedown, and another two-points on a re-attack, resulting to a score of 5–2. In the final match against Nurkozha Kaipanov, Baev's opponent reversed and scored exposure for two-points. Baev did the same and added a gut-wrench, increasing to a score of 4–2. He then attacked with a four-point single leg and again got additional two-further-points from a trapped-arm gut-wrench. Going into the second period, Baev was up 10–2, and after thirty seconds, Baev again used his single leg to gain a further four-points in what resulted in a technical fall win, earning Baev the 2019 world title.

Freestyle record

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, - , Win , 45–10 , align=left, Inalbek Sheriev , style="font-size:88%", 9–5 , - , Win , 44–10 , align=left, Kurban Shiraev , style="font-size:88%", 6–4 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 43–10 , align=left, Chermen Valiev , style="font-size:88%", 2–4 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, October 16–18, 2020 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, 2020 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5,

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Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

, - , Win , 35–8 , align=left, Magomedmurad Gadzhiev , style="font-size:88%", 5–2 , - , Win , 34–8 , align=left, Ikhtiyor Navruzov , style="font-size:88%", 11–5 , - , Win , 33–8 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 7–0 , - , Win , 32–8 , align=left, Mihai Sava , style="font-size:88%", 10–1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 31–8 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 10–10 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, July 4, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, 2019 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5,

Sochi, Russia Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

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Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz (russian: Владикавка́з, , os, Дзæуджыхъæу, translit=Dzæwdžyqæw, ;), formerly known as Ordzhonikidze () and Dzaudzhikau (), is the capital city of the North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Ru ...

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Tajmuraz Salkazanov Tajmuraz Salkazanov (russian: Таймураз Салказанов, os, Салхъазанты Мæирбеджы фырт Таймураз; born 6 April 1996) is a Slovak naturalized freestyle wrestler of Russian origins and Ossetian ethnic ...

, style="font-size:88%", 1–9 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, November 12–18, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, 2018 U23 World Wrestling Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5,

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, - , Loss , 5–2 , align=left, Magomed Dibirgadzhiev , style="font-size:88%", 13–17 , - , Win , 5–1 , align=left, Magomed Kurbanaliev , style="font-size:88%", 10–10 , - , Win , 4–1 , align=left, Zaur Tokaev , style="font-size:88%", 4–2 , - , Win , 3–1 , align=left, Dmitiy Merenkov , style="font-size:88%", 7–2 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 2–1 , align=left,

Alan Gogaev Alan Kazbekovich Gogaev (russian: Алан Казбекович Гогаев; born 8 March 1990 in North Ossetia–Alania) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. He was the runner up at the 2010 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow, Russia, won br ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baev, David 1997 births Living people Russian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from Vladikavkaz 21st-century Russian people