Nurislam Sanayev (russian: Нурислам Валентинович Санаев; born February 9, 1991, in the

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, Soviet Union) is a

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of Tuva heritage. He represented Kazakhstan at the

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in the men's freestyle 57 kg event. He lost in the semi-finals and he then won his bronze medal match against

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of Bulgaria. Earlier, he competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the

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, in which he got eliminated in the repechage. In 2021, he won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the

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held in Rome, Italy.

Personal life

In 2016, before the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Sanayev converted to Islam and changed his name. Nurislam is a father, he has two sons. Nurislam Sanayev also studied law at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in

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Controversy

In the

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, Sanayev bit his Indian opponent in the semi-final match. Bite marks were seen on Indian opponent

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at the end of the game.

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1991 births Living people Kazakhstani Muslims Converts to Islam from Buddhism Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Kazakhstan People from Dzun-Khemchiksky District Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Russian emigrants to Kazakhstan Tuvan people World Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in wrestling Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan {{Kazakhstan-wrestling-bio-stub