Saifedine Alekma is a French

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 ...

. He won the silver medal in the 79 kg event at the

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held in Warsaw, Poland.

Career

In 2017, he was eliminated in his first match in the 86 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France. In 2020, he was also eliminated in his first match in the 79 kg event at the

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held in Rome, Italy. In May 2021, he failed to qualify for the

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at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was defeated in his first match by

Taimuraz Friev Taimuraz Ruslanovich Friev (russian: Таймураз Русланович Фриев; born September 15, 1986, in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent representing Spain. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event ...

of Spain. He competed in the 79kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) French male sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-wrestling-bio-stub