Vadim Iosifovich Bogiyev ( rus, Вадим Иосифович Богиев; born 27 December 1970) is a Russian wrestler of Ossetian heritage, who earned the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games 1996 in men's Freestyle wrestling, also he is worlds 1993 runner-up. 3x European champion.

Olympics

Bogiyev competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the ''lightweight'' class."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 9, 2008)

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* 1970 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Russia Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Russian male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Russia Martial artists from Moscow Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Russian people {{Russia-wrestling-bio-stub