Aniuar Geduev
Aniuar Borisovich Geduev (Russian: Аниуар Борисович Гедуев, Kabardian: Джэду Борис и къуэ Iэниуар; born 26 January 1987) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Circassian Kabardian ancestry.
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| Full name | Aniuar Borisovich Geduev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 26, 1987 Psygansy, Urvansky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA Wrestling Club CSC Nalchik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alan Kaziev, Arsen Khasanov, Anvar Magomedov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Geduev competed in the 74 kg division at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships and the 2014 European Wrestling Championships, winning gold medals in both competitions.[1] In the gold-medal match at the 2015 European Games he defeated Soner Demirtaş of Turkey by technical fall (10–0). Geduev claimed his first world medal later that year, winning bronze at the World Wrestling Championships in 2015. In the rematch of the 2016 Russian Nationals, he beat the three-time world champion Denis Tsargush and won the Olympic Team Trials. He competed at the 2016 Olympics. After his win over Bekzod Abdurakhmonov of Uzbekistan in the opening round, he beat Jordan Burroughs of United States in the quarterfinals. He then beat Jabrayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan to claim his spot in the finals. He lost his final match to the Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani and was awarded the silver medal.[2]
References
- Geduev, Aniuar (RUS) Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, International Wrestling Database
- "Burroughs, Four Other World Champs Tumble on First Day of Freestyle Wrestling at Rio 2016 | United World Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2016-08-19.