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Anzor Boltukaev

Anzor Boltukaev

Russian freestyle wrestler (born 1986)

Anzor Adamovich Boltukayev (Russian: Анзор Адамович Болтукаев; born 5 April 1986 in Chechnya) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. He competes in the 96 kg division and won the bronze medal in the same division at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships defeated Aleksey Krupnyakov of Kyrgyzstan.[1]

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Adamovich and the family name is Boltukayev.

At the "Ivan Yarygin 2016" he beat the current World Champion Kyle Snyder and Olympic gold medalist Jake Varner of USA.[2]

In the 2016 European Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal against Ivan Yankouski of Belarus.[3]

He competed at Olympics 2016 in the freestyle 97 kg event and was eliminated by Valerii Andriitsev of Ukraine in the 1/8 final.

Boltukayev failed a drugs test at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships testing positive for higenamine. His subsequent result was disqualified and his silver medal was revoked, he was also banned for two years from 13 September 2018.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "HERACLES Ultimate". www.fila-official.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Boltukaev Stops World, Olympic Champs on Final Day of Yarygin Grand Prix". unitedworldwrestling.org. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Anzor Boltukayev became European champion in freestyle wrestling". tass.ru. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. [4]
    "News detail". Retrieved 16 September 2018.


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