Abdulrashid Sadulaev

Abdulrashid Sadulaev
Абдулрашид Садулаев
ГІабдулрашид Садулаев

Personal information
Full name	Abdulrashid Bulachevich Sadulaev
Nickname(s)	Russian Tank Avar Tank
Ethnicity	Avar
Citizenship	Russian
Born	May 9, 1996[1][2] Tsurib, Charodinsky District, Dagestan, Russia
Residence	Shamkhal-Termen, Dagestan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb) 97 kg (214 lb)
Website	Official Facebook Profile Official Twitter Profile Official Instagram Profile
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Wrestling
Rank	Number one in the ranking UWW P4P #1 FloWrestling[3] Grand Master of Sports
Event(s)	Freestyle
Club	Gamid Gamidov wrestling club Urojai wrestling club
Coached by	Shamil Omarov, Magomed Magomedov, Anvar Magomedgadzhiev, Sazhid Sazhidov
Medal record Representing the  Russia Men's Freestyle wrestling World Championships 2014 Tashkent 86 kg 2015 Las Vegas 86 kg European Games 2015 Baku 86 kg European Championships 2014 Vantaa 86 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2014 Krasnoyarsk 86 kg European Nations Cup 2015 Moscow 97 kg Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu 2014 Istanbul 86 kg Alexander Medved International 2015 Minsk 86 kg Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial XXIII 2014 Dąbrowa Górnicza 86 kg European Championships U23 2016 Ruse 86 kg Cadet World Championships 2012 Baku 76 kg 2013 Zrenjanin 85 kg

Abdulrashid Bulachevich Sadulaev (Russian: Абдулрашид Булачевич Садулаев; Avar: ГІабдулрашид Булачил Садулаев; born 9 May 1996 in Dagestan) is an Avar Dagestani-born Russian freestyle wrestler.

He is two time World Champion, European Champion, European Games Champion, Cadet World Champion, winner Golden Grand-Prix Ivan Yarigin 2014, European Nations Cup winner, Yaşar Doğu winner, Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial winner and Alexander Medved International winner. In European Championships 2014 he defeated Murad Gaidarov of Belarus in the final to clinch the title.^[4][5] Grand Master of Sports in Freestyle Wrestling. Sadulaev is a 2014 World Champion at age 18.

He has a nickname "Russian Tank".^[2][6] "Avar Tank", "Mr. Pin"

Biography and Wrestling career

Sadulaev was born in 1996 in the village of Tsurib, Charodinsky District, Dagestan, Russia. He belongs to the Avar ethnic group and he from a devout Sunni Muslims family. When his was 15 years old he won Cadet Freestyle Wrestling World Championships. Him debut in serious level were at the XLIII Ali Aliyev Memorial where he were 16 years old, in semifinals he lost to Shamil Kudiyamagomedov but in bronze medal match he won.^[7] In 2014 Russian Freestyle Wrestling National final Abdulrashid destroyed Shamil Kudiyamagomedov and won Russian World Team Trials for World Wrestling Championships. After won European and World Championships he is currently the number one of the United World Wrestling top rankings in 86 kg.^[8]

European Games & World Championships 2015

On 8 May 2015 Sadulaev won Russian freestyle wrestling nationals again and took part in European Games 2015 and World Wrestling Championships 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In European Games 2015 he outscored four opponents 42-1 (4-0) by Technical Fall and won gold medal. After World Wrestling Championship and European Games he received as a gift Mercedes-Benz G-Class G63 and Toyota Land Cruiser 200 from Dagetsani business magnate Gadzhiev brothers and Ziyavudin Magomedov.^[9] On 11 September 2015 he won 2015 World Wrestling Championships, in final match Sadualev over Koloi Kartoev (Selim Yaşar) of Turkey, he has points record 47-2 (6-0) in this championships.^[10]

European Nations Cup

Sadulaev faced on November 7, 2015 wrestlers from Belarus, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Poland in the 97 kg at European Nations Cup (Alrosa Cup).^[11] He beat number one Georgian wrestler Elizbar Odikadze via technical fall (11–0)

GP Ivan Yarygin 2016

On 29 January^[12] Sadulaev was expected at the international tournament Golden Grand-Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016.^[13] However, Sadulaev pulled out of the wrestling matches in late January citing another injury.

European Championship U23, Poland tournament & Olympics 2016

Sadulaev participated to European Championship U23 in Ruse, Bulgaria on 3 April^[14] and he will take in Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial XXV on 18 June, 2016.^[15]

He won to Stefan Reichmuth of Switzerland in 1/8 final, in 1/4 Gergely Gyrits of Hungary, semi final against Aliaksandr Hushtyn of Belarus, in final match with Irakli Mtsituri of Georgia. All wrestling matches he won by technical superiority and became new European Champion U23.

Sadulaev will take part in the 2016 Summer Olympics without Russian Olympic Trials, that news was announced the head coach of Russian freestyle wrestling team Dzhambolat Tedeyev.^[16]

Championships and accomplishments

• 2012 Cadet World Сhampion – 76 kg
• 2012 Golden Grand-Prix Baku: Memorial Heydar Aliyev Bronze Medalist – 84 kg
• 2013 Cadet World Сhampion – 85 kg
• 2014 Golden Grand-Prix Ivan Yarygin – 86 kg
• 2014 Golden Grand-Prix Yaşar Doğu – 86 kg
• 2014, 2015 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Champion – 86 kg
• 2014 European Champion – 86 kg
• 2014 Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial XXIII – 86 kg
• 2014 World Champion – 86 kg
• 2015 Alexander Medved International – 86 kg
• 2015 European Games – 86 kg
• 2015 World Champion – 86 kg
• 2015 European Nations Cup (Moscow Lights-Alrosa Cup) – 97 kg
• 2016 European Championships U23 – 86 kg

Russian Nationals Matches (World Team Trials)

International matches

References

1. "Baku 2015". baku2015.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
2. "Sadulaev year's". wrestdag.ru. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
3. "Freestyle Pound For Pound Rankings". flowrestling.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
4. "Young Abdulrashid Sadulaev wins the european gold in the men's freestyle 86 kg". wrestling-ec2014.com. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
5. "Russia's Abdulrashid Sadulaev wins the gold in the men's freestyle 86 kg". Yahoo News. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
6. "nickname Abdulrashid's". wrestdag.ru. September 12, 2015.
7. "16 old years won bronze medal". rgvktv.ru. December 4, 2012.
8. "Russian wrestlers lead first UWW Freestyle Rankings of 2015". teamusa.org. January 7, 2015.
9. "Foreign car worthy world champion". wrestdag.ru. December 26, 2014.
10. "Abdulrashid is world champ again". vesti.ru. September 12, 2015.
11. "Russian tank in Moscow Lights". sport-express.ru. November 6, 2015.
12. "Golden Grand-Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016". wrestrus.ru. January 13, 2016.
13. "Dagestan team train for Ivan Yarygin 2016". wrestdag.ru. January 11, 2016.
14. "Sadulaev in European U23 (program/info)" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. March 28, 2016.
15. "Dzhambolat Tedeyev: Sadulaev go to Bulgaria and Poland". wrestrus.ru. February 1, 2016.
16. "Abdulrashid Sadulaev: physical training with judokas". wrestrus.ru. March 27, 2016.