Abdulrashid Sadulaev

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

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Bulachevich and the family name is Sadulaev.
Abdulrashid Sadulaev
Абдулрашид Садулаев
ГІабдулрашид Садулаев
Personal information
Full nameAbdulrashid Bulachevich Sadulaev
Nickname(s)The Russian Tank
NationalityRussian
Born (1996-05-09) May 9, 1996[1][2][3]
Tsurib, Charodinsky District, Dagestan, Russia
ResidenceShamkhal-Termen, Dagestan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Website
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
Rank№1 in the ranking UWW at 92kg №1 at 97kg
№1 P4P FloWrestling (2015)[4]
Grand Master of Sports
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubGamid Gamidov Wrestling Club
Urojai Wrestling Club
Sadulaev Sport School
Coached byShamil Omarov, Magomed Magomedov, Anvar Magomedgadzhiev, Sazhid Sazhidov
Medal record
Representing the  Russia
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 86 kg
World Championships
2014 Tashkent86 kg
2015 Las Vegas86 kg
2018 Budapest97 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan97 kg
2017 Paris97 kg
European Games
2015 Baku86 kg
2019 Minsk97 kg
European Championships
2014 Vantaa86 kg
2018 Kaspiysk92 kg
2019 Bucharest97 kg
2020 Rome97 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2014 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
2018 Krasnoyarsk92 kg
European Nations Cup
2015 Moscow97 kg
Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu
2014 Istanbul86 kg
Alexander Medved International
2015 Minsk86 kg
Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial XXIII
2014 Dąbrowa Górnicza86 kg
2016 Dąbrowa Górnicza86 kg
European Championships U23
2016 Ruse86 kg
Cadet World Championships
2012 Baku76 kg
2013 Zrenjanin85 kg

Nicknamed the "Russian Tank,"[2][5] he is the 2016 Olympic Champion at 86 kg, a four-time World Champion (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019), European Champion (2014), European Games Champion (2015), two time Cadet World Champion (2012, 2013), Golden Grand-Prix Champion, European Nations Cup winner, Yaşar Doğu winner, Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial winner and Alexander Medved International winner. Sadulaev became the 2014 World Champion in the 86 kg class at age 18, and Olympic champion at age 20. He is now considered the best active wrestler in the world.

He was undefeated in competition from November 2013 until August 2017. In 2014, Sadulaev was considered by many to be the most dominant wrestler in the world.[6][7] In August 2016, Sadulaev was the #1 ranked 86 kg competitor in the world, and was ranked as the #1 Pound-for-Pound wrestler in the world by Flo Wrestling.[8]

Background and personal life

Sadulaev was born in 1996 in the village of Tsurib, Charodinsky District, Dagestan, Russia. He belongs to the Avar ethnic group, he is from a devout Sunni Muslim family and is the youngest of four siblings. He did not start wrestling professionally until the age of 13, but quickly won a regional title and 300 ₽ ($4.69). After finishing the 11th grade, he began training in the Gamid Gamidov Wrestling club in Makhachkala, Dagestan's sports school of Olympic reserve. When he was 16 years old, he won the Cadet Freestyle Wrestling World Championships. Sadulaev only has two social networking accounts, on instagram and on vk. He stated that as he has no account on Twitter, other accounts existing there using his identity must be fake.[9]

Career

2014: World Champion, European Champion

Sadulaev's senior level debut was at the XLIII Ali Aliyev Memorial when he was 16 years old. He was defeated in the semifinals by Shamil Kudiyamagomedov, but ended up winning the bronze medal.[10] At the 2014 Russian National Championships, Sadulaev defeated Kudiyamagomedov and won his first national title. After the Russian Nationals, he participated at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships, where Sadulaev defeated Reineris Salas of Cuba 11–0 by technical fall.[11]

2015: World Champion

On 8 May 2015, Sadulaev won the Russian Freestyle Wrestling Nationals again and took part in the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, and World Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the Games he outscored four opponents 42–1 (4–0) by technical fall and won gold medal. On 11 September 2015, he won World Championships, in the final knocking down Koloi Kartoev (Selim Yaşar) of Turkey, overall scoring 47–2 (6–0) in the championships.[12] As a result he was given a Mercedes-Benz G-Class G63 and Toyota Land Cruiser 200 by Dagestani business magnate Gadzhiev brothers and Ziyavudin Magomedov.[13]

Sadulaev faced on 7 November wrestlers from Belarus, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Poland at the European Nations Cup (Alrosa Cup).[14] He beat number one Georgian wrestler Elizbar Odikadze via technical fall (11–0).

2016: Olympic Champion

On 29 January, Sadulaev was expected to participate at the international tournament Golden Grand-Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016,[15][16] but he pulled out in late January citing a minor shoulder injury.

Sadulaev returned to wrestling in the U23 European Championships in Ruse, Bulgaria on 3 April,[17] and then he participated at the Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial XXV on 18 June 2016.[18] At the European Championships he defeated Stefan Reichmuth of Switzerland in the eightfinals, Hungarian Gergely Gyrits in the quarterfinals, Belarussian Aliaksandr Hushtyn in the semifinals and finally Georgian Irakli Mtsituri; all victories were by technical superiority. On 18 June, Sadulaev won the Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial LII, beating Aleksey Mushtin, teammate Omargadzhi Magomedov, István Veréb of Hungary, Sebastian Jezierzanski and Zbigniew Baranowski, both from Poland, by technical superiority.[19]

Sadulaev competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics without Russian Olympic Trials, that news was announced by the head coach of the Russian freestyle wrestling team Dzhambolat Tedeyev.[20] Sadualev beat István Veréb by technical superiority, then Pedro Ceballos of Venezuela by points, fellow countryman Sharif Sharifov of Azerbaijan and in the gold medal match Selim Yasar, 5–0.

After Sadulaev's return to Russia, he was greeted by a rowdy welcome victory in Moscow. The Olympic athletes were also given a reception of the Russian medalists in the Kremlin, with the traditional ceremonial meeting being presided by President Vladimir Putin. The champions received BMW luxury crossovers, with the BMW X6 luxury crossovers being awarded for the gold medalists.[21] Sadulaev was also greeted as a national hero in his native Dagestan.[22] Aside from receiving financial reward for his Olympic achievements, Dagestan's Head of the Region Ramazan Abdulatipov presented Sadulaev an Akhal-Teke horse (native to Turkmenistan), which has a reputation for having speed, endurance and intelligence, and is highly valued in Dagestan.[23]

2017: Weight class changes, WC runner-up, European Champion

Sadulaev competed in the Russian Nationals, defeating 2011 European runner-up Vladislav Baitcaev by decision (8–7). Sadulaev became the new Russian national champion in the 97 kg weight category. Before the final match he easily beat Yuri Belonovskiy, Umar Kudliev, Stanislav Gadzhiev and Tamerlan Rasuev by technical superiority.[24] As a result, Ingushetian president Yunus-bek Yevkurov bestowed him a Toyota Land Cruiser 200.[25]

At the World Championships, Sadulaev participated in the 97 kg weight category. En route he defeated Reineris Salas, Mateusz Filipczak, Elizbar Odikadze and Georgy Ketoyev. In the final he lost to Kyle Snyder in a close match. It was his first loss since 2013.

2018: World Champion, rematch against Snyder

After that he debuted in the weight category 92 kg at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018. In the final match, he beat 2012 Olympian and countryman Anzor Urishev.[26] At the European Championships he defeated his teammate Sharif Sharifov of Azerbaijan in the final match.

On 3 August 2018, Sadulaev won his fourth national title at the Russian Nationals, knocking down Vladislav Baitcaev for gold by score (8–1).[27]

Sadulaev was chosen to represent Russia in his weight class for the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, facing countrymen Magomedgadzhi Nurov, Mamed Ibragimov, Magomed Ibragimov, who he all beat by technical fall. In the semi-final he defeated Elizbar Odikadze from Georgia, and in the final in a rematch he faced American Kyle Snyder, quickly finishing him down by pin fall.

2019: European Games gold medalist and World Championships

Sadulaev won European Games in Minsk, Belarus where he didn't give up a single point. After made world team trials, he repeated the success of last year at the world championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, in the final match he beat Azerbhaijan's Sharif Sharifov by score (4-0). Unfortunately, the rematch against USA's Kyle Snyder did not take place due to the loss of the American to Sharif Sharifov in the semifinals.[28]

Championships and accomplishments
  • 2012 Cadet World Champion – 76 kg
  • 2012 Ali Aliyev Memorial Bronze Medalist – 84 kg
  • 2013 Cadet World Champion – 85 kg
  • 2013 Heydar Aliyev Memorial Bronze Medalist – 84 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
  • 2016 Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial LII – 86 kg
  • 2016 Summer Olympics – 86 kg
  • 2017 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Champion – 97 kg
  • 2018 Golden Grand-Prix Ivan Yarygin – 92 kg
  • 2018 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov international – 92 kg
  • 2018 World Champion – 97 kg
  • 2019 European Champion – 97 kg
  • 2019 European Games Champion – 97 kg
  • 2019 World Champion – 97 kg
  • 2020 European Champion – 97 kg

Freestyle wrestling record
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
Win 123–2 Albert Saritov 6–0 February 15, 2020 2020 European Championships Rome
Win 122–2 Elizbar Odikadze 6–0 February 14, 2020
Win 121–2 Nurmagomed Gadzhiev 10–4
Win 120–2 İbrahim Bölükbaşı 9–4
Win 119–2 Magomedgadzhi Nurov 8–2
Win 118–2 Sharif Sharifov 4–0 September 22, 2019 2019 World Championships Nur-Sultan
Win 117–2 Alisher Yergali 8–1 September 21, 2019
Win 116–2 Magomedgadzhi Nurov 6–0
Win 115–2 Nicolae Ceban Tech Fall
Win 114–2 Vladislav Baitcaev Tech Fall August 16, 2019 Russian Wrestle Off Sochi, Krasnodar Krai
Win 113–2 Nurmagomed Gadzhiev Injury June 27, 2019 2019 European Games Minsk
Win 112–2 Aliaksandr Hushtyn 6–0 June 26, 2019
Win 111–2 Magomedgadzhi Nurov 6–0
Win 110–2 Mihaly Szabo Tech Fall
Win 109–2 Aliaksandr Hushtyn 3–1 April 9, 2019 2019 European Championships Bucharest
Win 108–2 Magomedgadzhi Nurov Tech.Fall; 4:39 April 8, 2019
Win 107–2 Gennadij Cudinovic Tech.Fall; 0:21
Win 106–2 Nurmagomed Gadzhiev 3–0
Win 105–2 Kyle Snyder Fall; 1:10 October 23, 2018 2018 World Championships Budapest
Win 104–2 Elizbar Odikadze Tech.Fall; 2:35 October 22, 2018
Win 103–2 Magomed Ibragimov Tech.Fall; 4:51
Win 102–2 Mamed Ibragimov Tech.Fall; 3:23
Win 101–2 Magomedgadzhi Nurov Tech.Fall; 1:42
Win 100–2 Vladislav Baitcaev 8–1 August 3, 2018 2018 Russian Nationals Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast
Win 99–2 Batraz Gazzaev 11–2
Win 98–2 Georgy Gogaev Tech. Fall
Win 97–2 Zaynulla Kurbanov 5–0
Win 96–2 Sharif Sharifov 2–1 May 5, 2018 2018 European Championships Kaspiysk
Win 95–2 Irakli Mtsituri Tech. Fall; 5:10
Win 94–2 Kyrylo Mieshkov Tech. Fall; 3:39
Win 93–2 Dominic Peter Tech. Fall; 3:15
Win 92–2 Irakli Mtsituri Tech. Fall; 3:36 March 23, 2018 Nikola Petrov and Dan Kolov international Sofia
Win 91–2 Ivan Yankouski Tech. Fall; 3:25
Win 90–2 Pavel Oleynik Tech. Fall; 4:44
Win 89–2 Nicolae Ceban 6–0
Win 88–2 Anzor Urishev 6–0 January 28, 2018 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 Krasnoyarsk
Win 87–2 Nicholas Heflin Tech. Fall; 2:17
Win 86–2 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj Tech. Fall; 1:26
Win 85–2 Abzar Eslami Tech. Fall December 7, 2017 World Clubs Cup 2017 Teheran
Win 84–2 Alisher Yergali Fall
Loss 83–2 Kyle Snyder 6–5 August 26, 2017 2017 World Championships Paris
Win 83–1 Georgy Ketoyev 2–0
Win 82–1 Elizbar Odikadze Tech. Fall; 4:59
Win 81–1 Mateusz Filipczak Tech. Fall; 4:10
Win 80–1 Reineris Salas 3–0
Win 79–1 Vladislav Baitcaev 8–7 June 14, 2017 2017 Russian Nationals Nazran, Ingushetia
Win 78–1 Tamerlan Rasuev Tech. Fall; 2:51
Win 77–1 Stanislav Gadzhiev Tech. Fall; 1:27
Win 76–1 Umar Kudliev Tech. Fall; 0:57
Win 75–1 Yuri Belonovskiy Tech. Fall; 5:07
Win 74–1 Selim Yasar 5–0 August 20, 2016 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro
Win 73–1 Sharif Sharifov 8–1
Win 72–1 Pedro Ceballos 5–0
Win 71–1 István Veréb Tech. Fall; 3:34
Win 70–1 Zbigniew Baranowski Tech. Fall; 1:36 Jun 18, 2016 Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial LII Dąbrowa Górnicza
Win 69–1 Sebastian Jezierzanski Tech. Fall; 2:41
Win 68–1 István Veréb Tech. Fall; 4:25
Win 67–1 Omargadzhi Magomedov 7–1
Win 66–1 Aleksey Mushtin Tech. Fall; 3:25
Win 65–1 Irakli Mtsituri Tech. Fall; 5:01 April 3, 2016 European Championship U23 Ruse
Win 64–1 Aliaksandr Hushtyn Tech. Fall; 3:27
Win 63–1 Gergely Gyrits Tech. Fall; 3:26
Win 62–1 Stefan Reichmuth Tech. Fall; 1:59
Win 61–1 Elizbar Odikadze Tech. Fall; 5:33 November 7, 2015 European Nations Cup 2015 (Moscow Lights) Moscow
Win 60–1 Selim Yasar 6–0 September 11, 2015 2015 World Championships Las Vegas, NV
Win 59–1 Alireza Karimi 6–2
Win 58–1 Mihail Ganev Tech. Fall; 2:34
Win 57–1 Orgodolyn Üitümen Tech. Fall; 2:15
Win 56–1 David Radchenko Fall; 0:30
Win 55–1 Shinya Matsumoto Tech. Fall; 3:33
Win 54–1 Piotr Ianulov Tech. Fall; 1:38 June 18, 2015 2015 European Games Baku
Win 53–1 Radosław Marcinkiewicz Tech. Fall; 2:59
Win 52–1 Nurmagomed Gadzhiev Tech. Fall; 5:28
Win 51–1 Tudor Zuz Tech. Fall; 0:46
Win 50–1 Shamil Kudiyamagomedov 4–0 May 8, 2015 2015 Russian Nationals Makhachkala, Dagestan
Win 49–1 Akhmed Magomedov 3–0
Win 48–1 Anzor Urishev 7–0
Win 47–1 Vyacheslav Sugako Tech. Fall
Win 46–1 Georgy Rubaev 5–0
Win 45–1 Aliaksandr Hushtyn Fall; 0:54 March 7, 2015 Alexander Medved International Minsk
Win 44–1 Richard Perry Tech. Fall; 1:55
Win 43–1 Piotr Ianulov Tech. Fall; 4:02
Win 42–1 Haji Alijanov 5–0
Win 41–1 Evgeny Aliashkevich Tech. Fall; 3:10
Win 40–1 Reineris Salas Tech. Fall; 1:25 September 8, 2014 2014 World Championships Tashkent
Win 39–1 Aslan Kakhidze Tech. Fall; 0:59
Win 38–1 Mihail Ganev Tech. Fall; 0:28
Win 37–1 Dzhambul Tsitadze Tech. Fall; 2:27
Win 36–1 Selim Yasar 9–2
Win 35–1 István Veréb 12–4 August 3, 2014 Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial XXIII Dąbrowa Górnicza
Win 34–1 Aliaksandr Hushtyn 8–3
Win 33–1 Zbigniew Baranowski 8–3
Win 32–1 Javad Mohammad Ebrahimi 9–3
Win 31–1 Radosław Marcinkiewicz 3–2
Win 30–1 Shamil Kudiyamagomedov 3–1 June 22, 2014 2014 Russian Nationals Yakutsk, Sakha
Win 29–1 Soslan Ktsoyev 4–3
Win 28–1 Dauren Kurugliev 4–0
Win 27–1 Albert Ikaev Tech. Fall
Win 26–1 Said Dakhkilgov Tech. Fall
Win 25–1 Murad Gaidarov 5–2 April 4, 2014 2014 European Championships Vantaa
Win 24–1 István Veréb Tech. Fall; 2:05
Win 23–1 Dato Marsagishvili Tech. Fall; 4:52
Win 22–1 Ștefan Gheorghiță Tech. Fall; 1:34
Win 21–1 Sebastian Jezierzanski Tech. Fall; 1:29
Win 20–1 Phil Keddy Tech. Fall; 2:44 February 16, 2014 Golden Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu 2014 Istanbul
Win 19–1 Clayton Foster 6–2
Win 18–1 Ahmet Bilici 10–10
Win 17–1 Jalal Zaman Tech. Fall; 5:59
Win 16–1 Javad Mohammad Ebrahimi 8–2
Win 15–1 Shamil Kudiyamagomedov 13–7 January 26, 2014 Golden Grand-Prix Ivan Yarygin 2014 Krasnoyarsk
Win 14–1 Soslan Ktsoyev 4–2
Win 13–1 Anzor Urishev 4–2
Win 12–1 Dauren Kurugliev 4–0
Win 11–1 Shamil Katinovasov Tech. Fall
Win 10–1 Alexander Gostiev 5–4 November 22, 2013 Memorial Heydar Aliyev 2013 Baku
Win 9–1 Keith Gavin Tech. Fall; 5:05
Loss 8–1 Gamzat Osmanov Tech. Fall; 1:42
Win 8–0 Muhammed Enes Altun Fall; 0:46 August 24, 2013 2013 Cadet World Championships Zrenjanin
Win 7–0 Nurmagomed Gadzhiev Tech. Fall; 0:20 (2)
Win 6–0 Hossein Shahbazi-Gazvar Tech. Fall; 1:51
Win 5–0 Peaveen Praveen Tech. Fall; 0:59
Win 4–0 Ruslan Ruchko 12–9 August 22, 2012 2012 Cadet World Championships Baku
Win 3–0 Turmunkh Ganbold Tech. Fall; 1:35 (2)
Win 2–0 Shota Shirai 9–2
Win 1–0 Faruh Sharipov Tech. Fall; 0:23 (2)

Reception

On June 2015, Sadulaev was voted best Russian sportsman of June at the TV project "Golden Pedestal" (on the now-defunct Rossiya 2), earning 55,6 % of votes and trumping Aliya Mustafina, who got 44,4 % of votes.[29][30]

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  29. Садулаев — лучший спортсмен июня!
  30. Борец Абдулрашид Садулаев признан лучшим российским спортсменом по итогам июня
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