Adam Saitiev

Adam Hamidovich Saitiev, also spelled Saytiev, (Chechen: Адам Хамидович Сайтиев, born December 12, 1977) is a Russian wrestler of Chechen descent who won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics for the Russian Federation at 85 kg cat.[1] Adam also won the Wrestling World Championships in 1999 and 2002.

Adam Saitiev
Personal information
Nationality Russian
Ethnicity Chechen
Born (1977-12-12) December 12, 1977
Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Coached byViktor Alexeev, Abdul Saitiev
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyFreestyle 85 kg
World Championships
Ankara 1999Freestyle 76 kg
Tehran 2002Freestyle 84 kg
European Championships
1999 MinskFreestyle 76 kg
2000 BudapestFreestyle 85 kg
2006 MoscowFreestyle 84 kg
1998 BratislavaFreestyle 76 kg

His elder brother Buvaisar Saitiev, also a wrestler, won gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and again in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling career

Adam initially started his senior-level international career at 69 kg, or around 152 lbs. He found the weight cut too severe, and soon moved up to 76 kg, where he was world champ in 1999. However, this was his elder brother Buvaisar's weight, and Adam wanted to compete alongside his brother at the Olympics, not compete with him for a spot on the team. Adam moved up to 85 kg, and despite being undersized, won two world-level titles at the weight.

Saitiev competed many times throughout after 2002. But his career had many injuries.

Saitiev made a comeback in 2012. He found significant success, but in the Russian freestyle wrestling championships 2012 final match lost to Denis Tsargush (1-0; 1-0)

Adam is a recipient of the Order of Honor (2001) and Order of Friendship (2004).

Match results
World Championships & Olympic Games Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2002 UWW world at 84kg
Win 21-3 Yoel Romero 4-3 September 5, 2002 2002 World Wrestling Championships Tehran, Iran
Win 20-3 Arkadii Tzopa Fall
Win 19-3 Marcin Jurecki 7-3
Win 18-3 Aman Deep Tech. Fall
Win 17-3 Narantsetseg Burenbaatar Tech. Fall
2000 Olympic at 85kg
Win 16-3 Yoel Romero Fall September 28, 2000 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia
Win 15-3 Magomed Ibragimov 3-0
Win 14-3 Yang Hyung-mo 5-0
Win 13-3 Igor Praporshchikov Fall
Win 12-3 Beibulat Musaev 4-1
1999 UWW world at 76kg
Win 11-3 Alexander Leipold 6-3 October 7, 1999 1999 World Wrestling Championships Ankara, Turkey
Win 10-3 Joe Williams Fall
Win 9-3 Alik Musaev 4-0
Win 8-3 Arpad Ritter 11-3
Win 7-3 Radoslaw Horbik 9-0
Win 6-3 Ruslan Khinchagov 7-1
1997 UWW world 6th at 69kg
Loss 5-3 Davoud Ghanbari Inj. Def. August 29, 1997 1997 World Wrestling Championships Krasnojarsk, Russia
Loss 5-2 Zaza Zazirov 2-4
Win 5-1 Yüksel Şanlı Fall
Win 4-1 Almazbek Askarov Fall
Win 3-1 David Gagishvili Fall
Win 2-1 Elchad Allakhverdiev 4-2
Loss 1-1 Igor Kupeev 2-5
Win 1-0 Juan Carlos Rivero Tech. Fall
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References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adam Saytiyev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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