Adlan Varaev

Adlan Abuevich Varaev (Russian: Адлан Абуевич Вараев; 2 January 1962 – 4 May 2016) was a Russian-Chechen welterweight freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal at the 1988 Olympics. He won the 1987 World Championships, beating Dave Schultz in the final, and placed second in 1986. Varaev held the European welterweight title in 1986–1988. After retiring from competitions worked as a wrestling coach and administrator. He trained the Russian national freestyle team and served as vice-president of the Russian Wrestling Federation.^[1] He drowned after a bad fall into the Argun River.

Adlan Varaev
Адлан Вараев

Personal information
Full name	Adlan Abuevich Varaev
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1962-01-02)2 January 1962 Sadovoe, Groznensky District, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	4 May 2016(2016-05-04) (aged 54)
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union (now Chechnya, Russia)
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	Soviet Army, Grozny
Coached by	Degi Bagaev, Aslanbek Dzgoev
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 74 kg World Championships 1987 Clermont-Ferrand 74 kg 1986 Budapest 74 kg European Championships 1986 Piraeus 74 kg 1987 Veliko Tarnovo 74 kg 1988 Manchester 74 kg