Aniuar Geduev

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Borisovich and the family name is Geduev.

Aniuar Borisovich Geduev (Russian: Аниуар Борисович Гедуев, Kabardian: Джэду Борис и къуэ Iэниуар; born 26 January 1987) is a Russian former freestyle wrestler of Circassian Kabardian ancestry.

Aniuar Geduev
Аниуар Гедуев

2016 Olympic Games
Personal information
Full name	Aniuar Borisovich Geduev
National team	Russia
Citizenship	Russian
Born	(1987-01-26) January 26, 1987 (age 38) Psygansy, Urvansky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country	Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Club	CSKA Wrestling Club CSC Nalchik
Coached by	Alan Kaziev, Arsen Khasanov, Anvar Magomedov
Medal record Representing  Russia Men's Freestyle wrestling Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 74 kg World Championships 2015 Las Vegas 74 kg European Games 2015 Baku 74 kg European Championships 2013 Tbilisi 74 kg 2014 Vantaa 74 kg World Cup 2010 Moscow 74 kg

Career

Geduev competed in the 74 kg division at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships and the 2014 European Wrestling Championships, winning gold medals in both competitions.^[1] In the gold-medal match at the 2015 European Games he defeated Soner Demirtaş of Turkey by technical fall (10–0). Geduev claimed his first world medal later that year, winning bronze at the World Wrestling Championships in 2015. In the rematch of the 2016 Russian Nationals, he beat the three-time world champion Denis Tsargush and won the Olympic Team Trials. He competed at the 2016 Olympics. After his win over Bekzod Abdurakhmonov of Uzbekistan in the opening round, he beat Jordan Burroughs of United States in the quarterfinals. He then beat Jabrayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan to claim his spot in the finals. He lost his final match to the Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani and was awarded the silver medal.^[2]