Anzor Boltukaev

Anzor Adamovich Boltukayev (Russian: Анзор Адамович Болтукаев; born 5 April 1986 in Chechnya) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. He competes in the 96 kg division and won the bronze medal in the same division at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships defeated Aleksey Krupnyakov of Kyrgyzstan.^[1]

Anzor Boltukayev

Personal information
Native name	Анзор Болтукаев
Full name	Anzor Adamovich Boltukayev
Nickname(s)	The Giant Slayer The God of Thunder
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1986-04-05) 5 April 1986 (age 39) Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	97-125 kg
Event	Freestyle
Coached by	Jaa Umarov, Ali Davudov
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Russia World Championships 2013 Budapest 96 kg European Championships Disqualified 2017 Novi Sad 97 kg 2016 Riga 97 kg Representing Chechnya Russian National Championships 2016 Yakutsk 97 kg 2013 Krasnoyarsk 96 kg 2014 Yakutsk 97 kg 2008 St.Petersburg 96 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Krasnoyarsk 97 kg 2017 Krasnoyarsk 125 kg 2013 Krasnoyarsk 96 kg

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

At the "Ivan Yarygin 2016" he beat the current World Champion Kyle Snyder and Olympic gold medalist Jake Varner of USA.^[2]

In the 2016 European Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal against Ivan Yankouski of Belarus.^[3]

He competed at Olympics 2016 in the freestyle 97 kg event and was eliminated by Valerii Andriitsev of Ukraine in the 1/8 final.

Boltukayev failed a drugs test at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships testing positive for higenamine. His subsequent result was disqualified and his silver medal was revoked, he was also banned for two years from 13 September 2018.^[4]