Abdulraschid Bulachevich Sadulayev

Abdulraschid Sadulayev medal table
Abdulraschid Bulachevich Sadulayev
Wrestler
Russia
Olympic games
gold	2016 Rio de Janeiro	up to 86 kg
World Championship
gold	2014 Tashkent	up to 86 kg
gold	2015 Las Vegas	up to 86 kg
silver	2017 Paris	up to 97 kg
gold	2018 Budapest	up to 97 kg
gold	2019 Nur-Sultan	up to 97 kg
European Games
gold	2015 Baku	up to 86 kg
gold	2019 Minsk	up to 97 kg
European Championship
gold	2014 Vantaa	up to 86 kg
gold	2018 Kaspiysk	up to 92 kg
gold	2019 Bucharest	up to 97 kg
gold	2020 Rome	up to 97 kg
U23 European Championship
gold	2016 Russian	up to 86 kg

Abdulrashid sadulaev ( Russian Абдулрашид Булачевич Садулаев , Avar Садулаев Булачил ГІабдулрашид * 9. May 1996 in Zurib , Tscharodinski rayon, Dagestan ) is a Russian wrestler . He became European champion in 2014, 2015 and 2018, world champion in 2014, 2015 and 2018 and 2016 free style Olympic champion in the weight class up to 86 kg, up to 92 kg and up to 97 kg body weight.

Career

Abdulrazid Sadulayev comes from Dagestan and belongs to the Avar people . As a teenager, he started wrestling in 2005. He concentrates on the free style. He belongs to the Gamid Gamidow Makhachkala sports club and is or was trained by Shamil Amarov and Magomed Magomedow.

In 2012 and 2013 he was the Russian junior champion in the age group of "cadets" (Cadets), which goes up to the age of 17. In 2012 he was then Junior World Champion (Cadets) in Baku in the weight class up to 76 kg body weight. In 2013 he repeated this title win in Zrenjanin, but in the weight class up to 85 kg. In November 2013 he already started at the Golden Grand Prix in Baku in the middleweight division and, at the age of seventeen, took an excellent 3rd place behind Gamsat Osmanaow, Azerbaijan and Soslan Kzojew, Russia.

He achieved a further increase in 2014. He first won the "Yasar Dogu" memorial in Istanbul in the weight class up to 86 kg ahead of Phil Keddy, United States and then also the renowned "Ivan Yarigin" memorial in Krasnoyarsk, where he relegated the entire Russian elite of his weight class to their places. He was then used at the European Championships in Vantaa / Finland when he was not yet quite eighteen, where he won the European Championship with victories over Sebastian Jezierzankski, Poland, Ștefan Gheorghiță , Romania, Dato Marsagishwili , Georgia, István Veréb , Hungary and Murad Gaidarow , Belarus. He only had to go over the full ring time of 6 minutes in the final fight against Murad Gaidarow, he won all other fights early. After becoming the Russian senior champion for the first time in June 2014, Abdulraschid Sadulayev continued his triumphant advance at the World Cup on September 8, 2014 in Tashkent. There he defeated Selim Yasar , Turkey, Jambuli Zotadze, Ukraine, Mikhail Ganew , Bulgaria, Aslan Kachidze , Kazakhstan and in the final Reineris Salas , Cuba and became the new world champion in a superior style.

In 2015 he remained unbeaten at all major championships. He became Russian champion again and also won the 1st European Games in Baku in June 2015 in the weight class up to 86 kg. In September 2015 he was unbeatable at the World Championships in Las Vegas. He won there in the same weight class over Atsushi Matsumoto, Japan, David Radchenko, Israel, Uitumen Orgodol, Mongolia, Michail Ganew , Bulgaria, Alireza Karimimachiani, Iran and Selim Yasar , Turkey and became world champion again.

In 2016 he took part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In the weight class up to 86 kg, victory and the gold medal could not be taken from him. In the final he defeated his former Russian compatriot Koloi Kortojew, who started under the name Selim Yaşar for Turkey.

In 2017, Abdulraschid Sadulajew became the Russian champion in the weight class up to 97 kg. He then started in this weight class at the 2017 World Championships in Paris. After victories over Reineris Salas Perez from Cuba, Mateusz Filipczak, Poland, Elisbar Odikadze , Georgia and Georgi Ketojew, who was formerly for Russia and now for Armenia, he lost to Kyle Snyder from the United States in the final .

In March 2018, Abdulraschid Sadulajew won the European Championships in Kaspiysk in the weight class up to 92 kg. In the final he defeated the resurgent Olympic champion of 2012 in the middleweight division Sharif Sharifov from Azerbaijan just on points. Then he became Russian champion in the weight class up to 97 kg in August of this year and also competed in this weight class at the World Championships in Budapest. After winning four fights, he met Kyle Snyder in the final and defeated him by falling after just 2 minutes.

Abdulrazid Sadulayev's hunger for the title is unchecked in 2019. In April of this year he was again European champion in the weight class up to 97 kg in Bucharest. In the final, he defeated Alexander Huschtin from Belarus. In June 2019 he won the European Games in Minsk in the same weight class. Here he defeated Nurmagomed Gadschijew from Azerbaijan in the final. In September 2019 he became world champion again in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) in the same weight class with a victory in the final over Sharif Sharifov.

In February 2020 he was again European champion in the weight class up to 97 kg in Rome. Here he defeated Albert Saritov, a Russian who played for Romania in the final.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2012	1.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Baku	up to 76 kg	in front of Ruslan Ruchko, Ukraine and Shota Shirai, Japan
2012	3.	"Ali-Aliyev" Memorial in Makhachkala	medium	behind Shamil Kudijamagomedow and Abdula Taimow, both Russia
2013	1.	Junior World Championships (cadets) in Zrenjanin	up to 85 kg	in front of Altun Mohammed Enes, Turkey, Nurmagomedow Gaschijew, Azerbaijan and Shassulan Jemembet, Kazakhstan
2013	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	medium	behind Gamsat Osmanow, Azerbaijan and Soslan Kzojew , Russia, together with Dato Marsagishvili , Georgia
2014	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	up to 86 kg	before Shamil Kudijamagomedow, Georgi Rubajew, Ansor Urischew and Soslan Kzojew , all Russia
2014	1.	"Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul	up to 86 kg	before Phil Keddy, USA, Alireza Mohammad Karimimachiani and Mohammadjavad Ebrahimizivlaei, both Iran
2014	1.	EM in Vantaa / Finland	up to 86 kg	after victories over Sebastian Jezierzankski, Poland, Stefan Gheorghita, Romania, Dato Marsagishvili, Georgia, István Veréb, Hungary and Murad Gaidarow, Belarus
2014	1.	"Wacław-Ziółkowski" Memorial in Dąbrowa Górnicza	up to 86 kg	before István Veréb, Javad Ebrahimi and Mohammad Hossein Askari Mohammadian, both Iran
2014	1.	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 86 kg	after victories over Selim Yasar, Turkey, Jambuli Zotadze, Ukraine, Mikhail Ganew, Bulgaria, Aslan Kachidze, Kazakhstan and Reineris Salas, Cuba
2015	1.	"Alexander Medved" Prize in Minsk	up to 86 kg	before Alexander Huschtin, Belarus, Amarhadschi Magomedow, Belarus and Richard Perry, USA
2015	1.	European Games 2015 / Wrestling in Baku	up to 86 kg	after victories over Tudor Vasile Zuz, Italy, Nurmagomed Gadschijew, Azerbaijan, Radoslaw Marcinkiewicz, Poland and Piotr Ianulow, Moldova
2015	1.	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 86 kg	after victories over Atsushi Matsumoto, Japan, David Radchenko, Israel, Uitumen Orgodol, Mongolia, Michail Ganew, Bulgaria, Alireza Karimimachiani, Iran and Selim Yasar, Turkey
2016	1.	U 23-EM in Russian	up to 86 kg	before Irakli Mtsituri, Georgia, Alexander Huschtin and Kadie Yazlici, Turkey
2016	1.	"Wacław-Ziółkowski" Memorial in Spała	up to 86 kg	in front of Zbigniew Baranowski, Poland, Michail Ganew and Aleksej Muschtin, Belarus
2016	gold	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 86 kg	after victories over István Veréb, Hungary, Pedro Francisco Ceballos Fuentes, Venezuela, Sharif Sharifow , Azerbaijan and Selim Yasar
2017	2.	World Cup in Paris	up to 97 kg	after victories over Reineris Salas Perez , Cuba, Mateusz Filipczak, Poland, Elisbar Odikadse , Georgia and Georgi Ketojew , Armenia and a defeat against Kyle Snyder , USA
2018	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	up to 92 kg	before Ansor Urischew and Juri Belonowski, both Russia and Turtogtoch Luvsandorj, Mongolia
2018	1.	Dan Kolow & Ivan Petrow Memorial in Sofia	up to 92 kg	before Irakli Mtsituri, Serdar Böke, Turkey and Nicolae Ceban , Moldova
2018	1.	EM in Kaspiysk	up to 92 kg	after victories over Dominic Klaus Peter, Austria, Kirilo Meschkow, Ukraine, Irakli Mtsituri and Sharif Sharifow
2018	1.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 97 kg	after victories over Magomedgadschi Nurow, Macedonia, Mamed Ibragimow, Kazakhstan, Magomed Ibragimow, Uzbekistan, Elisbar Odikadze, Georgia and Kyle Snyder
2019	1.	EM in Bucharest	up to 97 kg	after victories over Nurmagomed Gadschijew, Azerbaijan, Gennadi Cudinovic, Germany, Maagomedgadschi Nurow and Alexander Huschtin, Belarus
2019	1.	European Games in Minsk	up to 97 kg	after victories over Mihaly Szabo, Hungary, Magomedgadschi Nurow, Alexander Huschtin and Nurmagomed Gadschijew
2019	1.	World Cup in Nur-Sultan	up to 97 kg	after victories over Nicolai Cerban, Moldova, Magomedgadschi Nurow, Alisher Yergali, Kazakhstan and Sharif Sharifow
2020	1.	EM in Rome	up to 97 kg	after victories over Magomedgadschi Nurow, Ibrahim Bolukbasi, Turkey, Nurmagomed Gadschijew, Elisbar Odikadse and Albert Saritow

Russian championships

year	space	Age group	Weight class	Results
2012	1.	Cadets	up to 76 kg
2013	1.	Cadets	up to 85 kg	before Shamsudin Butalyev
2014	1.	Seniors	up to 86 kg	before Shamil Kudijamagomedow , Soslan Kzojew and Ansor Urischew
2015	1.	Seniors	up to 86 kg	before Shamil Kudijamagomedow, Soslan Kzojew and Ansor Urischew
2017	1.	Seniors	up to 97 kg	before Wladislaw Baizajew , Rasul Magomedow and Juri Belonowski
2018	1.	Seniors	up to 97 kg	before Wladislaw Baizajew, Igor Ovsjannikow and Zainulla Kurbanow

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = olympic games, WM = world championship, EM = European championship
• Middleweight, weight class up to 84 kg (until December 31, 2013); Since January 1, 2014, a new weight classification has been in effect by the world wrestling association FILA and UWW (United World Wrestling). The former middle weight class now corresponds to the weight class up to 86 kg body weight

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Abdulraschid Bulachevich Sadulajew at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Abdulraschid Bulachevich Sadulajew in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )