Alan Lavrentievich Khugayev

Alan Lavrentevich Khugayev, 2017

Alan Lavrentjewitsch Chugajew ( Russian Алан Лаврентьевич Хугаев ; born October 18, 1990 in Vladikavkaz ) is a Russian wrestler . In 2014 he became vice European champion in free style in the weight class up to 125 kg body weight.

Career

Alan Lavrentjewitsch Chugajew, not to be confused with Alan Anatoljewitsch Chugajew , the 2012 Olympic champion in the Greco-Roman style in the middleweight division, comes from North Ossetion-Alania. He started wrestling as a teenager in 1999, specializing in free style. He is a student and belongs to a sports club in Vladikavkaz. The 1.92 meter tall athlete is wrestling in the heaviest weight class of freestyle wrestling, which had its limit of 120 kg until December 31, 2013 and has been 125 kg since January 1, 2014. He was or is mainly trained by Ch.W. Apajew, Cesar Tibilow and Gia Berishvili.

Alan Khugayev made his debut on the international wrestling mat at the 2008 European Junior Championships in Kosice. He came there in the heavyweight division on the 7th place. At the 2009 European Junior Championships in Tbilisi, he performed significantly better, because he won the title there ahead of Giorgi Sakandelidse from Georgia and Nick Matuhin from Germany. At the Junior World Championships in Budapest in 2010 it was only enough for him to finish 7th. Muradin Kuschchow from Ukraine won ahead of Taha Akgül from Turkey.

In the following years he did not succeed in getting to the top of his weight class in Russia. However, in the years 2011 to 2013 he achieved some good events in strong international tournaments. In 2013 he became Russian heavyweight champion for the first time and in January 2014 he also won the prestigious "Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk ahead of Ansor Khirsiyev, Russia, Muradin Kuschchow and Aslanbek Aliyev, Russia. He was then used at the 2014 European Championships in Vantaa / Finland, where he won over Rares Daniel Chintojan, Romania, Dániel Ligeti , Hungary and Dawit Modsmanashvili , Georgia and faced Taha Akgül in the final, against whom he had no chance and after just 1.18 minutes had to paint the sails. He became vice European champion.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2008	7th	Junior European Championship in Kosice	Heavy	Winner: Oleg Ivanov, Ukraine ahead of Andrei Romanow, Moldova
2009	1.	Junior European Championship in Tbilisi	Heavy	before Giorgi Sakandelidze, Georgia, Nick Matuhin, Germany and Aslan Dsebischow, Azerbaijan
2010	7th	Junior World Championships in Budapest	Heavy	Winner: Muradin Kuschchow, Ukraine ahead of Taha Akgül, Turkey and Giorgi Sakandelidze
2011	4th	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	Heavy	behind Stephen Mocco and Aaron Anspach, both USA and Alexei Schemarow , Belarus
2012	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Heavy	behind Giorgi Sakandelidze and Eduard Basrow, Russia
2012	3.	Intercontinental cap in Chassavyurt	Heavy	behind Giorgi Sakandelidze and Magomedgadschi Nurasulow , Russia, together with Alen Sassejew , Ukraine
2013	11.	"Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	Heavy	Winner: Magomedgadschi Nurasulow ahead of Seyed Mohammad Reza Azar Gharib, Iran and Aleksander Chozianiwski, Ukraine
2013	7th	World Cup in Tehran	Heavy	Winner: Taha Akgül ahead of Tervel Dlagnev , USA and Tornike Chidscheli, Georgia
2013	5.	Universiade in Kazan	Heavy	Winner: Taha Akgül ahead of Aleksander Chozianiwski
2013	13.	"Wacław-Ziółkowski" Memorial in Spała	Heavy	Winner: Jamaladdin Magomedow , Azerbaijan ahead of Alexei Nikolajew, Belarus and Tervel Dlagnev
2014	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 125 kg	before Ansor Chisrijew, Russia, Muradin Kuschchow, Ukraine and Aslanbek Aliyev, Russia
2014	5.	"Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul	up to 125 kg	behind Taha Akgül, Komeil Ghasemi , Iran, Dominique Bradley, USA and Yunus Emre Dene, Turkey
2014	2.	EM in Vantaa / Finland	up to 125 kg	after victories over Rares Daniel Chintojan, Romania, Dániel Ligeti, Hungary and Dawit Modsmanashvili, Georgia and a defeat against Taha Akgül

Russian championships

year	space	Weight class	Results
2013	1.	Heavy	before Eduard Basrow, Anatoli Malychin and Muhammadgasi Magomedow

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• Heavyweight, weight class up to 120 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013); since January 1, 2014 up to 125 kg body weight
• WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Alan Lavrentjewitsch Chugajew at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Website WWW.wrestrus.ru