Anzor Khizriev

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FullnameAnzor Ruslanovich Khizriev
Nationalteam Russia
Born (1990-10-31) October 31, 1990 (age 35)[1]
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Anzor Khizriev
Анзор Хизриев
Personal information
Full nameAnzor Ruslanovich Khizriev
National team Russia
Born (1990-10-31) October 31, 1990 (age 35)[1]
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
Event
Freestyle
ClubSVSM WC
Coached byR. Magomedov, M.Andreev[2]
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
European Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Minsk125 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Bucharest125 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place2022 Krasnoyarsk125 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Krasnoyarsk125 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Krasnoyarsk120 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Krasnoyarsk125 kg
Silver medal – second place2024 Krasnoyarsk125 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Krasnoyarsk125 kg
Poddubny wrestling league
Bronze medal – third place2022 Moscow125 kg
Representing Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg
Russian Wrestling Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Sakha125 kg
Representing Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast
Russian Wrestling Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Ingushetia125 kg
Bronze medal – third place2020 Naro-Fominsk125 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Buryatia125 kg
Representing Chechnya Chechnya
Russian Wrestling Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Odintsovo125 kg

Anzor Ruslanovich Khizriev (Russian: Анзор Русланович Хизриев; born 31 October 1990 in Chechnya) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent, who competes in the 125 kg weight category. Senior European Games gold medalist 2019, he came in 5th at the 2018 World Championships.

Khizriev was born in Chechnya, but at the age of five his family fled to St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast after the First Chechen War erupted. He started training in freestyle wrestling in primary school, but in the high school years he retired. After finishing Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy study he got the degree in surgery and returned to wrestling.[3]

Wrestling career

Khizriev represents Leningrad Oblast in Russian national championships. He is two-times Russian national champion. He represented the Russian Federation at the World Championships 2017 and 2018.[4]

At Ivan Yarygin 2019 he beat Olympic gold medalist and 2-time world champion Taha Akgül of Turkey.

Championships and achievements

References

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