Boris Budayev
Soviet and Uzbekistani wrestler of Buriad-Mongolian ancestry from Ikires tribe
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Boris Dugdanovich Budayev (born 19 July 1957) is Soviet and Uzbekistani wrestler of Buryad-Mongolian ancestry from Ikires tribe.[2] He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3]
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| Nationality | USSR, Uzbekistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 July 1957 Soyol,
Buryad-Mongolian ASSR, USSR[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highlight achievements
Career accomplishments include:
- 1979 World Junior Champion.
- 1982 European Champion.
- 1985 USSR Champion.
- 1989 World Champion.
- 1990 Grand Masters of Olympic Wrestling Champion.
- 1996 Asian Champion
- Member of the 1996 Uzbekistani Olympic Team.
Boris Budaev achieved first major international success at the 1979 World Junior Championships, where he won the gold medal. In the final matches, he lost to Roger Frizzel of USA by points, but the Mongolian Buyandelgeriin Bold won the American wrestler by fall, after which Boris received the winner title thanks to the overall standings. Due to this victory, he was included in the USSR national team.[4]
According to information provided by a public group "Ekhirit/Ikires" on the social network "Vkontakte", Boris Budaev is a member of Tokhoy Bayandai clan from a historical Mongolic Ikires tribe.[5]