Nurislam Sanayev

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Nativename
Нурислам Валентинович Санаев
FullnameNurislam Valentinovich Sanaev
NationalityKazakhstan Kazakhstan
Born (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 (age 35)
Nurislam Sanayev
Sanayev in 2021
Personal information
Native name
Нурислам Валентинович Санаев
Full nameNurislam Valentinovich Sanaev
NationalityKazakhstan Kazakhstan
Born (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 (age 35)
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country Russia
 Kazakhstan (since 2014)
SportWrestling
Weight class57 kg
Event
Freestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo57 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 Budapest57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Nur-Sultan57 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Bishkek61 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 New Delhi57 kg
Ali Aliyev Tournament
Bronze medal – third place2015 Kaspisk57 kg
Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series
Gold medal – first place2021 Rome57 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place2019 Russe61 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Plovdiv61 kg
Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial
Bronze medal – third place2021 Warsaw61 kg
Representing  Russia
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Bronze medal – third place2012 Krasnoyarsk55 kg
Golden Grand Prix Baku
Bronze medal – third place2012 Baku55 kg

Nurislam Sanayev (Russian: Нурислам Валентинович Санаев; born 9 February 1991, in the Tuvan ASSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler of Tuva heritage. He represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's freestyle 57 kg event.[1] He lost in the semi-finals and he then won his bronze medal match against Georgi Vangelov of Bulgaria.[2][3]

Earlier, he competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he got eliminated in the repechage.[4][5] In 2021, he won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.

In 2016, before the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Sanayev converted to Islam and changed his name from Artas Valentinovich Sanaa to Nurislam Sanayev.[6]

Nurislam is a father, he has two sons.[citation needed]

Nurislam Sanayev also studied law at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty.[citation needed]

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