Adam Saitiev

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Adam Saitiev
Personal information
Native nameАдам Хамидович Сайтиев
Full nameAdam Hamidovich Saitiev
Nationality Russia
Born (1977-12-12) December 12, 1977 (age 44)
Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country Russia
SportWrestling
Weight class74-85 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
Coached byViktor Alexeev, Abdul Saitiev
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
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Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 85 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place Tehran 2002 84 kg
Gold medal – first place Ankara 1999 76 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Moscow 84 kg
Gold medal – first place 2000 Budapest 85 kg
Gold medal – first place 1999 Minsk 76 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bratislava 76 kg

Adam Hamidovich Saitiev, also spelled Saytiev, (Chechen: Адам Хамидович Сайтиев, born December 12, 1977) is a Russian wrestler of Chechen descent who won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics for the Russian Federation at 85 kg cat.[1] Adam also won the Wrestling World Championships in 1999 and 2002.

His elder brother Buvaisar Saitiev, also a wrestler, won gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and again in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling career[]

Adam initially started his senior-level international career at 69 kg, or around 152 lbs. He found the weight cut too severe, and soon moved up to 76 kg, where he was world champ in 1999. However, this was his elder brother Buvaisar's weight, and Adam wanted to compete alongside his brother at the Olympics, not compete with him for a spot on the team. Adam moved up to 85 kg, and despite being undersized, won two world-level titles at the weight.

Saitiev competed many times throughout after 2002. But his career had many injuries.

Saitiev made a comeback in 2012. He found significant success, but in the Russian freestyle wrestling championships 2012 final match lost to Denis Tsargush (1-0; 1-0)

Adam is a recipient of the Order of Honor (2001) and Order of Friendship (2004).

Match results[]

World Championships & Olympic Games Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2002 UWW world 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 84kg
Win 21-3 Cuba Yoel Romero 4-3 September 5, 2002 2002 World Wrestling Championships Iran Tehran, Iran
Win 20-3 Bulgaria Arkadii Tzopa Fall
Win 19-3 Poland Marcin Jurecki 7-3
Win 18-3 India Aman Deep Tech. Fall
Win 17-3 Mongolia Narantsetseg Burenbaatar Tech. Fall
2000 Olympic 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 85kg
Win 16-3 Cuba Yoel Romero Fall September 28, 2000 2000 Summer Olympics Australia Sydney, Australia
Win 15-3 North Macedonia Magomed Ibragimov 3-0
Win 14-3 South Korea Yang Hyung-mo 5-0
Win 13-3 Australia Igor Praporshchikov Fall
Win 12-3 Belarus Beibulat Musaev 4-1
1999 UWW world 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 76kg
Win 11-3 Germany Alexander Leipold 6-3 October 7, 1999 1999 World Wrestling Championships Turkey Ankara, Turkey
Win 10-3 United States Joe Williams Fall
Win 9-3 Ukraine Alik Musaev 4-0
Win 8-3 Hungary Arpad Ritter 11-3
Win 7-3 Poland Radoslaw Horbik 9-0
Win 6-3 Uzbekistan Ruslan Khinchagov 7-1
1997 UWW world 6th at 69kg
Loss 5-3 Iran Davoud Ghanbari Inj. Def. August 29, 1997 1997 World Wrestling Championships Russia Krasnojarsk, Russia
Loss 5-2 Ukraine Zaza Zazirov 2-4
Win 5-1 Turkey Yüksel Şanlı Fall
Win 4-1 Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Askarov Fall
Win 3-1 Georgia (country) David Gagishvili Fall
Win 2-1 Azerbaijan Elchad Allakhverdiev 4-2
Loss 1-1 Uzbekistan Igor Kupeev 2-5
Win 1-0 Venezuela Juan Carlos Rivero Tech. Fall

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adam Saytiyev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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