Buvaisar Saitiev Nationality Russia Russian
Ethnicity Chechnya Chechen
Born March 11, 1975
Khasavyurt, Dagestan ASSR
Years active 1995-
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Saitiev has won nine world-level gold medals. He is a six-time world champion and a three-time Olympic champion.
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta 74 kg freestyle
Gold 2004 Athens 74 kg freestyle
Gold 2008 Beijing 74 kg freestyle
World Championships
Gold Atlanta 1995 Freestyle 74 kg
Gold Krasnoyarsk 1997 Freestyle 76 kg
Gold Tehran 1998 Freestyle 76 kg
Gold Sofia 2001 Freestyle 76 kg
Gold New York 2003 Freestyle 74 kg
Gold Budapest 2005 Freestyle 74 kg
European Championships
Gold Budapest 1996 Freestyle 74 kg
Gold Warsaw 1997 Freestyle 76 kg
Gold Bratislava 1998 Freestyle 85 kg
Gold Budapest 2000 Freestyle 76 kg
Gold Budapest 2001 Freestyle 76 kg
Gold Moscow 2006 Freestyle 74 kg
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