Origins & Early Life

Buvaisar Hamidovich Saitiev (Russian: Бувайсар Хамидович Сайтиев, Chechen: Сайт КIант Бувайса; 11 March 1975 – 2 March 2025) was a Russian wrestler and politician. His total of nine world-level gold medals (three Olympics, six World Championships) in freestyle wrestling is second highest, behind Aleksandr Medved's 10. Saitiev is widely considered to be the greatest freestyle wrestler of all time; in 2007, he and Greco-Roman practitioner Aleksandr Karelin were voted the best wrestlers in the history of the sport by FILA. After his retirement from competition, Saitiev served as an acting deputy from Dagestan in the 7th State Duma from 2016 until he stepped down in 2021.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

In 2015, he became the President of the Chechen Wrestling Federation, a position he held until his death in 2025. Saitiev was born in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russian Federation on 11 March 1975, and was of Chechen descent. Saitiev left his hometown in 1992 in order to train at a prestigious wrestling center in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation. His younger brother Adam Saitiev later followed in his footsteps, winning gold in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Soon after graduating from the training center...

Enduring Legacy & Impact

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