🤼 Wrestling · Freestyle 74 kg

Buvaisar Saitiev

Russia · 1995–2008

Three Olympic golds and six world titles at welterweight.

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Olympic golds: 6
World titles: 6
European titles: 1996–2008
Olympic span

Career

Saitiev is widely regarded as the most technically complete freestyle wrestler ever, with an unusual upright stance and an ability to score from positions where he appeared to be defending. He won Olympic titles eight years apart either side of a shock loss in 2000.

Honours

Olympic gold in 1996, 2004 and 2008
Six World Championship titles
Named the greatest freestyle wrestler of all time by United World Wrestling
Won Olympic golds twelve years apart

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