Anzor Boltukaev

Anzor Adamovich Boltukayev (Russian: Анзор Адамович Болтукаев; born 5 April 1986 in Chechnya) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. He competes in the 96 kg division and won the bronze medal in the same division at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships defeated Aleksey Krupnyakov of Kyrgyzstan.[1]

Anzor Boltukayev
Personal information
Native nameАнзор Болтукаев
Full nameAnzor Adamovich Boltukayev
Nickname(s)The Giant Slayer
The God of Thunder
Born (1986-04-05) 5 April 1986
Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Coached byJaa Umarov, Ali Davudov
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
World Championships
2013 Budapest 96 kg
European Championships
Disqualified2017 Novi Sad97 kg
2016 Riga 97 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2016 Krasnoyarsk 97 kg
2017 Krasnoyarsk125 kg
In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Adamovich and the family name is Boltukayev.

At the "Ivan Yarygin 2016" he beat the current World Champion Kyle Snyder and Olympic gold medalist Jake Varner of USA.[2]

In the 2016 European Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal against Ivan Yankouski of Belarus.[3]

He competed at Olympics 2016 in the freestyle 97 kg event and was eliminated by Valerii Andriitsev of Ukraine in the 1/8 final.

Boltukayev failed a drugs test at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships testing positive for higenamine. His subsequent result was disqualified and his silver medal was revoked, he was also banned for two years from 13 September 2018.[4]

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106043411/http://www.fila-official.com/sites/ultimate/index.php?option=com_competition&act=ficheLutteur&style=&choix_poids=6026&choix_pays=&id_inscrit=73625&act2=resultat
  2. "Boltukaev Stops World, Olympic Champs on Final Day of Yarygin Grand Prix". unitedworldwrestling.org. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. "Anzor Boltukayev became European champion in freestyle wrestling". tass.ru. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. "News detail". Retrieved 16 September 2018.


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