Artur Naifonov

Artur Naifonov
Артур Найфонов
Naifonov at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships
Personal information
Native name
Артур Эдикович Найфонов
Full nameArtur Edikovich Naifonov
NationalityRussia Russia
Born10 May 1997 (1997-05-10) (age 29)
Nizhnevartovsk, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country Russia
SportWrestling
Weight class
86 kg
Rank
International Master of Sport in Freestyle wrestling
Event
Freestyle
ClubWrestling Academy of Aslan Khadarstev
Coached byTotraz Archegov, Viktor Rozhkov, Elbrus Dudaev[1]
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing UWW
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 Bratislava86 kg
Representing Russia ROC
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo86 kg
Representing Russian Wrestling Federation
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 Oslo86 kg
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Nur-Sultan86 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Warsaw86 kg
Gold medal – first place2020 Rome86 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Kaspiysk86 kg
Russian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kaspiysk86 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Kyzyl86 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Ulan-Ude86 kg
Silver medal – second place2020 Naro-Fominsk86 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Sochi86 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Odintsovo86 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place2025 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
Gold medal – first place2020 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
Silver medal – second place2026 Krasnoyarsk65 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Wuhan86 kg
World U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 Bucharest86 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Tampere86 kg

Artur Naifonov (Russian: Артур Эдикович Найфонов, IPA: [ɐrˈtur nɐɪ̯ˈfonəf], Iron Ossetic: Найфонты Эдичы фырт Артур; born 10 May 1997) is a Russian freestyle wrestler, who competes at 86 kilograms.[2] Naifonov is an Olympic Games medalist, World Championship medalist, three-time European Continental champion and a three-time Russian National champion (four-time finalist).[3][4][5][6]

Naifonov is a survivor of the 2004 Beslan school siege along with his sister, both receiving shrapnel wounds. His mother was killed in crossfire.[7]

Road to Olympic Games

After coming up short and taking second place at the 2020 Russian National Championships,[8] Naifonov wasn't able to compete at the Individual World Cup and did not wrestle again until March 2021.

In order to achieve a place on the Olympic Team, Naifonov would have to take first place at the 2021 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships in Ulan-Ude. Winning all of his matches, including against 2020 European Silver Medallist, Magomed Ramazanov whom Naifonov defeated in the semi-final. At one point, Ramazanov was winning with the score 8–1,[9] before Naifonov made a comeback to win 10–8.

Naifonov would then meet his main rival in Russia, Dauren Kurugliev, representing Dagestan, in the final. Naifonov defeated Kurugliev with the score 2–1,[10] which won Naifonov the first place on the podium,[11] gold medal and be invited to compete for his country at the Olympic games in Tokyo.[12]

2020 Olympic Games

Following his Russian National Championships win, Naifonov wrestled at the Olympic Games held in Tokyo. Naifonov made his Olympic debut with a win over Ossetian-Slovakian transfer, Boris Makoev and defeated him 6–0, followed by a 12–1, technical fall over Turkey's Osman Göçen, advancing Naifonov into the semi-final opposite Hassan Yazdani. Yazdani won the match 7–1; however as this match was the semi-final, Naifonov was automatically placed into a third place, bronze-medal match against Dagestan-Uzbekistan transfer, Javrail Shapiev. After controlling all six minutes in a low scoring match, Naifonov won the match 2–0, securing an Olympic bronze medal.[13]

2021 World Championships

Following his Bronze medal Olympic debut, Naifonov wanted to finish the year wrestling at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, held in Norway. Naifonov faced Japan's Hayato Ishiguro in the round of 16 and defeated the Japanese wrestler 11–0 with advancement to the quarter-final match against Spanish representative, Taiumuraz Friev, who Naifonov beat 5–2. In the semi-final, Naifonov would, again, Yazdani and lost again, by the score 8-2 and ruining his hopes for gold.

Naifonov faced Kazakh wrestler, Azamat Dauletbekov in the bronze medal match, beating the Kazakh by 3-0 and winning his second world bronze medal.[14][15]

2024 Olympic Games

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for the Individual Neutral Athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, but he missed these games, due to replacements by other NOCs.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Totraz Archegov: "It's not enough to be a good athlete. One must be a man - then God will help!"". gazetabeslana.ru. May 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Artur Naifonov Profile". Infosport.ru. infosport. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Артур Найфонов - чемпион Европы по спортивной борьбе". depsport.ru. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  4. ↑ "Артур Найфонов выиграл чемпионат Европы по вольной борьбе | ГТРК Алания". Россия-Алания / ГТРК "АЛАНИЯ" (in Russian). 2020-02-16. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  5. ↑ "MMA/Единоборства. Российский борец Найфонов завоевал золото чемпионата Европы". news.sportbox.ru (in Russian). 2020-02-16. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  6. ↑ сайт «ОСнова», Северо-Осетинский информационный. "Артур Найфонов - чемпион Европы по вольной борьбе!". ОсНова.News. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. ↑ "Борец Артур Найфонов принес России бронзу на Олимпиаде. 17 лет назад он был заложником в школе Беслана, его мать погибла при теракте". Медуза (in Russian). 2021-08-07. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  8. ↑ "Чемпионат России по вольной борьбе среди мужчин. День 3. Результаты, итоги". karate.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  9. ↑ Telesport. "Найфонов победил Рамазанова, проигрывая 1:8! Полуфинал чемпионата России 2021 – смотреть видео | TeleSport – бесплатные прямые онлайн трансляции". tele-sport.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  10. ↑ "Артур Найфонов стал чемпионом России по вольной борьбе - 15-Й РЕГИОН". 15-Й РЕГИОН - Информационный портал РСО - Алания (in Russian). 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  11. ↑ "Двукратный чемпион мира Заур Угуев, Артур Найфонов и Магомед Курбанов – чемпионы России по вольной борьбе в Улан-Удэ". allsportinfo.ru. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  12. ↑ "Артур Найфонов стал чемпионом России по вольной борьбе". vladikavkaz.bezformata.com. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  13. ↑ "Artur Naifonov, Myles Amine win men's 86kg bronze medals | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  14. ↑ "86 kg Final 3-5 - Azamat Dauletbekov, Kazakhstan vs Artur Naifonov, Russian Wrestling Federation". www.flowrestling.org. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  15. ↑ "NAIFONOV Artur profile page". uww.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  16. ↑ "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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