Nurislam Sanayev

Nurislam Sanayev
Sanayev in 2021
Personal information
Native name
Нурислам Валентинович Санаев
Full nameNurislam Valentinovich Sanaev
NationalityKazakhstan Kazakhstan
Born (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991
Chadan, Tuvan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country Russia
 Kazakhstan (since 2014)
SportWrestling
Weight class
57 kg
Event
Freestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo57 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 Budapest57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Nur-Sultan57 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Bishkek61 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 New Delhi57 kg
Ali Aliyev Tournament
Bronze medal – third place2015 Kaspisk57 kg
Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series
Gold medal – first place2021 Rome57 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place2019 Russe61 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Plovdiv61 kg
Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial
Bronze medal – third place2021 Warsaw61 kg
Representing  Russia
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Bronze medal – third place2012 Krasnoyarsk55 kg
Golden Grand Prix Baku
Bronze medal – third place2012 Baku55 kg

Nurislam Sanayev (Russian: Нурислам Валентинович Санаев; born 9 February 1991, in the Tuvan ASSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler of Tuva heritage. He represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's freestyle 57 kg event.[1] He lost in the semi-finals and he then won his bronze medal match against Georgi Vangelov of Bulgaria.[2][3]

Earlier, he competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he got eliminated in the repechage.[4][5] In 2021, he won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.

Personal life

In 2016, before the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Sanayev converted to Islam and changed his name from Artas Valentinovich Sanaa to Nurislam Sanayev.[6]

Nurislam is a father, he has two sons.

Nurislam Sanayev also studied law at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty.

Controversy

In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sanayev bit his Indian opponent in the semi-final match.[7] Bite marks were seen on Indian opponent Ravi Dahiya at the end of the game.

References

  1. ↑ INFORM.KZ (19 September 2019). "Two Kazakh free style wrestlers earn 2020 Olympic Games quotas". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Wrestling Men's Freestyle 57 kg Semi Finals". 4 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Nurislam Sanayev". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Men's Freestyle 57 kg - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Тувинский борец Артас Санаа принял ислам и сменил имя" (in Russian). 28 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Ravi Dahiya endures bite by Nurislam Sanayev but is fine, says support staff". 4 August 2021.
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