Zaur Rizvanovich Uguev (Russian: Заур Ризванович Угуев, IPA: [zɐˈur ʊˈɡu(ɪ̯)ɪf]; born 27 March 1995) is a Russian freestyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms.[1] He claimed the 2020 Summer Olympic Games gold medal after back-to-back World Championships in 2018 and 2019, as well as a 2020 Individual World Cup title.[2] A four-time Russian national champion, Uguev is also a European Games and European Championship medalist.[3]
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| Native name | Заур Ризванович Угуев | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Zaur Rizvanovich Uguev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 March 1995 Khasavyurt, Khasavyurtovsky District, Dagestan, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 57 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Grand Master of Sport in Freestyle Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wrestling Academy of Mavlet Batirov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Shem Shemeev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals |  (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals |  (2018)
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| Regional finals |  (2018)
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Biography edit
Originally from the village of Chagarotar (Khasavyurt district), of Kumyk ethnicity.[4] Member of the Russian freestyle wrestling team since 2016. Trained under the guidance of Sheme Shemeev.
Wrestling career edit
Won Tokyo 2020 wrestling finals by defeating Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya
2017 edit
2017 Ivan Yarygin edit
To kick off his 2017 run, Uguev would wrestle at the prestigious event: Ivan Yarygin 2017, held every year, in Krasnoyarsk. Uguev would ultimately reign successful and win gold, facing off against foes: Magomedrasul Idrisov, Nurtilek Ermekbaev, Aryan Tyutrin and Nariman Israpilov, scheduling a final match against Artem Gebekov - also from Dagestan. Moreover, Uguev would win by technical-superiority 10-0 and claim his first Yarygin title,[5] as well as a spot on the Russian team heading to the European Championships in Serbia.[citation needed]
Having been successful for the team selection, Uguev wrestled at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships, held in Novi Sad. Uguev would defeat Vladimir Egorov by the score 5–3, and Andriy Yatsenko by fall, before falling to Giorgi Edisherashvili, representing Azerbaijan by 5–1. However, since having lost in the semi-final, Uguev was given an automatic shot for a chance at one of the bronze medals, which he was successful in taking - defeating Zoheir El-Quarraque by the score 9–1, and his first European Championship medal.[citation needed]
Russian Nationals 2017 edit
Uguev had his first senior level National Championship in 2017, in Nazran, Ingushetia. Uguev defeated all five of his opponents; in round of 32 he defeated Ramazan Ferzaliev of Dagestan by technical fall with the score 14–4; in the round of 16 he beat Aryan Tyutrin of Yakutia with a 3–0 score; in the quarterfinals Uguev beat Rasul Mashezov of Crimea by 10-0 technical fall; in the semifinals he beat Dmitry Aksenov of Yakutia by 7–1. In the final match, he defeated former opponent Artem Grebekov by a score of 3–1, which gave him the opportunity to compete at the 2017 Paris World Championships.[citation needed]
2017 World Wrestling Championships edit
Despite his youth, relative inexperience and golds at senior level tournaments, Uguev won his spot for the 2017 Edition of the World Championships, where he would get upset by Sandeep Tomar of India, by the score 8–2, eliminating Uguev from the tournament.[6]
2018 edit
2018 Ivan Yarygin edit
In a repeat of the previous year, Uguev would start his 2018 at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix. Uguev beat Mongolia's Tumentsogt Bold, Yakutian Donduk-ool Kuresh-ool and American representative, Frank Perrelli, which would give him way into the finals, opposing stand-out Ossetian, Azamat Tuskaev. Having lost to Tuskaev in the past, Uguev was able to win by the score of 4–1,[7] thus taking first place and the gold medal. With his second Yarygin title, Uguev was again given the opportunity to compete at the 2018 European Championships; although, this time he would face a lot of pressure in his home republic, taking place in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia.[citation needed]
European Championships 2018 edit
At the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, Uguev won his matches in the qualification, quarter-final and semi-final rounds. In the final match, he wrestled against Giorgi Edisherashvili of Azerbaijan in a rematch of the 2017 Novi Sad European Championships. Uguev was winning the majority of the match and was up 3-0 going into the final segments of the match; however, with 8 seconds left: Edisherashvili hit a lateral drop and scored 4 points - which gave Edisherashvili the lead with the score of 3–4; Uguev and his team challenged the call and lost it, the match ended with the score 3–5, ultimately winning gold, and Uguev was left with the silver medal,[8]
Russian Nationals 2018 edit
Uguev became the Russian national champion at 57 kg[9] for a second time in August 2018, in Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast.[10] Uguev beat Muslim Sadulaev of Chechnya by technical fall in the qualification round, he then beat Rasul Masheshov representing Crimea in the quarter-finals, again by technical fall. In the semi-finals, Uguev beat Ismail Gadzhiev, also representing Dagestan by 3–0, thus advancing Uguev to the final match for a chance to win gold. Uguev faced Dondook-ul Kuresh-ul of Tuva by 8–1 score, Uguev scored a 4-point suplex in the second period, giving him the 7–1 lead and Kuresh-ool's coaches challenged a call, but failed, thus giving Uguev an extra point and won the match by 8-1 and becoming a two-time Russian National champion.[11]
2018 World Wrestling Championships edit
With Uguev's first-place victory at Odintsovo 2018, he qualified for the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In the round of 16, Uguev faced 2012 Olympian, Armenia's Mihran Jaburyan and won by technical superiority 10–0. In the quarter-final Uguev then faced 2017 U23 Senior World Champion, Reineri Andreu Ortega of Cuba, winning by the score of 6–0, and faced Paris 2017 Senior World Champion, Yuki Takahashi of Japan, whom Uguev defeated by the score 7-2 and advanced Uguev to the finals.[12] In the final, Uguev faced Bishkek 2018 champion, Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev. After a close first period with each wrestler scoring a takedown; the second period started out with each wrestler also gaining a step-out point for the score of 3-3; however, Sanayev was penalized for continuously pulling on Uguev's singlet, thus resulting in a score of 4–3 in favor of Uguev, ultimately giving Uguev his first senior world title at 57 kg,[13]
2019 edit
2019 European Games edit
Despite missing the 2019 edition of the Ivan Yarygin Golden Gran Prix, it was decided that Uguev would be the representative to participate in the 57 kg category at the 2019 European Games, held in Minsk, Belarus. After winning the first two matches by technical-superiority,[14] Uguev would suffer an upset loss against Azerbaijani representative Mahir Amiraslanov, by the score 3–2.[15] Despite losing, Uguev would dominate the bronze medal match and win 10–2 over Georgi Vangelov of Bulgaria.[citation needed]
In spite of Uguev's absence at the 2019 Russian National Championships, he would face Aryan Tyutrin for the spot to be able to compete at the World Championships, in Kazakhstan. Uguev would defeat Tyutrin by 10-0 technical-superiority.[citation needed]
2019 World Wrestling Championships edit
Having won Bronze at the European Games, and beating Tyutrin by technical fall at the summer-camp face-offs, the reigning World Champion, Uguev, was once again eligible to take part in the World Championships in Kazakhstan. In the round of 32, Uguev was first faced with the opponent who beat him at the European Games - who became the European Games Champion, Mahir Amiraslanov; Uguev defeated Amiraslanov by the score of 4-3 after scoring a takedown in the last 30 seconds; Uguev next faced Mongolian wrestler, Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar, and defeated him by the score of 5–2. In the quarter-finals, Uguev's opponent was Asian Champion, Reza Atri who was defeated by Uguev with a score of 2–0, advancing Uguev to the semi-finals against Ravi Kumar of India.[16] Kumar was defeated after getting taken down and hit with a four-point fireman's carry, Uguev would hold on to win with a score of 6–4, advancing Uguev onto the final vs. Turkish wrestler and 2019 European Champion, Süleyman Atlı.[17] Up by a passivity point, going into the second period, Uguev would get exposed by Atlı for two-points from a chest-wrap, Uguev himself would force Atlı's back to the mat, leading 3–2, Atlı was able to reverse position and lead the score of 3*-3 by criteria. Approximately 10 seconds later after the reset, Uguev would achieve a strong underhook and was able to land a single-leg takedown for two-points going up 5–3; however, Uguev would then score six-points from three gut-wrenches for a score of 11–3. To finish the match, Uguev would get two-points from a trapped-arm turn for exposure, resulting in a dominating 13-3 technical fall - successfully defending his world title.[18]
2020 edit
2020 Russian National Championships edit
Given the ongoing pandemic due to Sars-Covid, the overwhelming majority of all sporting events were cancelled worldwide, thus cancelling most wrestling tournaments for that year - including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Despite all of this, the 2020 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships took place in mid-October, as qualification for the Individual World Cup which was announced to take place in December. Uguev would win three of his matches, all by technical-superiority; defeating Yakutia's Petr Konstantinov and Aleksey Kopylov, then Muslim Sadulaev- which would give him a spot in the final. Uguev would again meet his rival, Azamat Tuskaev opposing him in the final. Uguev's positioning proved to be too much,[19] giving Uguev his third Russian National title[20] defeating Tuskaev by 1-1 criteria,[21] and a spot on the team heading to the Individual World Cup.[citation needed]
Individual World Cup edit
For the fact that there was no formal World Championships in 2020 due to covid, a condensed version was introduced as an alternative tournament: the 2020 Individual World Cup.[22] Uguev was sent here, and proved to everyone that he was #1 in the World at 57 kg, and would go unscored on. Uguev first stormed through Moldova's Buruian, and Andreyeu of Belarus, before winning 9–0 over Myrzanazar Uluu from Kyrgyzstan, paving his way into the semi-final match. In his semi-final, he was met with young Iranian, former two-time Cadet World Champion, and 2021 Junior World Champion, Rahman Amouzad, Uguev would waste no time and won by fall,[23] which would then allow Uguev to wrestle in the final. Opposing Uguev in the final, was 2021 Olympian, 2019 European Champion, and World Bronze medalist, Arsen Harutyunyan, of Armenia.[24] Despite Harutyunyan's accomplishments, Uguev would dominate and win by technical-superiority in less than a minute; scoring an ankle-pick to gut-wrench, followed by a single-leg to another two gut-wrenches, making the score 10–0.[25] Uguev ultimately won gold and first place on the podium without conceding a single point.[26]
2021 edit
2021 Russian National Championships edit
Since the Tokyo Olympics were postponed in 2020, they were later rescheduled for the Summer of 2021- this meant that the 2021 Russian Nationals would be the final part of the Olympic Team's selection process - where a gold medal would guarantee a spot on the Olympic team. The favorite at 57 kg was two-time World Champion, Zaur Uguev. To start his run, Uguev would win by technical superiority over his first two opponents: Umar Khachukaev or the Rostov Oblast, and Abubakar Mutaliev of Dagestan- both by the score: 10–0. In the quarter-final, Uguev would face the first of three Tuvan opponents: Donduk-ool Khuresh-ool, who would fall by the score of 2–1; Belek-ool Kuzhuget by 4–1, which would result in Uguev meeting Nachyn Mongush in the final.[27][28] The final between Uguev and Mongush would be an exhilarating and exciting match, with both wrestlers scoring: Uguev would score first due to Mongush's inactivity and then a push-out, shortly after a takedown was scored for Uguev- giving him the lead 4–0 at the break. Around a minute and a half through the second period, Mongush threw Uguev to his back for four points, evening the score: 4-4; although, Uguev would later throw Mongush for five-points, gaining the lead by the score 9–4. Mongush would shortly after make Uguev step-out, resulting in a 9–5 score; however, it would be too late as Uguev was able to hold the score until the final whistle and conclusion of the match. Having beat Mongush, Uguev became the 2021 Russian National Champion,[29][30] he would be one of three wrestlers from Dagestan,[31] and be the 57 kg representative of the Russian Freestyle team at the 2021 Olympics.[32]
Freestyle record edit
References edit
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External links edit
Media related to Zaur Uguev at Wikimedia Commons- Zavur Uguev at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Zavur Uguev at United World Wrestling
- Zavur Uguev at Olympics.com
- Zavur Uguyev at Olympedia
