Sagid Murtazaliev
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 97 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Ankara 97 kg

Sagid Magomedovich Murtazaliev (Russian: Сагид Магомедович Муртазалиев; Avar: СагIид МагIамедович МуртазгIалиев; born 11 March 1974) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. Born in Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR, Soviet Union and of Avar descent, Murtazaliev has won gold medals in heavyweight divisions at the 1999 FILA World Championships and the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Olympics

Murtazaliev represented Ukraine at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and represented Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won gold in the men's freestyle 97 kg competition.[1][2]

In 2013, he returned his medal to the IOC in protest of its vote to briefly drop wrestling from the Summer Olympic programme.[3][4]

Politics

In 2001, a bomb was found near Murtazaliev's home in Kizlyar.[5] A charitable foundation is named after Sagid Murtazaliev.[6] On April 12, 2010, Murtazaliev, who had been the head of Kizlyarsky District, became the head of the Dagestan branch of the Russian pension fund.[7][8] Murtazaliev was a United Russia party deputy to the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan.[9][10] In 2015, the prosecution office opened a criminal case against Murtazaliev on financing terrorism as well as suspected him in relation to a number of murders. Murtazaliev left Russia and is currently wanted by the prosecution.[11]

Family

Sagid Murtazaliev is married with five children.

References

  1. ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on September 9, 2008)
  2. ^ "Sagid Murtazaliyev". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. ^ Russian wrestler to return his Olympic gold
  4. ^ "Bulgaria wrestling coach Armen Nazaryan on hunger strike". BBC Sport. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Nail Bomb Discovered" (PDF). Archives. The Russia Journal. 10 February 2001. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  6. ^ "A charitable foundation of the Olympic champion from Dagestan Sagid Murtazaliev plans to develop sports in Kizlyarski district of Dagestan". Sports. Ria Dagestan. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  7. ^ Troshina, Albina (13 April 2010). "Sagid Murtazaliev is the new head of Branch of the Pension fund of Russia in Dagestan". Politics. Ria Dagestan. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Scandalous replacement of head of Pension Fund in Dagestan". Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of April 19–25. Caucasian Knot. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Speaker of the Dagestan Parliament hands in cards to deputies". Politics. Ria Dagestan. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Сагид Муртазалиев: "Нужно вникать в проблемы людей…"". Новости. Moi Dagestan. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  11. ^ Горошков, Павел; Васильева, Марина (7 July 2017). "Тесть экс-главы дагестанского ПФР Муртазалиева, обвиняемого в убийствах, свел счеты с жизнью" (in Russian). dp.ru. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

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Olympic Champions in freestyle heavyweight
World Champions in freestyle heavyweight (97 kg)
European Champions in freestyle heavyweight (97 kg)
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