Aniuar Geduev - silver medalist of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Russian wrestler, gold medalist of the European Games in Baku, Honored Master of Sports.
The famous athlete was born on January 26 in the Kabardino-Balkarian village of Psygansu in 1987. With eleven years, the boy began to engage in freestyle wrestling.
Carier start
Aniuar came to his first training session with his older brother Alim. Immediately the boy was unsuccessful: he was seriously injured in the first sparring.
Aniuaru broke their right arm, but the injury of the young athlete did not stop. Excellent prospects in the kid were quickly able to see the first coach of the wrestler Arsen Khasanov.
He told the relatives of Geduev that their son was the only one in a thousand. The novice athlete had to combine training with training.
However, everything was possible thanks to the support of relatives and friends. He, he said, owes this to his achievements. The junior sports career has not always been successful.
The fighter did not take part in youth competitions: he constantly received serious injuries. The wrestler subsequently called this stage his "black stripe".
Seeing the persistence of Geduev, the coaches felt that the potential of Geduev was enormous. He got a chance to speak immediately with an adult team. Mentors were right.
Sports achivments
The first major achievement of the young wrestler was the bronze medal of 2009 from the Russian championship category up to 74 kg. In 2010, the athlete won the world cup.
Aniuar took second place in the Ramadan Kadyrov Cup, and became third in the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix. The silver of the Russian Championship 2011 marked the next stage of the wrestling biography.
After a fight with Adam Saitiev in 2012, Geduev was condemned in the quarterfinals of the national championship. Victory was won by his opponent. After this, Aniuar almost broke up with the sport. However, he still managed to cool down soon.
In 2013, Geduev represented Russia at the European Championship held in Tbilisi. There, the athlete received his first gold, showing the highest class.
One of the periods of each of his bouts, the wrestler completed ahead of schedule. He wanted to demonstrate a beautiful game and did it.
In 2014, Geduev confidently confirmed the title of champion, having received gold at the European Games again.
In 2015, his piggy bank replenished with three more medals. At the championships of the country and Europe, Aniuar took the championship, and in the world ranking he became the third.
Merit and recognition
On June 17, a meeting with Soner Demirtas took place. He laid Aniuar Turk with a startling score of "ten zero."
Held in Yakutia in 2016, the Russian freestyle wrestling championship brought Geduev a ticket to the Olympics in Brazil in 2016 and again gold. Kabardian Aniuar represented a small homeland and the Krasnodar Territory.
In the quarterfinals, Geduyev met with three-time winner of the world championship American Jordan Barrows and came out the winner. An athlete from Iran, Hassan Yazdani, lost in the final Aniuar.
As a result, the wrestler became the second at the 2016 Olympics. Everyone in the last fight was not easy. Geduev during the battle cut an eyebrow. He reached the final with a bandage that completely covered his left eye. As a result, the athlete quickly lost his point advantage.
The Iranian took revenge, equalizing the score literally in the last seconds. This ensured the victory of Yazdani.
In their native village, Aniuara is called the “Adyghe lion”. Villagers met him as a hero. The compatriots accepted the silver of Aniuar as gold.
For such high achievements, the fighter was awarded a certificate for a four-room apartment located in the center of Nalchik and a Mercedes car. The work of the coaching team was not left without awards. Arsen Khasanov and Alexei Kaziev were handed the keys to Toyota Camry premium cars.
By the decree of the President of Russia, Geduev was awarded the Medal of the Order for Merit to the Fatherland, First Class.
