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Tajmuraz Salkazanov

Tajmuraz Salkazanov at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Birth name	Салказанов Таймураз Маирбекович
Full name	Taimuraz Mairbekovich Salkazanov
Nationality	Ossetian
Born	(1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 (age 28) Karman-Sindzikau, Digorsky District, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Russia (2014–2015)  Slovakia (2018–)
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	74kg
Event	Freestyle
Achievements and titles
World finals	(2019) (2021) (2022)
Regional finals	(2021) (2022) (2023) (2024)
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Slovakia World Championships 2021 Oslo 74 kg 2022 Belgrade 74 kg 2019 Nur-Sultan 79 kg Individual World Cup 2020 Belgrade 74 kg European Championships 2021 Warsaw 74 kg 2022 Budapest 74 kg 2023 Zagreb 74 kg 2024 Bucharest 74 kg Olympic Qualification Tournament 2021 Sofia 74 kg Grand Prix 2022 Almaty 74 kg 2022 Rome 74 kg Ali Aliyev Tournament 2018 Kaspisk 70 kg Yasar Dogu Tournament 2019 Istanbul 74 kg Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament 2018 Sofia 70 kg U23 World Championships 2018 Bucharest 70 kg Representing All-World Team World Cup 2022 Coralville Team

Tajmuraz Mairbekovich Salkazanov (Russian: Таймураз Маирбекович Салказанов, Ossetian: Салхъазанты Мæирбеджы фырт Таймураз; born 6 April 1996) is a Slovak naturalized freestyle wrestler of Russian origins and Ossetian ethnicity who competes at 74 kilograms. He has represented Slovakia since 2018, and has been a four-time European champion at 74kg.

Career

Salkazanov won the gold medal in the men's 70 kg event at the 2018 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. In 2019, he won a bronze medal in the men's 79 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. In 2020, Salkazanov won a bronze medal in the 74 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

In March 2021, Salkazanov competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He did not qualify at this tournament, and he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In April 2021, Salkazanov claimed the 2021 European Championship.

In 2022, Salkazanov won the gold medal in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy. He won the silver medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Salkazanov won the gold medal by defeating Frank Chamizo of Italy 3-1 in the men's freestyle 74 kg final match at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. He reached the final by defeating Rasul Shapiev of Macedonia 5-0 in the second round, Armenian Hrayr Alikhanyan 3-0 in the quarterfinals and Georgian Avtandil Kentchadze 5-1 in the semifinals.

Salkazanov won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. He defeated Soner Demirtaş of Turkey in his gold medal match. Salkazanov competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. Salkazanov later qualified for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the Olympics.

Achievements

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2024 European Wrestling Championships at 74 kg
Win	69–17	Soner Demirtaş	5-0	18 February 2024	2024 European Championships	Bucharest, Romania
Win	68–17	Turan Bayramov	7-1	117 February 2024
Win	67–17	Mohammad Mottaghinia	4-1
Win	66–17	Hayk Papikyan	2-1
Win	65–17	Akhmed Usmanov	4-0		3 November 2023		PWL: Dagestan vs. North Ossetia	Moscow, Russia
2023 World Wrestling Championships DNP at 74 kg
Loss	64–17	Georgios Kougioumtsidis	4-3	17 September 2023	2023 World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	64–16	Rasul Shapiev	4-3	17 September 2023			2023 World Championships		Belgrade, Serbia
Win	63–16	Vasile Diacon	8-2	17 September 2023						2023 World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia
2023 European Wrestling Championships at 74 kg
Win	62–16	Frank Chamizo	3-1	19 April 2023	2023 European Championships	Zagreb, Croatia
Win	61–16	Avtandil Kentchadze	5-1	18 April 2023
Win	60–16	Hrayr Alikhanyan	3-0
Win	59–16	Rasul Shapiev	5–0
Zagreb Grand Prix 2023 DNP at 74kg
Loss	58–16	Kojiro Shiga	6-10	1 February 2023	Zagreb Grand Prix 2023	Zagreb, Croatia
Loss	58–15	Younes Emami	0-6
Wrestling World Cup at 74kg
Win	58–14	Giorgi Sulava	10-0	11 December 2022	Wrestling World Cup	Coralville, Iowa
Win	57–14	Mohammed Firouzpour	9-0	10 December 2022
Win	56-14	Kirin Kinoshita	10-0
2022 World Championships at 74 kg
Loss	55–14	Kyle Dake	1-3	17 September 2022	2022 World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	55–13	Frank Chamizo	3-0	16 September 2022
Win	54-13	Soner Demirtaş	3-1
Win	53–13	Daichi Takatani	3-1
Win	52–13	Cesar Alvan	13-0
Matteo Pellicone 2022 at 74 kg
Win	51–13	Turan Bayramov	4-0	25 June 2022	Matteo Pellicone 2022	Rome, Italy
Win	50–13	Fazlı Eryılmaz	WO
Win	49–13	Dmitri Jioevi	7-1
Win	48–13	Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev	3-2
Bolat Turlykhanov Ranking Series 2022 at 74 kg
Win	47–13	Bat-Erdeniin Byambadorj	8-0	5 June 2022	Bolat Turlykhanov Ranking Series 2022	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Win	46–13	Nurkozha Kaipanov	3-1
Win	45–13	Ikhtiyor Navruzov	3-0
2022 European Championships at 74 kg
Win	44–13	Frank Chamizo	7-5	30 March 2022	2022 European Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Win	43–13	Turan Bayramov	8-2	29 March 2022
Win	42–13	Zurab Kapraev	12-1
Win	41–13	Kamil Rybicki	5–0
2021 World Championships at 74 kg
Loss	40–13	Kyle Dake	3–7	3 October 2021	2021 World Championships	Oslo, Norway
Win	40–12	Avtandil Kentchadze	5–0	2 October 2021
Win	39–12	Timur Bizhoev	2–2
Win	38–12	Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev	3–0
2021 Alexander Medved Prizes at 74 kg
Win	37–12	Vitali Ihnatovich	TF 10–0	10–12 September 2021	2021 Alexander Medved Prizes	Minsk, Belarus
Loss	36–12	Magoma Dibirgadzhiev	6–8
Win	36–11	Timur Nikolaev	3–0
2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament at 74 kg
Win	35–11	Arsalan Budazhapov	5–2	6–7 May 2021	2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament	Sofia, Bulgaria
Loss	34–11	Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov	2–13
Win	34–10	Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev	6–4
Win	33–10	Zurab Kapraev	TF 10–0
Win	32–10	Marc Dietsche	TF 12–2
2021 European Championships at 74 kg
Win	31–10	Miroslav Kirov	TF 10–0	20–21 April 2021	2021 European Continental Championships	Warsaw, Poland
Win	30–10	Razambek Zhamalov	6–5
Win	29–10	Avtandil Kentchadze	6–5
Win	28–10	Frank Chamizo	6–2
Win	27–10	Marc Dietsche	5-2
2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament 11th at 74 kg
Loss	26–10	Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev	Fall	18 March 2021	2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament	Budapest, Hungary
Win	26–9	Erik Reinbok	8–1
2020 Individual World Cup at 74 kg
Win	25–9	Murad Kuramagomedov	2–2	12–18 December 2020	2020 Individual World Cup	Belgrade, Serbia
Loss	24–9	Razambek Zhamalov	0–5
Win	24–8	Maxim Vasilioglo	TF 10–0
Win	23–8	Denys Pavlov	7–0
2019 World Championships at 79 kg
Win	22–8	Galymzhan Usserbayev	3–2	21–22 September 2019	2019 World Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Loss	21–8	Jabrayil Hasanov	3–4
Win	21–7	Jitender Kumar	4–0
Win	20–7	Dorjvaanchigiin Gombodorj	2–1
Win	19–7	Ayoub Barraj	7–1
2019 Yasar Dogu at 74 kg
Win	18–7	Yakup Gör	7–5	11–14 July 2019	2019 Yasar Dogu International	Istanbul, Turkey
Win	17–7	Csaba Vida	TF 12–2
Loss	16–7	Jordan Burroughs	4–6
Win	16–6	Azat Sakayev	TF 10–0
2018 U23 World Championships at 70 kg
Win	15–6	David Baev	9–1	12–18 November 2018	2018 U23 World Championships	Bucharest, Romania
Win	14–6	Oleksii Boruta	9–0
Win	13–6	Jintaro Motoyama	TF 10–0
Win	12–6	Naveen	TF 10–0
2018 World Championships 14th at 70 kg
Loss	11–6	Zurabi Iakobishvili	1–2	22 October 2018	2018 World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Win	11–5	Younes Emami	7–7
2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix at 70 kg
Win	10–5	Konstantin Khabalashvili	4–0	3–5 July 2018	2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix	Tbilisi, Georgia
Loss	9–5	Zurabi Iakobishvili	3–7
Win	9–4	Giorgi Sulava	TF 11–0
Win	8–4	Aidyn Tazhigali	TF 14–4
2018 U23 European Championships 10th at 70 kg
Loss	7–4	Giorgi Sulava	2–2	8 June 2018	2018 U23 European Continental Championships	Istanbul, Turkey
2018 Ali Aliev Memorial at 70 kg
Win	7–3	Ramazan Ramazanov	TF 10–0	14–18 May 2018	2018 Ali Aliev Memorial	Kaspiysk, Dagestan
Loss	6–3	Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev	5–6
Win	6–2	Ildus Giniyatullin	5–2
Win	5–2	Mansur Syrgak Uulu	8–0
2018 European Championships 7th at 70 kg
Loss	4–2	Zurabi Iakobishvili	2–6	4 May 2018	2018 European Continental Championships	Kaspiysk, Dagestan
Win	4–1	George Bucur	Fall
2018 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov at 70 kg
Win	3–1	Enes Uslu	4–1	22–25 March 2018	2018 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov	Sofia, Bulgaria
Loss	2–1	Ilyas Bekbulatov
Win	2–0	George Bucur
Win	1–0	Giorgi Sulava

References

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External links

• Taymuraz Salkazanov at the International Wrestling Database

• Living people
• 1996 births
• People from North Ossetia–Alania
• Slovak male sport wrestlers
• World Wrestling Championships medalists
• European Wrestling Champions
• Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Olympic wrestlers for Slovakia
• 21st-century Slovak sportsmen