Adam Saitiev

Adam Hamidovich Saitiev, also spelled Saytiev, (Chechen: Адам Хамидович Сайтиев, born December 12, 1977) is a Russian wrestler, who won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics at 85 kg.^[1][2] Considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Adam also won the Wrestling World Championships in 1999 and 2002. His elder brother Buvaisar Saitiev, also a wrestler, was a three-time Olympic champion and six-time World champion.

Adam Saitiev

Personal information
Native name	Адам Хамидович Сайтиев
Full name	Adam Hamidovich Saitiev
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1977-12-12) December 12, 1977 (age 47) Khasavyurt, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	74-85 kg
Event	Freestyle
Coached by	Viktor Alexeev, Abdul Saitiev
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 85 kg World Championships Ankara 1999 76 kg Tehran 2002 84 kg European Championships 1999 Minsk 76 kg 2000 Budapest 85 kg 2006 Moscow 84 kg 1998 Bratislava 76 kg

Wrestling career

Adam started his senior-level international career at 69 kg, or around 152 lbs. He found the weight cut too severe, and soon moved up to 76 kg, where he was world champ in 1999. However, his elder brother Buvaisar also competed in the same weight class, and Adam wanted to compete alongside his brother at the Olympics, not compete against him for a spot on the team. Adam moved up to 85 kg, and despite being undersized, won two world-level titles at the weight.

Saitiev competed many times after 2002, but his career was affected by many injuries.

Saitiev made a comeback in 2012. He found significant success, but in the Russian freestyle wrestling championships 2012 final match lost to Denis Tsargush (1-0; 1-0).

Awards and honors

Saitiev is a recipient of the Order of Honor (2001) and Order of Friendship (2004).

Match results

World Championships & Olympic Games Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2002 UWW world at 84kg
Win	21-3	Yoel Romero	4-3	September 5, 2002	2002 World Wrestling Championships	Tehran, Iran
Win	20-3	Arkadii Tzopa	Fall
Win	19-3	Marcin Jurecki	7-3
Win	18-3	Aman Deep	Tech. Fall
Win	17-3	Narantsetseg Burenbaatar	Tech. Fall
2000 Olympic at 85kg
Win	16-3	Yoel Romero	Fall	September 28, 2000	2000 Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia
Win	15-3	Magomed Ibragimov	3-0
Win	14-3	Yang Hyung-mo	5-0
Win	13-3	Igor Praporshchikov	Fall
Win	12-3	Beibulat Musaev	4-1
1999 UWW world at 76kg
Win	11-3	Alexander Leipold	6-3	October 7, 1999	1999 World Wrestling Championships	Ankara, Turkey
Win	10-3	Joe Williams	Fall
Win	9-3	Alik Musaev	4-0
Win	8-3	Arpad Ritter	11-3
Win	7-3	Radoslaw Horbik	9-0
Win	6-3	Ruslan Khinchagov	7-1
1997 UWW world 6th at 69kg
Loss	5-3	Davoud Ghanbari	Inj. Def.	August 29, 1997	1997 World Wrestling Championships	Krasnojarsk, Russia
Loss	5-2	Zaza Zazirov	2-4
Win	5-1	Yüksel Şanlı	Fall
Win	4-1	Almazbek Askarov	Fall
Win	3-1	David Gagishvili	Fall
Win	2-1	Elchad Allakhverdiev	4-2
Loss	1-1	Igor Kupeev	2-5
Win	1-0	Juan Carlos Rivero	Tech. Fall