Soslan Andiyev
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Soslan Petrovich Andiyev (Russian: Сослан Петрович Андиев, 21 April 1952 – 22 November 2018) was a heavyweight freestyle wrestler from Ossetia.[3]
![]() Andiyev at the 1978 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 21 April 1952 Vladikavkaz, Soviet Union[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 November 2018 66) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Vladikavkaz[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Aslan Dzgoyew Genady Andiyev (brother)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was an Olympic champion in 1976 and 1980, world champion in 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1978, European champion in 1974, 1975 and 1982, and Soviet champion in 1973–78 and 1980. He won the World Cup in 1976 and 1981, but missed the 1984 Olympics due to their boycott by the Soviet Union and retired the same year.[2]
After that he first worked as a national wrestling coach, but in 1989 returned to his native Ossetia to become a sports functionary.[1] [4] In 1990–98, he served as vice-president of the Russian Olympic Committee.[1]
In 2006 he was inducted into the FILA Wrestling Hall of Fame.[4]
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