Tajmuraz Salkazanov

Tajmuraz Mairbekovich Salkazanov (, ; 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 is a five-time European champion at 74 kg.

Career

Salkazanov won the gold medal in the men's 70kg event at the 2018 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. In 2019, he won a bronze medal in the men's 79kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. In 2020, Salkazanov won a bronze medal in the 74kg 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 74kg 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 74kg 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 74kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. He defeated Soner Demirtaş of Turkey in his gold medal match. He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. He competed in the men's freestyle 74kg event at the Olympics.

Achievements

Freestyle record

Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location

Win 91–25

Tempe, Arizona

Win 90–25

State College, Pennsylvania

Win 89–25

Zagreb, Croatia Loss 88–25

Win 88–24

Win 87–24

Win 86–24

Loss 85–24

Budapest, Hungary Win 85–23

Loss 84–23

Win 84–22

Bratislava, Slovakia Win 83–22

Loss 82–22

Loss 82–21

Tirana, Albania Win 82–20

Win 81–20

Win 80–20

Win 79–20

Win 78–20

Zagreb, Croatia Win 77–20

Win 76–20

Loss 75–20

Paris, France Loss 75–19

Win 75–18

Istanbul, Turkey Win 74–18

Win 73–18

Win 72–18

Loss 71–18

Baku, Azerbaijan Win 71–17

Win 70–17

Win 69–17

Bucharest, Romania Win 68–17

Win 67–17

Win 66–17

Win 65–17

Moscow, Russia

Loss 64–17

Belgrade, Serbia Win 64–16

Win 63–16

Win 62–16

Win 61–16

Win 60–16

Win 59–16

Loss 58–16

Loss 58–15

Win 58–14

Win 57–14

Win 56-14

Loss 55–14

Win 55–13

Win 54-13

Win 53–13

Win 52–13

Win 51–13

Win 50–13

Win 49–13

Win 48–13

Win 47–13

Win 46–13

Win 45–13

Win 44–13

Win 43–13

Win 42–13

Win 41–13

Loss 40–13

Win 40–12

Win 39–12

Win 38–12

Win 37–12

Minsk, Belarus Loss 36–12

Win 36–11

Win 35–11

Sofia, Bulgaria Loss 34–11

Win 34–10

Win 33–10

Win 32–10

Win 31–10

Warsaw, Poland Win 30–10

Win 29–10

Win 28–10

Win 27–10

Loss 26–10

Budapest, Hungary Win 26–9

Win 25–9

Belgrade, Serbia Loss 24–9

Win 24–8

Win 23–8

Win 22–8

Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Loss 21–8

Win 21–7

Win 20–7

Win 19–7

Win 18–7

Istanbul, Turkey Win 17–7

Loss 16–7

Win 16–6

Win 15–6

Bucharest, Romania Win 14–6

Win 13–6

Win 12–6

Loss 11–6

Budapest, Hungary Win 11–5

Win 10–5

Tbilisi, Georgia Loss 9–5

Win 9–4

Win 8–4

Loss 7–4

Istanbul, Turkey

Win 7–3

Kaspiysk, Dagestan Loss 6–3

Win 6–2

Win 5–2

Loss 4–2

Kaspiysk, Dagestan Win 4–1

Win 3–1

Sofia, Bulgaria Loss 2–1

Win 2–0

Win 1–0