Artur Naifonov

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Artur Naifonov
Артур Найфонов
2021 World Wrestling Championships
Personal information
Native nameАртур Эдикович Найфонов
Full nameArtur Edikovich Naifonov
NationalityRussia Russia
Born10 May 1997 (1997-05-10) (age 27)
Nizhnevartovsk, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country Russia
SportWrestling
Weight class86 kg
RankInternational Master of Sport in Freestyle wrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubWrestling Academy of Aslan Khadarstev
Coached byTotraz Archegov, Viktor Rozhkov, Elbrus Dudaev[1]
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing Russia ROC
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 86 kg
Representing  Russian Wrestling Federation
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oslo 86 kg
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nur-Sultan 86 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Warsaw 86 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 86 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kaspiysk 86 kg
Russian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Kyzyl 86 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Ulan-Ude 86 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Sochi 86 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Naro-Fominsk 86 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Odintsovo 86 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place 2020 Krasnoyarsk 86 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Krasnoyarsk 86 kg
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan 86 kg
World U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bucharest 86 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tampere 86 kg

Artur Edikovich Naifonov (Russian: Артур Эдикович Найфонов, IPA: [ɐrˈtur nɐɪ̯ˈfonəf], Ossetian: Найфонты Эдичы фырт Артур; born 10 May 1997) is a Russian freestyle wrestler, who competes at 86 kilograms.[2] Naifonov is an Olympic Games medalist, World Championship medalist, three-time European Continental champion and a three-time Russian National champion (four-time finalist).[3][4][5][6]

Naifonov is a survivor of the 2004 Beslan school siege along with his sister, both receiving shrapnel wounds. His mother was killed in crossfire.[7]

Road to Olympic Games

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After coming up short and taking second place at the 2020 Russian National Championships,[8] Naifonov wasn't able to compete at the Individual World Cup and did not wrestle again until March 2021.[citation needed]

In order to achieve a place on the Olympic Team, Naifonov would have to take first place at the 2021 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships in Ulan-Ude. Winning all of his matches, including against 2020 European Silver Medallist, Magomed Ramazanov whom Naifonov defeated in the semi-final. At one point, Ramazanov was winning with the score 8-1,[9] before Naifonov made a comeback to win 10-8.

Naifonov would then meet his main rival in Russia, Dauren Kurugliev, representing Dagestan, in the final. Naifonov defeated Kurugliev with the score 2-1,[10] which won Naifonov the first place on the podium,[11] gold medal and be invited to compete for his country at the Olympic games in Tokyo.[12]

2020 Olympic Games

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Following his Russian National Championships win, Naifonov wrestled at the Olympic Games held in Tokyo. Naifonov made his Olympic debut with a win over Ossetian-Slovakian transfer, Boris Makojev and defeated him 6-0, followed by a 12-1, technical fall over Turkey's Osman Göçen, advancing Naifonov into the semi-final opposite Hassan Yazdani. Yazdani won the match 7-1; however as this match was the semi-final, Naifonov was automatically placed into a third place, bronze-medal match against Dagestan-Uzbekistan transfer, Javrail Shapiev. After controlling all six minutes in a low scoring match, Naifonov won the match 2-0, securing an Olympic Bronze Medal.[13]

2021 World Championships

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Following his Bronze medal Olympic debut, Naifonov wanted to finish the year wrestling at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, held in Norway. Naifonov faced Japan's Hayato Ishiguro in the round of 16 and defeated the Japanese wrestler 11-0 with advancement to the quarter-final match against Spanish representative, Taiumuraz Friev, who Naifonov beat 5-2. In the semi-final, Naifonov would, again, Yazdani and lost again, by the score 8-2 and ruining his hopes for gold.

Naifonov faced Kazakh wrestler, Azamat Dauletbekov in the bronze medal match, beating the Kazakh by 3-0 and winning his second world Bronze medal.[14][15]

2024 Olympic Games

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He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for the Individual Neutral Athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, but he missed these games, due to replacements by other NOCs.[16]

Freestyle record

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Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
Win 112-10 Kazakhstan Azamat Dauletbekov 3:1 December 20, 2022 Poddubny Wrestling League 3

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Semenov Championship 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Win 111-10 North Ossetia–Alania Tamerlan Tapsiev Walkover November 13, 2022 Semenov Championship

Russia Nefteyugansk, Russia

Win 110-10 Dagestan Arsen-Ali Musalaliev November 12, 2022 Semenov Championship

Russia Nefteyugansk, Russia

Win 109-10 Dagestan Zaur Umalatov 12:1 November 12, 2022 Semenov Championship

Russia Nefteyugansk, Russia

Win 108-10 Moldova Georgy Rubaev Fall November 12, 2022 Semenov Championship

Russia Nefteyugansk, Russia

Soslan Andiev Memorial 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Win 107-10 North Ossetia–Alania Zaur Makiev 6:0 November 5, 2022 Soslan Andiev Memorial

North Ossetia–Alania Vladikavkaz, Russia

Win 106-10 North Ossetia–Alania Tamerlan Tapsiev 10:0 November 5, 2022 Soslan Andiev Memorial

Vladikavkaz, Russia

Win 105-10 North Ossetia–Alania Avetik Vereschagin 11:0 November 5, 2022 Soslan Andiev Memorial

Vladikavkaz, Russia

Win 104-10 Dagestan Ramazan Abuzagidov 3:9 November 5, 2022 Soslan Andiev Memorial

Vladikavkaz, Russia

Dmitry Korkin Memorial 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Loss 103-11 North Ossetia–Alania Vladislav Valiev 1:2 October 29, 2022 Dmitry Korkin Memorial

Yakutia Yakutsk, Russia

Win 103-10 North Ossetia–Alania Slavil Naniev 11:0 October 28, 2022 Dmitry Korkin Memorial

Yakutia Yakutsk, Russia

Win 102-10 Dagestan Zaur Umalatov 13:2 October 28, 2022 Dmitry Korkin Memorial

Yakutia Yakutsk, Russia

Poddubny Wrestling League 2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Win 101-10 North Ossetia–Alania Vladislav Valiev 6:0 October 14, 2022 Poddubny Wrestling League 2

Russia Moscow, Russia

Win 100-10 Dagestan Arsen-Ali Musalaliev 13:0 October 13, 2022 Poddubny Wrestling League 2

Russia Moscow, Russia

Win 99-10 Belarus Roman Chitadze 10:0 October 13, 2022 Poddubny Wrestling League 2

Poland Moscow, Russia

Spartakiada 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Win 98-10 Kabardino-Balkaria Malik Shavaev 2:0 August 26, 2022 Spartakiada

Tatarstan Kazan, Tatarstan

Win 97-10 North Ossetia–Alania Slavik Naniev 6:0 August 25, 2022 Spartakiada

Tatarstan Kazan, Tatarstan

Win 96-10 North Ossetia–Alania Arslan Bagaev 10:0 August 25, 2022 Spartakiada

Tatarstan Kazan, Tatarstan

Russian National Championships 2022 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Win 95-10 Dagestan Amanula Rasulov 3:0 June 26, 2022 Russian National Championships

Poland Kyzyl, Tuva

Win 95-10 Dagestan Arsen-Ali Musalaliev 6:0 June 25, 2022 Russian National Championships

Tuva Kyzyl, Tuva

Win 94-10 North Ossetia–Alania Arslan Bagaev 3:0 June 25, 2022 Russian National Championships

Tuva Kyzyl, Tuva

Win 93-10 North Ossetia–Alania Slavik Naniev 4:2 June 25, 2022 Russian National Championships

Tuva Kyzyl, Tuva

Poddubny Wrestling League 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Win 92–10 Russia Dauren Kurugliev 3-2 May 20, 2022
Win 91–10 Belarus Roman Chitadze 10-0 May 19, 2022
2021 World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 90–10 Kazakhstan Azamat Dauletbekov 3-0 October 3, 2021
Loss 89–10 Iran Hassan Yazdani 2-8 October 2, 2021
Win 89–9 Spain Taimuraz Friev 5–2
Win 88–9 Japan Hayato Ishiguro TF 11–0
2020 Summer Olympics 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 87–9 Uzbekistan Javrail Shapiev 2–0 August 5, 2021 2020 Summer Olympics

Japan Tokyo, Japan

Loss 86–9 Iran Hassan Yazdani 1–7 August 4, 2021
Win 86–8 Turkey Osman Göçen TF 12–1
Win 85–8 Slovakia Boris Makojev 6–0
2021 European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 84–8 Georgia (country) Sandro Aminashvili 8–0 AprIl 19–21, 2021 2021 European Continental Championships

Poland Warsaw, Poland

Win 83–8 Slovakia Boris Makojev 9–0
Win 82–8 San Marino Myles Amine 2–0
Win 81–8 Azerbaijan Gadzhimurad Magomedsaidov 10–2
2021 Russian Nationals 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 80–8 Dagestan Dauren Kurugliev 2–1 March 11–14, 2021 2021 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships

Russia Ulan-Ude, Russia

Win 79–8 Dagestan Magomed Ramazanov 10–8
Win 78–8 Moscow Oblast Khabi Khashpakov 2–1
Win 77–8 Russia Nikita Sofronov TF 11–0
Win 76–8 Russia Magomed Gusbanov
2020 Russian Nationals 2nd place, silver medalist(s) at 86 kg
Loss 75–8 Dagestan Dauren Kurugliev 1–2 October 16–18, 2020 2020 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships

Russia Naro-Fominsk, Russia

Win 75–7 Dagestan Arsen-Ali Musalaliev 8–0
Win 74–7 Dagestan Magomedsharif Biyakaev 4–0
Win 73–7 Russia Aslanbek Gvaramia TF 11–0
Win 72–7 Russia Magomed Gusbanov 8–2
2020 European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 71–7 San Marino Myles Amine 4–0 February 15–16, 2020 2020 European Continental Championships

Italy Rome, Italy

Win 70–7 Slovakia Boris Makojev 3–0
Win 69–7 Poland Radosław Marcinkiewicz TF 10–0
Win 68–7 Azerbaijan Abubakr Abakarov 8–2
Win 67–7 Bulgaria Akhmed Magamaev 5–0
2020 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 66–7 Dagestan Dauren Kurugliev 2–1 January 23–26, 2020 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020

Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Win 65–7 Dagestan Arsen-Ali Musalaliev 2–0
Win 64–7 North Ossetia–Alania Zaur Makiev 2–2
Win 63–7 United States Brett Pfarr 6–0
Win 62–7 Mongolia Shinetur Narmandakh TF 10–0
2019 Military World Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 61–7 Germany Ahmed Dudarov TF 10–0 October 21–24, 2019 2019 Military World Games

Poland Warsaw, Poland

Win 60–7 Kazakhstan Adilet Davlumbaev TF 13–2
Win 59–7 France Akhmed Aibuev 7–0
Win 58–7 South Korea Lee Seungdong TF 11–0
Win 57–7 Iran Ahmad Yousef Bazrighaleh 6–3
2019 World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 56–7 San Marino Myles Amine 6–0 September 21–22, 2019 2019 World Wrestling Championships

Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Win 55–7 Hungary István Veréb TF 11–1
Loss 54–7 Iran Hassan Yazdani Fall
Win 54–6 Uzbekistan Javrail Shapiev 6–0
Win 53–6 Moldova Piotr Ianulov 4–0
Win 52–6 Greece Ville Heino 5–1
2019 Poland Open 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 51–6 Poland Zbigniew Baranowski 4–1 August 2–4, 2019 2019 Ziolkowski, Pytlasinski Memorial

Poland Warsaw, Poland

Win 50–6 Turkey Fatih Erdin Fall
Win 49–6 Kazakhstan Adilet Davlmbayev 8–2
Win 48–6 Poland Radosław Marcinkiewicz 8–1
2019 Russian Nationals 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 47–6 North Ossetia–Alania Vladislav Valiev 4–2 July 5–7, 2019 2019 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships

Russia Sochi, Russia

Win 46–6 North Ossetia–Alania Soslan Ktsoyev 4–0
Win 45–6 North Ossetia–Alania Zaur Makiev 4–0
Win 44–6 Dagestan Magomed Ramazanov 7–3
Win 43–6 Novosibirsk Matvey Yakomaskin TF 10–0
2019 Ali Aliev Memorial 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 42–6 Russia Dauren Kurugliev 2–2 May 1–3, 2019 2019 Ali Aliev Memorial

Russia Kaspiysk, Russia

Win 41–6 Russia Arsen-Ali Musalaliev 4–2
Win 40–6 Uzbekistan Javrail Shapiev 3–1
Win 39–6 Belarus Rasul Tsikhayeu 4–3
Win 38–6 Moldova Denis Balaur 3–1
2018 Alans International 8th at 86 kg
Loss 37–6 Russia Slavik Naniev Fall December 7–9, 2018 2018 Alans International

Russia Vladikavkaz, Russia

Win 37–5 Russia Arseniy Khubaev 6–0
2018 U23 World Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) at 86 kg
Loss 36–5 Iran Kamran Ghasempour 1–4 November 12–18, 2018 2018 U23 World Wrestling Championships

Romania Bucharest, Romania

Win 36–4 Azerbaijan Murad Süleymanov TF 14–4
Win 35–4 Canada Alex Moore TF 11–0
Win 34–4 India Uphar Sharma TF 10–0
Win 33–4 Poland Michał Bielawski TF 10–0
2018 Dmitry Korkin Memorial 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 92 kg
Win 32–4 Russia Anzor Urishev 4–3 September 6–8, 2018 2018 Dmitry Korkin International Memorial

Russia Yakutsk, Russia

Win 31–4 Mongolia Turtogtokh Luvsandorj 6–0
Win 30–4 Ecuador Paredes Villagómez TF 10–0
2018 Russian Nationals 2nd place, silver medalist(s) at 86 kg
Loss 29–4 Dagestan Dauren Kurugliev 1–2 August 3–5, 2018 2018 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships

Russia Odintsovo, Russia

Win 29–3 Chechnya Zelimkhan Minkailov 3–0
Win 28–3 Moscow Oblast Alik Shebzukhov TF 10–0
2018 European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 27–3 Azerbaijan Alexander Gostiev 1–1 May 5–6, 2018 2018 European Continental Championships

Russia Kaspiysk, Russia

Win 26–3 Turkey Fatih Erdin 4–2
Win 25–3 Italy Shamil Kudiyamagomedov 7–6
Win 24–3 Poland Zbigniew Baranowski 9–2
Win 23–3 Hungary István Veréb 5–0
2018 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 22–3 Spain Taimuraz Friev INJ March 22–25, 2018 2018 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial

Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria

Win 21–3 Moldova Georgy Rubaev DQ
Win 20–3 Italy Shamil Kudiyamagomedov 5–4
Win 19–3 Turkey Ahmet Bilici TF 10–0
Win 18–3 Russia Vladislav Valiev 3–2
2018 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 17–3 Cuba Yurieski Torreblanca 2–1 January 28, 2018 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018

Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Loss 16–3 United States David Taylor Fall
Win 16–2 Dagestan Dauren Kurugliev 3–2
Win 15–2 China Zushen Lin TF 10–0
2017 Alans International 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 14–2 Russia Vladislav Valiev 1–1 November 17–19, 2017 2017 Alans International

Russia Vladikavkaz, Russia

Win 13–2 Azerbaijan Alexander Gostiev 4–4
Win 12–2 Russia Batyrbek Tsakulov 11–4
Win 11–2 Slovakia Gulaev Akhsarbek FF
2017 Alrosa Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) as Team RUS at 86 kg
Win 10–2 Azerbaijan Alexander Gostiev PP November 9–13, 2017 2017 Alrosa Team Cup

Russia Moscow, Russia

Win 9–2 Moldova Pavel Untila TF
Win 8–2 Georgia (country) Davit Khutsishvili PP
2017 Yugra Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 7–2 Russia Arseni Khubaev 6–2 October 28–29, 2017 2017 Yugra Cup

Russia Nefteyugansk, Russia

Loss 6–2 Russia Zaur Makiev 5–12
Win 6–1 Russia Aleksandr Zelenkov 6–1
Win 5–1 Kazakhstan Kanat Berdiyev TF 10–0
2017 Stepan Sargsyan Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) at 86 kg
Win 4–1 Russia Batyrbek Tsakulov 4–0 October 7–8, 2017 2017 Stepan Sargsyan Cup

Armenia Vanadzor, Armenia

Win 3–1 Georgia (country) David Khutsishvili TF 10–0
Win 2–1 Georgia (country) Saba Chikhradze TF 12–2
Win 1–1 Armenia Vahe Tamrazyan 8–1
2017 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix 17th at 86 kg
Loss 0–1 Chechnya Akhmed Magamaev 1–6 January 28, 2017 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017

Russia Krasnoyarsk, Russia

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