Artur Naifonov
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Native name | Артур Эдикович Найфонов | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Artur Edikovich Naifonov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 10 May 1997 (1997-05-10) (age 27) Nizhnevartovsk, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 86 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | International Master of Sport in Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Wrestling Academy of Aslan Khadarstev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Totraz Archegov, Viktor Rozhkov, Elbrus Dudaev[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
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 of 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
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
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
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
Senior Freestyle Matches | ||||||
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Res. | Record | Opponent | Score | Date | Event | Location |
Win | 112-10 | ![]() | 3:1 | December 20, 2022 | Poddubny Wrestling League 3 | |
Semenov Championship 2022 ![]() | ||||||
Win | 111-10 | ![]() | Walkover | November 13, 2022 | Semenov Championship | |
Win | 110-10 | ![]() | November 12, 2022 | Semenov Championship | ||
Win | 109-10 | ![]() | 12:1 | November 12, 2022 | Semenov Championship | |
Win | 108-10 | ![]() | Fall | November 12, 2022 | Semenov Championship | |
Soslan Andiev Memorial 2022 ![]() | ||||||
Win | 107-10 | ![]() | 6:0 | November 5, 2022 | Soslan Andiev Memorial | |
Win | 106-10 | ![]() | 10:0 | November 5, 2022 | Soslan Andiev Memorial | |
Win | 105-10 | ![]() | 11:0 | November 5, 2022 | Soslan Andiev Memorial | |
Win | 104-10 | ![]() | 3:9 | November 5, 2022 | Soslan Andiev Memorial | |
Dmitry Korkin Memorial 2022 ![]() | ||||||
Loss | 103-11 | ![]() | 1:2 | October 29, 2022 | Dmitry Korkin Memorial | |
Win | 103-10 | ![]() | 11:0 | October 28, 2022 | Dmitry Korkin Memorial | |
Win | 102-10 | ![]() | 13:2 | October 28, 2022 | Dmitry Korkin Memorial | |
Poddubny Wrestling League 2 ![]() | ||||||
Win | 101-10 | ![]() | 6:0 | October 14, 2022 | Poddubny Wrestling League 2 | |
Win | 100-10 | ![]() | 13:0 | October 13, 2022 | Poddubny Wrestling League 2 | |
Win | 99-10 | ![]() | 10:0 | October 13, 2022 | Poddubny Wrestling League 2 | |
Spartakiada ![]() | ||||||
Win | 98-10 | ![]() | 2:0 | August 26, 2022 | Spartakiada | |
Win | 97-10 | ![]() | 6:0 | August 25, 2022 | Spartakiada | |
Win | 96-10 | ![]() | 10:0 | August 25, 2022 | Spartakiada | |
Russian National Championships 2022 ![]() | ||||||
Win | 95-10 | ![]() | 3:0 | June 26, 2022 | Russian National Championships | |
Win | 95-10 | ![]() | 6:0 | June 25, 2022 | Russian National Championships | |
Win | 94-10 | ![]() | 3:0 | June 25, 2022 | Russian National Championships | |
Win | 93-10 | ![]() | 4:2 | June 25, 2022 | Russian National Championships | |
Poddubny Wrestling League ![]() | ||||||
Win | 92–10 | ![]() | 3-2 | May 20, 2022 | ||
Win | 91–10 | ![]() | 10-0 | May 19, 2022 | ||
2021 World Championships ![]() | ||||||
Win | 90–10 | ![]() | 3-0 | October 3, 2021 | ||
Loss | 89–10 | ![]() | 2-8 | October 2, 2021 | ||
Win | 89–9 | ![]() | 5–2 | |||
Win | 88–9 | ![]() | TF 11–0 | |||
2020 Summer Olympics ![]() | ||||||
Win | 87–9 | ![]() | 2–0 | August 5, 2021 | 2020 Summer Olympics | |
Loss | 86–9 | ![]() | 1–7 | August 4, 2021 | ||
Win | 86–8 | ![]() | TF 12–1 | |||
Win | 85–8 | ![]() | 6–0 | |||
2021 European Championships ![]() | ||||||
Win | 84–8 | ![]() | 8–0 | AprIl 19–21, 2021 | 2021 European Continental Championships | |
Win | 83–8 | ![]() | 9–0 | |||
Win | 82–8 | ![]() | 2–0 | |||
Win | 81–8 | ![]() | 10–2 | |||
2021 Russian Nationals ![]() | ||||||
Win | 80–8 | ![]() | 2–1 | March 11–14, 2021 | 2021 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships | |
Win | 79–8 | ![]() | 10–8 | |||
Win | 78–8 | ![]() | 2–1 | |||
Win | 77–8 | ![]() | TF 11–0 | |||
Win | 76–8 | ![]() | ||||
2020 Russian Nationals ![]() | ||||||
Loss | 75–8 | ![]() | 1–2 | October 16–18, 2020 | 2020 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships | |
Win | 75–7 | ![]() | 8–0 | |||
Win | 74–7 | ![]() | 4–0 | |||
Win | 73–7 | ![]() | TF 11–0 | |||
Win | 72–7 | ![]() | 8–2 | |||
2020 European Championships ![]() | ||||||
Win | 71–7 | ![]() | 4–0 | February 15–16, 2020 | 2020 European Continental Championships | |
Win | 70–7 | ![]() | 3–0 | |||
Win | 69–7 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | |||
Win | 68–7 | ![]() | 8–2 | |||
Win | 67–7 | ![]() | 5–0 | |||
2020 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix ![]() | ||||||
Win | 66–7 | ![]() | 2–1 | January 23–26, 2020 | Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020 | |
Win | 65–7 | ![]() | 2–0 | |||
Win | 64–7 | ![]() | 2–2 | |||
Win | 63–7 | ![]() | 6–0 | |||
Win | 62–7 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | |||
2019 Military World Games ![]() | ||||||
Win | 61–7 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | October 21–24, 2019 | 2019 Military World Games | |
Win | 60–7 | ![]() | TF 13–2 | |||
Win | 59–7 | ![]() | 7–0 | |||
Win | 58–7 | ![]() | TF 11–0 | |||
Win | 57–7 | ![]() | 6–3 | |||
2019 World Championships ![]() | ||||||
Win | 56–7 | ![]() | 6–0 | September 21–22, 2019 | 2019 World Wrestling Championships | |
Win | 55–7 | ![]() | TF 11–1 | |||
Loss | 54–7 | ![]() | Fall | |||
Win | 54–6 | ![]() | 6–0 | |||
Win | 53–6 | ![]() | 4–0 | |||
Win | 52–6 | ![]() | 5–1 | |||
2019 Poland Open ![]() | ||||||
Win | 51–6 | ![]() | 4–1 | August 2–4, 2019 | 2019 Ziolkowski, Pytlasinski Memorial | |
Win | 50–6 | ![]() | Fall | |||
Win | 49–6 | ![]() | 8–2 | |||
Win | 48–6 | ![]() | 8–1 | |||
2019 Russian Nationals ![]() | ||||||
Win | 47–6 | ![]() | 4–2 | July 5–7, 2019 | 2019 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships | |
Win | 46–6 | ![]() | 4–0 | |||
Win | 45–6 | ![]() | 4–0 | |||
Win | 44–6 | ![]() | 7–3 | |||
Win | 43–6 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | |||
2019 Ali Aliev Memorial ![]() | ||||||
Win | 42–6 | ![]() | 2–2 | May 1–3, 2019 | 2019 Ali Aliev Memorial | |
Win | 41–6 | ![]() | 4–2 | |||
Win | 40–6 | ![]() | 3–1 | |||
Win | 39–6 | ![]() | 4–3 | |||
Win | 38–6 | ![]() | 3–1 | |||
2018 Alans International 8th at 86 kg | ||||||
Loss | 37–6 | ![]() | Fall | December 7–9, 2018 | 2018 Alans International | |
Win | 37–5 | ![]() | 6–0 | |||
2018 U23 World Championships ![]() | ||||||
Loss | 36–5 | ![]() | 1–4 | November 12–18, 2018 | 2018 U23 World Wrestling Championships | |
Win | 36–4 | ![]() | TF 14–4 | |||
Win | 35–4 | ![]() | TF 11–0 | |||
Win | 34–4 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | |||
Win | 33–4 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | |||
2018 Dmitry Korkin Memorial ![]() | ||||||
Win | 32–4 | ![]() | 4–3 | September 6–8, 2018 | 2018 Dmitry Korkin International Memorial | |
Win | 31–4 | ![]() | 6–0 | |||
Win | 30–4 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | |||
2018 Russian Nationals ![]() | ||||||
Loss | 29–4 | ![]() | 1–2 | August 3–5, 2018 | 2018 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships | |
Win | 29–3 | ![]() | 3–0 | |||
Win | 28–3 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | |||
2018 European Championships ![]() | ||||||
Win | 27–3 | ![]() | 1–1 | May 5–6, 2018 | 2018 European Continental Championships | |
Win | 26–3 | ![]() | 4–2 | |||
Win | 25–3 | ![]() | 7–6 | |||
Win | 24–3 | ![]() | 9–2 | |||
Win | 23–3 | ![]() | 5–0 | |||
2018 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial ![]() | ||||||
Win | 22–3 | ![]() | INJ | March 22–25, 2018 | 2018 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial | |
Win | 21–3 | ![]() | DQ | |||
Win | 20–3 | ![]() | 5–4 | |||
Win | 19–3 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | |||
Win | 18–3 | ![]() | 3–2 | |||
2018 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix ![]() | ||||||
Win | 17–3 | ![]() | 2–1 | January 28, 2018 | Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 | |
Loss | 16–3 | ![]() | Fall | |||
Win | 16–2 | ![]() | 3–2 | |||
Win | 15–2 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | |||
2017 Alans International ![]() | ||||||
Win | 14–2 | ![]() | 1–1 | November 17–19, 2017 | 2017 Alans International | |
Win | 13–2 | ![]() | 4–4 | |||
Win | 12–2 | ![]() | 11–4 | |||
Win | 11–2 | ![]() | FF | |||
2017 Alrosa Cup ![]() | ||||||
Win | 10–2 | ![]() | PP | November 9–13, 2017 | 2017 Alrosa Team Cup | |
Win | 9–2 | ![]() | TF | |||
Win | 8–2 | ![]() | PP | |||
2017 Yugra Cup ![]() | ||||||
Win | 7–2 | ![]() | 6–2 | October 28–29, 2017 | 2017 Yugra Cup | |
Loss | 6–2 | ![]() | 5–12 | |||
Win | 6–1 | ![]() | 6–1 | |||
Win | 5–1 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | |||
2017 Stepan Sargsyan Cup ![]() | ||||||
Win | 4–1 | ![]() | 4–0 | October 7–8, 2017 | 2017 Stepan Sargsyan Cup | |
Win | 3–1 | ![]() | TF 10–0 | |||
Win | 2–1 | ![]() | TF 12–2 | |||
Win | 1–1 | ![]() | 8–1 | |||
2017 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix 17th at 86 kg | ||||||
Loss | 0–1 | ![]() | 1–6 | January 28, 2017 | Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 |
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External links
- Artur Naifonov at United World Wrestling
- Artur Naifonov at the International Wrestling Database
- Artur Naifonov at Olympedia