Chermen Akhsarbekovich Valiev (; born 10 December 1998) is a Russian-born Albanian

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

of Ossetian heritage who competes at 74 kilograms. For his native Russia, Valiev was a U23 World and European champion, a Russian National champion and a multiple-time gold medalist at international tournaments. After transferring to Albania in 2024, Valiev earned a bronze medal for

Albania at the 2024 Summer Olympics Albania competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, represented by the Albanian National Olympic Committee (KOKSH). It signified the nation's tenth appearance at the summer Olympics, since the official debut in 1 ...

, having qualified by placing third at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament. After winning a gold medal at the

2025 European Wrestling Championships The 2025 European Wrestling Championships was held from 7 to 13 April 2025 in Bratislava, Slovakia. At the 2025 European Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russia a ...

Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

, Slovakia, Valiev was subjected to abuse by Russian Wrestling Federation president

Mikhail Mamiashvili Mikhail Mamiashvili (born 21 November 1963 in Konotop, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian former Greco-Roman wrestler of Georgian origin. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, competing for the Soviet Un ...

. Footage at the awards ceremony appeared to show Mamiashvili aggressively placing the gold medal on Valiev and saying something that upset Valiev before Mamiashvili grabbed him in both arms, shoved a bouquet into Valiev’s hands and walked away. Valiev later said that Mamiashvili accused him of being a traitor over his transfer to Albania.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valiev, Chermen 1998 births Living people Albanian male sport wrestlers Russian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Albania 21st-century Russian sportsmen Russian emigrants to Albania Olympic bronze medalists for Albania Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in wrestling 21st-century Albanian sportsmen