David Albertovich Baev (, ; born November 7, 1997, in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania) is a Russian

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of Ossetian descent who competes at 70 kilograms. In 2019, he claimed gold at the 2019 World Cup, the Russian National Championship and the

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Wrestling career

Baev debuted at the 2017 Russian Championships in

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; after losing to Magomed Dibirgadzhiev of

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in the semi-finals, he beat Karachay-Cherkassia's Alibek Akbaev by 6–4; Baev ultimately took third place. Baev also won the 2017 Junior World Championships in

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, after beating Rayan Deakin of the United States by technical fall (10-0). Baev once again won bronze in 2018 Nationals in

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. David Baev has two younger brothers.

2019 Russian National Championships

In the 2019's edition of the Russian National Championships held in

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, Baev became champion in the 70 kg weight class. In the round of 16, Baev faced

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representative, Ismail Dzhapua, and won by technical superiority by 10–0, without conceding a single point. Baev then faced Krasnoyarsk's Semen Tereshenko who he won by 5-0 points. In the quarter-final, Baev faced former Ivan Yarygin gold medalist and two-time Russian national silver medalist, Israil Kasumov of

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. Baev won the quarter-final match with a technical fall by a score of 13–2, advancing to the semi-finals, where he defeated Evgeny Zherbaev of

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by another technical fall with a 15–4 score. After an exhaustive-paced match, Baev defeated

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and was declared the winner by criteria with a score of 10*-10, for he scored with the highest-scoring technique of the match – a 4-point takedown in the first period, shortly after Baev was put on the shot-clock. With two-time World Champion

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moving up to 74 kg, Baev won the right to represent Russia at the

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held in

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2019 World Championships

Baev competed in the 70 kg weight category and won his first senior World title. Baev first defeated Andrei Karpach of Belarus by a technical fall, 10–0. Then, Baev was matched against former World Champion, Zurabi Iakobishvili, who he defeated by a score of 7–0. Baev progressed to the quarter-finals where he faced Asian Champion and World and Olympic medalist Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan, who he also defeated, 11–5. Next, Baev faced World silver medalist and European Champion,

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. Baev was able to score two-points on a takedown, and another two-points on a re-attack, resulting to a score of 5–2. In the final match against Nurkozha Kaipanov, Baev's opponent reversed and scored exposure for two-points. Baev did the same and added a gut-wrench, increasing to a score of 4–2. He then attacked with a four-point single leg and again got additional two-further-points from a trapped-arm gut-wrench. Going into the second period, Baev was up 10–2, and after thirty seconds, Baev again used his single leg to gain a further four-points in what resulted in a technical fall win, earning Baev the 2019 world title.

Freestyle record

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, - , Win , 45–10 , align=left, Inalbek Sheriev , style="font-size:88%", 9–5 , - , Win , 44–10 , align=left, Kurban Shiraev , style="font-size:88%", 6–4 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 43–10 , align=left, Chermen Valiev , style="font-size:88%", 2–4 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, October 16–18, 2020 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5,

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Nurkozha Kaipanov Nurkozha Kaipanov (born 21 June 1998) is a Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler. He is a three-time medalist, including gold, at the World Wrestling Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships. Career In 2019, Ka ...

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, style="font-size:88%", 5–2 , - , Win , 34–8 , align=left, Ikhtiyor Navruzov , style="font-size:88%", 11–5 , - , Win , 33–8 , align=left, Zurabi Iakobishvili , style="font-size:88%", 7–0 , - , Win , 32–8 , align=left, Mihai Sava , style="font-size:88%", 10–1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 31–8 , align=left,

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, style="font-size:88%", TF 15–4 , - , Win , 29–8 , align=left, Israil Kasumov , style="font-size:88%", TF 13–2 , - , Win , 28–8 , align=left, Semen Tereshchenko , style="font-size:88%", 5–0 , - , Win , 27–8 , align=left, Ismail Dzhapua , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 26–8 , align=left, Chermen Valiev , style="font-size:88%", 5–6 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, May 1–3, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, 2019 Ali Aliev International , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3, Kaspiysk,

, - , Win , 26–7 , align=left, Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev , style="font-size:88%", 11–2 , - , Win , 25–7 , align=left, Dmitrii Malencov , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 24–7 , align=left, Meisam Nassiri , style="font-size:88%", 6–1 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, March 16–17, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2019 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2, Yakutsk, Russia , - , Win , 23–7 , align=left, Franklin Marén , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 22–7 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 4–8 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, January 24, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

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, style="font-size:88%", 5–3 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, December 7–9, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2018 Alans International , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

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, - , Win , 19–5 , align=left, James Green , style="font-size:88%", 8–6 , - , Win , 18–5 , align=left, Alibek Akbaev , style="font-size:88%", 4–1 , - , Win , 17–5 , align=left, Josh Kindig , style="font-size:88%", TF 14–4 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 16–5 , align=left,

Tajmuraz Salkazanov Tajmuraz Mairbekovich Salkazanov (, ; born 6 April 1996) is a Slovakia, Slovak naturalized freestyle wrestler of Russian origins and Ossetians, Ossetian ethnicity who competes at Wrestling weight classes#Men's freestyle, 74 kilograms. He has repr ...

, style="font-size:88%", 1–9 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, November 12–18, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5,

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, style="font-size:88%", 4–3 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, August 3–5, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2018 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

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, - , Loss , 5–2 , align=left, Magomed Dibirgadzhiev , style="font-size:88%", 13–17 , - , Win , 5–1 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 10–10 , - , Win , 4–1 , align=left, Zaur Tokaev , style="font-size:88%", 4–2 , - , Win , 3–1 , align=left, Dmitiy Merenkov , style="font-size:88%", 7–2 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 2–1 , align=left, Alan Gogaev , style="font-size:88%", 2–6 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, January 27–29, 2017 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3,

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, style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3, Krasnoyarsk, Russia , - , Win , 2–0 , align=left, Shikhsaid Dzhalilov , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 1–0 , align=left, Magomed Magomedov , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baev, David 1997 births Living people Russian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Sport wrestlers from Vladikavkaz 21st-century Russian sportsmen