Tajmuraz Salkazanov


Tajmuraz Mairbekovich Salkazanov is a Slovak naturalized freestyle wrestler of Russian origins and Ossetian ethnicity who competes at 74 kilograms. He has represented Slovakia since 2018, and has been a four-time European champion at 74kg.
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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. Salkazanov competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. Salkazanov later qualified for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. He competed in the men's freestyle 74kg event at the Olympics.

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2019World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rdFreestyle 79kg
2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland1stFreestyle 74kg
2021World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway2ndFreestyle 74kg
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1stFreestyle 74kg
2022World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia2ndFreestyle 74kg
2023European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia1stFreestyle 74kg
2024European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania1stFreestyle 74kg
2025European ChampionshipsBratislava, Slovakia3rdFreestyle 74kg
2025World ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia3rdFreestyle 74kg

Freestyle record

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Minsk, Belarus
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Sofia, Bulgaria
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Warsaw, Poland
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Budapest, Hungary
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Belgrade, Serbia
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Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Istanbul, Turkey
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Bucharest, Romania
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Budapest, Hungary
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Tbilisi, Georgia
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Istanbul, Turkey
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Kaspiysk, Dagestan
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Kaspiysk, Dagestan
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Sofia, Bulgaria