Russian freestyle wrestler (born 1997)
Artur Edikovich Naifonov
(Russian:
Артур Эдикович Найфонов
,
IPA:
[?r?tur
n????fon?f]
,
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
[
edit
]
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
[
edit
]
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 Gocen
, 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
[
edit
]
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
[
edit
]
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.
[16]
Freestyle record
[
edit
]
Senior Freestyle Matches
|
Res.
|
Record
|
Opponent
|
Score
|
Date
|
Event
|
Location
|
Win
|
112-10
|
Azamat Dauletbekov
|
3:1
|
December 20, 2022
|
Poddubny Wrestling League 3
|
Bishkek
,
Kyrgyzstan
|
Semenov Championship 2022
|
Win
|
111-10
|
Tamerlan Tapsiev
|
Walkover
|
November 13, 2022
|
Semenov Championship
|
Nefteyugansk
,
Russia
|
Win
|
110-10
|
Arsen-Ali Musalaliev
|
|
November 12, 2022
|
Semenov Championship
|
Nefteyugansk
,
Russia
|
Win
|
109-10
|
Zaur Umalatov
|
12:1
|
November 12, 2022
|
Semenov Championship
|
Nefteyugansk
,
Russia
|
Win
|
108-10
|
Georgy Rubaev
|
Fall
|
November 12, 2022
|
Semenov Championship
|
Nefteyugansk
,
Russia
|
Soslan Andiev Memorial 2022
|
Win
|
107-10
|
Zaur Makiev
|
6:0
|
November 5, 2022
|
Soslan Andiev Memorial
|
Vladikavkaz
,
Russia
|
Win
|
106-10
|
Tamerlan Tapsiev
|
10:0
|
November 5, 2022
|
Soslan Andiev Memorial
|
Vladikavkaz
,
Russia
|
Win
|
105-10
|
Avetik Vereschagin
|
11:0
|
November 5, 2022
|
Soslan Andiev Memorial
|
Vladikavkaz
,
Russia
|
Win
|
104-10
|
Ramazan Abuzagidov
|
3:9
|
November 5, 2022
|
Soslan Andiev Memorial
|
Vladikavkaz
,
Russia
|
Dmitry Korkin Memorial 2022
|
Loss
|
103-11
|
Vladislav Valiev
|
1:2
|
October 29, 2022
|
Dmitry Korkin Memorial
|
Yakutsk
,
Russia
|
Win
|
103-10
|
Slavil Naniev
|
11:0
|
October 28, 2022
|
Dmitry Korkin Memorial
|
Yakutsk
,
Russia
|
Win
|
102-10
|
Zaur Umalatov
|
13:2
|
October 28, 2022
|
Dmitry Korkin Memorial
|
Yakutsk
,
Russia
|
Poddubny Wrestling League 2
|
Win
|
101-10
|
Vladislav Valiev
|
6:0
|
October 14, 2022
|
Poddubny Wrestling League 2
|
Moscow
,
Russia
|
Win
|
100-10
|
Arsen-Ali Musalaliev
|
13:0
|
October 13, 2022
|
Poddubny Wrestling League 2
|
Moscow
,
Russia
|
Win
|
99-10
|
Roman Chitadze
|
10:0
|
October 13, 2022
|
Poddubny Wrestling League 2
|
Moscow
,
Russia
|
Spartakiada
|
Win
|
98-10
|
Malik Shavaev
|
2:0
|
August 26, 2022
|
Spartakiada
|
Kazan
,
Tatarstan
|
Win
|
97-10
|
Slavik Naniev
|
6:0
|
August 25, 2022
|
Spartakiada
|
Kazan
,
Tatarstan
|
Win
|
96-10
|
Arslan Bagaev
|
10:0
|
August 25, 2022
|
Spartakiada
|
Kazan
,
Tatarstan
|
Russian National Championships 2022
|
Win
|
95-10
|
Amanula Rasulov
|
3:0
|
June 26, 2022
|
Russian National Championships
|
Kyzyl
,
Tuva
|
Win
|
95-10
|
Arsen-Ali Musalaliev
|
6:0
|
June 25, 2022
|
Russian National Championships
|
Kyzyl
,
Tuva
|
Win
|
94-10
|
Arslan Bagaev
|
3:0
|
June 25, 2022
|
Russian National Championships
|
Kyzyl
,
Tuva
|
Win
|
93-10
|
Slavik Naniev
|
4:2
|
June 25, 2022
|
Russian National Championships
|
Kyzyl
,
Tuva
|
Poddubny Wrestling League
|
Win
|
92?10
|
Dauren Kurugliev
|
3-2
|
May 20, 2022
|
Win
|
91?10
|
Roman Chitadze
|
10-0
|
May 19, 2022
|
2021 World Championships
at
86 kg
|
Win
|
90?10
|
Azamat Dauletbekov
|
3-0
|
October 3, 2021
|
Loss
|
89?10
|
Hassan Yazdani
|
2-8
|
October 2, 2021
|
Win
|
89?9
|
Taimuraz Friev
|
5?2
|
Win
|
88?9
|
Hayato Ishiguro
|
TF 11?0
|
2020 Summer Olympics
at
86 kg
|
Win
|
87?9
|
Javrail Shapiev
|
2?0
|
August 5, 2021
|
2020 Summer Olympics
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
Loss
|
86?9
|
Hassan Yazdani
|
1?7
|
August 4, 2021
|
Win
|
86?8
|
Osman Gocen
|
TF 12?1
|
Win
|
85?8
|
Boris Makojev
|
6?0
|
2021 European Championships
at
86 kg
|
Win
|
84?8
|
Sandro Aminashvili
|
8?0
|
AprIl 19?21, 2021
|
2021 European Continental Championships
|
Warsaw, Poland
|
Win
|
83?8
|
Boris Makojev
|
9?0
|
Win
|
82?8
|
Myles Amine
|
2?0
|
Win
|
81?8
|
Gadzhimurad Magomedsaidov
|
10?2
|
2021 Russian Nationals
at 86 kg
|
Win
|
80?8
|
Dauren Kurugliev
|
2?1
|
March 11?14, 2021
|
2021 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships
|
Ulan-Ude, Russia
|
Win
|
79?8
|
Magomed Ramazanov
|
10?8
|
Win
|
78?8
|
Khabi Khashpakov
|
2?1
|
Win
|
77?8
|
Nikita Sofronov
|
TF 11?0
|
Win
|
76?8
|
Magomed Gusbanov
|
|
2020 Russian Nationals
at 86 kg
|
Loss
|
75?8
|
Dauren Kurugliev
|
1?2
|
October 16?18, 2020
|
2020 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships
|
Naro-Fominsk
,
Russia
|
Win
|
75?7
|
Arsen-Ali Musalaliev
|
8?0
|
Win
|
74?7
|
Magomedsharif Biyakaev
|
4?0
|
Win
|
73?7
|
Aslanbek Gvaramia
|
TF 11?0
|
Win
|
72?7
|
Magomed Gusbanov
|
8?2
|
2020 European Championships
at
86 kg
|
Win
|
71?7
|
Myles Amine
|
4?0
|
February 15?16, 2020
|
2020 European Continental Championships
|
Rome, Italy
|
Win
|
70?7
|
Boris Makojev
|
3?0
|
Win
|
69?7
|
Radosław Marcinkiewicz
|
TF 10?0
|
Win
|
68?7
|
Abubakr Abakarov
|
8?2
|
Win
|
67?7
|
Akhmed Magamaev
|
5?0
|
2020 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix
at 86 kg
|
Win
|
66?7
|
Dauren Kurugliev
|
2?1
|
January 23?26, 2020
|
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020
|
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
|
Win
|
65?7
|
Arsen-Ali Musalaliev
|
2?0
|
Win
|
64?7
|
Zaur Makiev
|
2
?2
|
Win
|
63?7
|
Brett Pfarr
|
6?0
|
Win
|
62?7
|
Shinetur Narmandakh
|
TF 10?0
|
2019 Military World Games
at 86 kg
|
Win
|
61?7
|
Ahmed Dudarov
|
TF 10?0
|
October 21?24, 2019
|
2019 Military World Games
|
Warsaw, Poland
|
Win
|
60?7
|
Adilet Davlumbaev
|
TF 13?2
|
Win
|
59?7
|
Akhmed Aibuev
|
7?0
|
Win
|
58?7
|
Lee Seungdong
|
TF 11?0
|
Win
|
57?7
|
Ahmad Yousef Bazrighaleh
|
6?3
|
2019 World Championships
at
86 kg
|
Win
|
56?7
|
Myles Amine
|
6?0
|
September 21?22, 2019
|
2019 World Wrestling Championships
|
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
|
Win
|
55?7
|
Istvan Vereb
|
TF 11?1
|
Loss
|
54?7
|
Hassan Yazdani
|
Fall
|
Win
|
54?6
|
Javrail Shapiev
|
6?0
|
Win
|
53?6
|
Piotr Ianulov
|
4?0
|
Win
|
52?6
|
Ville Heino
|
5?1
|
2019 Poland Open
at 86 kg
|
Win
|
51?6
|
Zbigniew Baranowski
|
4?1
|
August 2?4, 2019
|
2019 Ziolkowski, Pytlasinski Memorial
|
Warsaw, Poland
|
Win
|
50?6
|
Fatih Erdin
|
Fall
|
Win
|
49?6
|
Adilet Davlmbayev
|
8?2
|
Win
|
48?6
|
Radosław Marcinkiewicz
|
8?1
|
2019 Russian Nationals
at 86 kg
|
Win
|
47?6
|
Vladislav Valiev
|
4?2
|
July 5?7, 2019
|
2019 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships
|
Sochi
,
Russia
|
Win
|
46?6
|
Soslan Ktsoyev
|
4?0
|
Win
|
45?6
|
Zaur Makiev
|
4?0
|
Win
|
44?6
|
Magomed Ramazanov
|
7?3
|
Win
|
43?6
|
Matvey Yakomaskin
|
TF 10?0
|
2019 Ali Aliev Memorial
at 86 kg
|
Win
|
42?6
|
Dauren Kurugliev
|
2
?2
|
May 1?3, 2019
|
2019 Ali Aliev Memorial
|
Kaspiysk
,
Russia
|
Win
|
41?6
|
Arsen-Ali Musalaliev
|
4?2
|
Win
|
40?6
|
Javrail Shapiev
|
3?1
|
Win
|
39?6
|
Rasul Tsikhayeu
|
4?3
|
Win
|
38?6
|
Denis Balaur
|
3?1
|
2018 Alans International 8th at 86 kg
|
Loss
|
37?6
|
Slavik Naniev
|
Fall
|
December 7?9, 2018
|
2018 Alans International
|
Vladikavkaz
,
Russia
|
Win
|
37?5
|
Arseniy Khubaev
|
6?0
|
2018 U23 World Championships
at 86 kg
|
Loss
|
36?5
|
Kamran Ghasempour
|
1?4
|
November 12?18, 2018
|
2018 U23 World Wrestling Championships
|
Bucharest, Romania
|
Win
|
36?4
|
Murad Suleymanov
|
TF 14?4
|
Win
|
35?4
|
Alex Moore
|
TF 11?0
|
Win
|
34?4
|
Uphar Sharma
|
TF 10?0
|
Win
|
33?4
|
Michał Bielawski
|
TF 10?0
|
2018 Dmitry Korkin Memorial
at 92 kg
|
Win
|
32?4
|
Anzor Urishev
|
4?3
|
September 6?8, 2018
|
2018 Dmitry Korkin International Memorial
|
Yakutsk, Russia
|
Win
|
31?4
|
Turtogtokh Luvsandorj
|
6?0
|
Win
|
30?4
|
Paredes Villagomez
|
TF 10?0
|
2018 Russian Nationals
at 86 kg
|
Loss
|
29?4
|
Dauren Kurugliev
|
1?2
|
August 3?5, 2018
|
2018 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships
|
Odintsovo
,
Russia
|
Win
|
29?3
|
Zelimkhan Minkailov
|
3?0
|
Win
|
28?3
|
Alik Shebzukhov
|
TF 10?0
|
2018 European Championships
at
86 kg
|
Win
|
27?3
|
Alexander Gostiev
|
1
?1
|
May 5?6, 2018
|
2018 European Continental Championships
|
Kaspiysk
,
Russia
|
Win
|
26?3
|
Fatih Erdin
|
4?2
|
Win
|
25?3
|
Shamil Kudiyamagomedov
|
7?6
|
Win
|
24?3
|
Zbigniew Baranowski
|
9?2
|
Win
|
23?3
|
Istvan Vereb
|
5?0
|
2018 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial
at 86 kg
|
Win
|
22?3
|
Taimuraz Friev
|
INJ
|
March 22?25, 2018
|
2018 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial
|
Sofia, Bulgaria
|
Win
|
21?3
|
Georgy Rubaev
|
DQ
|
Win
|
20?3
|
Shamil Kudiyamagomedov
|
5?4
|
Win
|
19?3
|
Ahmet Bilici
|
TF 10?0
|
Win
|
18?3
|
Vladislav Valiev
|
3?2
|
2018 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix
at
86 kg
|
Win
|
17?3
|
Yurieski Torreblanca
|
2?1
|
January 28, 2018
|
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018
|
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
|
Loss
|
16?3
|
David Taylor
|
Fall
|
Win
|
16?2
|
Dauren Kurugliev
|
3?2
|
Win
|
15?2
|
Zushen Lin
|
TF 10?0
|
2017 Alans International
at 86 kg
|
Win
|
14?2
|
Vladislav Valiev
|
1
?1
|
November 17?19, 2017
|
2017 Alans International
|
Vladikavkaz
,
Russia
|
Win
|
13?2
|
Alexander Gostiev
|
4
?4
|
Win
|
12?2
|
Batyrbek Tsakulov
|
11?4
|
Win
|
11?2
|
Gulaev Akhsarbek
|
FF
|
2017 Alrosa Cup
as Team RUS at 86 kg
|
Win
|
10?2
|
Alexander Gostiev
|
PP
|
November 9?13, 2017
|
2017 Alrosa Team Cup
|
Moscow, Russia
|
Win
|
9?2
|
Pavel Untila
|
TF
|
Win
|
8?2
|
Davit Khutsishvili
|
PP
|
2017 Yugra Cup
at 86 kg
|
Win
|
7?2
|
Arseni Khubaev
|
6?2
|
October 28?29, 2017
|
2017 Yugra Cup
|
Nefteyugansk, Russia
|
Loss
|
6?2
|
Zaur Makiev
|
5?12
|
Win
|
6?1
|
Aleksandr Zelenkov
|
6?1
|
Win
|
5?1
|
Kanat Berdiyev
|
TF 10?0
|
2017 Stepan Sargsyan Cup
at 86 kg
|
Win
|
4?1
|
Batyrbek Tsakulov
|
4?0
|
October 7?8, 2017
|
2017 Stepan Sargsyan Cup
|
Vanadzor
,
Armenia
|
Win
|
3?1
|
David Khutsishvili
|
TF 10?0
|
Win
|
2?1
|
Saba Chikhradze
|
TF 12?2
|
Win
|
1?1
|
Vahe Tamrazyan
|
8?1
|
2017 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix
17th at
86 kg
|
Loss
|
0?1
|
Akhmed Magamaev
|
1?6
|
January 28, 2017
|
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017
|
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
|
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"86 kg Final 3-5 - Azamat Dauletbekov, Kazakhstan vs Artur Naifonov, Russian Wrestling Federation"
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