A. F.
More than six years without a loss at lightweight
- Born
- 1962
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Height
- 168 cm (5′6″)
- Style
- Arm-and-leg trip thrower
- Weight
- 68 kg, 74 kg
- Active
- 1983–1996
- Status
- Retired
The medals
2 Olympic golds, 6 world titles
The story
. F. dominated the lightweight division through the 1980s. The North Ossetian won his first world title in 1983 and then went more than six years without losing an official match. He won Olympic gold at 68 kg in Seoul in 1988 for the Soviet Union, and his streak ended only when he moved up to 74 kg for the 1989 World Championships and lost the final to American Kenny Monday. Back at 68 kg he won world titles in 1990 and 1991, for six in all, and a second Olympic gold in Barcelona in 1992 for the Unified Team. His favorite score grabbed an arm and the same-side leg and tripped the opponent down. He later founded a club in Vladikavkaz.
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- Olympic champion (1988, 1992)
- World champion ×6 (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991)
- European champion ×4 (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988)
- World Cup champion ×4 (1983, 1985, 1986, 1989)
- FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame (2003)
Defining matches
- 1983WINWorld Championships, Kyiv (first world title)
- 1988WINSeoul Olympics (68 kg gold)
- 1989LOSSvs Kenny Monday (World final at 74 kg; first loss in more than six years)
- 1992WINBarcelona Olympics (second gold, for the Unified Team)
Steal his favorite finish: grab an arm and the same-side leg together, then trip your partner down with your leg so they have nothing to post on. Drill the grip and the trip as one motion.
1992–2004
