Murad Gaidarov

Murad Gaidarov
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 74 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 New York 74 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Moscow 74 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Vantaa 86 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vilnius 74 kg
Silver medal – second place 2008 Tampere 74 kg
Silver medal – second place 2004 Ankara 74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Riga 74 kg
Silver medal – second place 2002 Baku 74 kg

Murad Gaidarov (Belarusian: Мурад Гайдараў, Russian: Мурад Гайдаров; born February 13, 1980), is a Belarusian wrestler of Dagestani descent. Gaidarov was disqualified from 2004 Summer Olympics for retaliating after he was defeated at the quarterfinals and assaulted his opponent, Buvaisar Saitiev, off the arena floor. Gaidarov won the bronze medal in men's 74 kg freestyle wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics,[1] but after a failed drug test by Soslan Tigiev, he was awarded the silver medal. His elder brother Gaidar Gaidarov is second coach of Dagestan wrestling team and the Italian national team.

He began coaching Indian wrestler Deepak Punia in 2018. He was dismissed from his position by the Wrestling Federation of India in 2021 after assaulting a referee at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was expelled from the Games by the IOC.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Biography: GAIDAROV Murad". Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  2. ^ Biswas, Srabani (August 7, 2021). "IOC expells [sic] Deepak Punia's coach Murad Gaidarov from the Tokyo Olympics on charges of assault". Sports Indiashow. Retrieved February 13, 2022.


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