Inalbek Sheriev (Russian: Иналбек Асланович Шериев; born 18 January 2003) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Kabardian Circassian origin who currently competes at 70 kilograms.[1]

Inalbek Sheriev
Personal information
Full nameInalbek Aslanovich Sheriev
National team Russia
Born (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 (age 21)
Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country Russia
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
EventFreestyle
Coached byAnzor Urishev
Achievements and titles
World finalsBronze (2024)
National finals1st place, gold medalist(s) (2024)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Individual Neutral Athletes
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Tirana 70 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tirana 70 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Baku 70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Skopje 70 kg
Representing  Russia
World Cadets Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Zagreb 65 kg
Representing Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast
Russian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Novoivanovskoye 70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kaspiysk 70 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Silver medal – second place 2024 Krasnoyarsk 70 kg
Representing Kabardino-Balkaria Kabardino-Balkaria
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Silver medal – second place 2023 Krasnoyarsk 70 kg

Wrestling career

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Cherkess, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria.[2] He is a student of SSOR in the village of Deyskoye.[3] At the beginning of June 2018 in Moscow, he won the Russian Under-18 Championship.[4] On 3 July 2018 in Zagreb in the final of the World Youth Championship he lost to Turan Bayramov from Azerbaijan.[5]

On 27 September 2019, he was awarded the title of Master of Sports of Russia.[6]

On 2 December 2020, he won the Russian Junior Championship in Smolensk, defeating Alexander Baltuev from Irkutsk in the final.[7]

In mid May 2021 in Skopje, Sheriev won a bronze medal at the European Championships among athletes under 23 years old in the weight category up to 70 kg, defeating Giorgi Elbakidze from Georgia in the bout for third place with a score of 8:2.[8]

In May 2024, he won the Russian 70 kg championship for the first time.[9]

At the 2024 World Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania, he defeated German Kizhan Clarke 10–0 in the first round, Azerbaijani Kanan Heybatov 13–2 with technical superiority in the second round, Armenian Arman Andreasyan 2–0 in the quarter-finals and reached the semi-finals. He lost 6–1 to Japanese Yoshinosuke Aoyagi in the semi-final. In the bronze medal match, he defeated Ukrainian Vasyl Shuptar with 10-0 technical superiority and won the bronze medal.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Inalbek Sheriev profile page". uww.org.
  2. ^ "Наши уже в финале!". Archived from the original on 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  3. ^ Иналбек Шериев - победитель Международного турнира по вольной борьбе «Борцовская лига Поддубного»
  4. ^ "Все победители и призеры первенства России по вольной борьбе среди юношей до 18 лет". Archived from the original on 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  5. ^ "Дмитрий Елканов – победитель первенства мира по вольной борьбе; Шериев, Андросов и Козырев – призеры". Archived from the original on 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  6. ^ "Приказ "О присвоении спортивного звания "Мастер спорта России""". Archived from the original on 2023-06-24. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  7. ^ "Иналбек Шериев – победитель первенства России". Archived from the original on 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  8. ^ "Борец из Подмосковья завоевал бронзу первенства Европы". Archived from the original on 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  9. ^ "Результаты OLIMPBET предолимпийского чемпионата России по вольной и женской борьбе". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  10. ^ "Freestyle – Seniors – 70 kg – Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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