Mukhamed-Takhir Khaniev

Magomed-Tagir Khaniev
Personal information
Native name
Магомед-Тагир Микаилович Ханиев
Born (2003-08-29) 29 August 2003
Troitskaya, Sunzhensky District, Ingushetia, Russia
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event
Freestyle wrestling
ClubChingiz (Nazran)
UOR (Khasavyurt)
Coached byRuslan Kushtov
Ali Iskhakov
Medal record
Representing  Russia
European U23 Championships
2026 Zrenjanin 97 kg
World U17 Championships
2019 Sofia 51 kg
Representing UWW
Grand Prix
2026 Tirana 97 kg
World U23 Championships
2025 Novi Sad 92 kg
European U23 Championships
2025 Tirana 92 kg
Representing Dagestan
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2026 Krasnoyarsk 97 kg
2025 Krasnoyarsk 92 kg
Russian National Championships
2024 Moscow 86 kg

Magomed-Tagir Khaniev (Russian: Магомед-Тагир Микаилович Ханиев; born 29 August 2003) is a Russian-born freestyle wrestler.[1]

Career

Khaniev began wrestling at the age of five and initially represented the Chingiz club in Nazran under coach Ruslan Kushtov.[2]

In 2017 he won the European U15 Championships in Belgrade.[3] He repeated the achievement in 2018 at the U15 European Championships in Győr, Hungary.[4]

In 2019 he won the Russian Youth Championships in Irkutsk and later captured the gold medal at the 2019 World U17 Wrestling Championships held in Sofia.[5]

In 2023 he won the North Caucasus Federal District junior championships in Grozny and later claimed the Russian U21 junior national title in Yakutsk.[6][7] In December 2023 he won the 2023 Azerbaijan Wrestling Championships in Baku after defeating Arsenii Dzhioev in the final.[8]

He won the gold medal by defeating Ukrainian Ivan Prymachenko in the final match at the 2026 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Zrenjanin, Serbia.[9]

Personal life

Khaniev was born in Troitskaya, Sunzhensky District, Ingushetia, Russia.[10] His father is Mikail and his mother is Maret. His older brother Magomed Khaniev and brother Ismail Khaniev are also wrestlers.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Russian national freestyle wrestling team list (2022)" (PDF). Ministry of Sport of Russia. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Secret ingredients of success". Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Magomed-Tagir Khaniev won gold at the European wrestling championship". Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Schoolboy from Ingushetia wins European wrestling championship". Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Results of the Cadet World Wrestling Championships". Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Magomed-Takhir Khaniev named best wrestler of the first day". Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Magomed-Tagir Khaniev wins Russian junior championship". Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Dagestani wrestlers on the podium of the Azerbaijan championships". Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  9. ^ "U23 European Championships". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Sunzha native Magomed-Tagir Khaniev wins prestigious wrestling tournament". Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Secret ingredients of success". Retrieved 21 December 2023.