Anzor Khizriev

Anzor Ruslanovich Khizriev (Russian: Анзор Русланович Хизриев; born 31 October 1990 in Chechnya) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent, who competes in the 125 kg weight category.

Khizriev was born in Chechnya, but at the age of five his family fled to St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast after the First Chechen War erupted.

After finishing Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy study he got the degree in surgery and returned to wrestling.

[4] At Ivan Yarygin 2019 he beat Olympic gold medalist and 2-time world champion Taha Akgül of Turkey.

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