[2][3] Beslan earned Russia's first gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Upon the recommendation of his younger brother, he started as a Sambist, then also practised freestyle wrestling.

[6] After moving to Maykop, Beslan was enrolled at the Adyghe State University in the Institute of Physical Culture and Judo.

Beslan's father, Zaudin Shafigovich, is an over-the-road trucker, and his mother, Asya Khasanovna, a housewife.

His brother Aslan (born 1987) is a Merited Master of Sports in Sambo and judo.