David Albertovich Baev (Russian: Баев Давид Альбертович, Ossetian: Байаты Алберты фырт Давид; born November 7, 1997, in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent who competes at 70 kilograms.

[2] Baev also won the 2017 Junior World Championships in Tampere, Finland, after beating Rayan Deakin of the United States by technical fall (10-0).

[4] In the 2019's edition of the Russian National Championships held in Sochi, Baev became champion in the 70 kg weight class.

In the round of 16, Baev faced Krasnodar representative, Ismail Dzhapua, and won by technical superiority by 10–0, without conceding a single point.

Baev progressed to the quarter-finals where he faced Asian Champion and World and Olympic medalist Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan, who he also defeated, 11–5.