Abdulrashid Bulachevich Sadulaev
born 9 May 1996 in Dagestan) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Avar descent.
He participated in the Olympic Games of Rio de Janeiro 2016, obtaining a gold medal in the category of 86 kg. At the 2015 European Games in Baku, he won the gold medal in the 86 kg category.
He won four medals in the World Wrestling Championship, between 2014 and 2018, and two gold medals in the European Wrestling Championship, in the years 2014 and
Nicknamed the "Russian Tank," he is the 2016 Olympic Champion at 86 kg, a three time World Champion (2014, 2015, 2018), European Champion (2014), European Games Champion (2015), two time Cadet World Champion (2012, 2013), Golden Grand-Prix Champion, European Nations Cup winner, Yaşar Doğu winner, Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial winner and Alexander Medved International winner. Sadulaev became the 2014 World Champion in the 86 kg class at age 18, and Olympic champion at age 20.
He was undefeated in competition from November 2013 until August 2017. In 2014, Sadulaev was considered by many to be the most dominant wrestler in the world. In August 2016, Sadulaev was the #1 ranked 86 kg competitor in the world, and was ranked as the #1 Pound-for-Pound wrestler in the world by Flo Wrestling