Alen Zasyeyev

Alen Taymurazovich Zaseyev
Zasyeyev (left) against Bilyal Makhov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Alen Taymurazovich Zaseyev
Nationality Ukrainian
Russian
Ethnicity Ossetian
Born (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988
Ukhtana village, South Ossetia, Georgia
Residence Kiev, Ukraine
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 111 kg (245 lb)
Sport
Country Ukraine
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Coached by Ruslan Rubaev
Updated on 22 September 2013.

Alen Taymurazovich Zaseyev (Russian: Ален Таймуразович Засеев; Ossetian: Засеты Таймуразы фырт Ален, born 10 October 1988 in Georgia) is a South Ossetia-born naturalized Ukrainian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent.

Career

He won both silver medals in the 2013 European Wrestling Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia and 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary. In 2016 European Wrestling Championships won bronze medal.

In May 2016, he was provisionally suspended due to use of meldonium.[1] Later that decision was reverted.[2]

References

  1. http://sport.segodnya.ua/tournaments/rio2016/715147.html
  2. "United World Wrestling Announces Reinstatement of Olympic Qualifiers". United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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