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Boris Budayev

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Boris Budayev
Personal information
NationalityUSSR, Uzbekistan
Born (1957-07-19) 19 July 1957 (age 69)
Sport
SportWrestling
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Uzbekistan
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place1996 Xiaoshan68 kg
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1989 Martigny68 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1982 Varna68 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place1979 Ulaanbaatar68 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place1981 BucharestLightweight

Boris Dugdanovich Budayev (born 19 July 1957) is Soviet and Uzbekistani wrestler of Buryad-Mongolian ancestry from Ikires tribe.[2] He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3]

Highlight achievements

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Career accomplishments include:

  • 1979 World Junior Champion.
  • 1982 European Champion.
  • 1985 USSR Champion.
  • 1989 World Champion.
  • 1990 Grand Masters of Olympic Wrestling Champion.
  • 1996 Asian Champion
  • Member of the 1996 Uzbekistani Olympic Team.

Boris Budaev achieved first major international success at the 1979 World Junior Championships, where he won the gold medal. In the final matches, he lost to Roger Frizzel of USA by points, but the Mongolian Buyandelgeriin Bold won the American wrestler by fall, after which Boris received the winner title thanks to the overall standings. Due to this victory, he was included in the USSR national team.[4]

According to information provided by a public group "Ekhirit/Ikires" on the social network "Vkontakte", Boris Budaev is a member of Tokhoy Bayandai clan from a historical Mongolic Ikires tribe.[5]

References

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  1. "Почетные граждане". Улан-Удэ официальный сайт. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  2. "Первому чемпиону мира и Европы по вольной борьбе Борису Будаеву - 68 лет". Sport Rb. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Boris Budayev Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. "Олимпийские надежды Бурятии зародились в Монголии", Asiarussia, May 02, 2017. Accessed April 08, 2026 (in Russian). "Борис Будаев на турнире проиграл по очкам борцу из США...чтобы Будаев стал чемпионом, нужно было, чтобы Болд чисто (на туше или с явным преимуществом) выиграл у американца... <<Перед последней схваткой мне было все равно, поскольку я в любом случае занимал второе место на этом чемпионате, - рассказывает Б. Болд. - Но я чисто выиграл у соперника Бори и помог ему! И Боря стал первым среди бурят чемпионом мира по вольной борьбе среди молодежи.>>"
  5. "Outstanding Ekhirites", Ekhirit/Ikires, Маy 23, 2021. Accessed November 08, 2025, via Internet Archive. "Boris Dugdanovich Budaev is a Soviet athlete and Russian public figure. He is an USSR's Honored Master of Sports (1989) and a Buryatia's Honored Worker of Physical Culture. Born in 1957 in Soyol (Bayangol) village in the Barguzinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, he grew up in a large family. He is of the Tokhoy Bayandai clan."
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