The Most Famous
WRESTLERS from Tajikistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Tadzhik Wrestlers. The pantheon dataset contains 700 Wrestlers, 2 of which were born in Tajikistan. This makes Tajikistan the birth place of the 47th most number of Wrestlers behind Switzerland and North Korea.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tadzhik Wrestlers of all time. This list of famous Tadzhik Wrestlers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Rasul Boqiev (1982 - )
With an HPI of 30.81, Rasul Boqiev is the most famous Tadzhik Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Rasul Boqiev (also spelled as Rasul Bokiev (Tajik: Расул Боқиев); born 29 September 1982) is a Tajikistani judoka who competes in the –73 kg (lightweight) category. He has won bronze medal at the 2007 World Judo Championships and a bronze medal, Tajikistan's first ever Olympic medal, at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
2. Khasan Baroyev (1982 - )
With an HPI of 30.76, Khasan Baroyev is the 2nd most famous Tadzhik Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Khasan Makharbekovich Baroyev (born December 1, 1982) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler of Ossetian origin, who competes in the 120 kg weightclass. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. He is also the 2003 and 2006 world champion. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he was awarded the silver medal, which was later stripped due to doping. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as wrestlers born between 1982 and 1982. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living wrestlers include Rasul Boqiev and Khasan Baroyev.
