Boris Makojev Explained

Boris Akhsarbekovic Makojev (ru|link=no|Борис Ахсарбекович Макоев; born January 22, 1993, in Ossetia) is a Russian naturalized Slovak freestyle wrestler Ossetian ethnicity who competes at 86 kilograms.^{[4] [5]} In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[6]

In 2022, Makojev won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.^[7] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 86kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.^{[8] [9]}

Makojev won the silver medal in the men's 92kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.^[10] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[11] He was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Makojev's bio. wrestrus.ru. 19 October 2018. 10 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190710155039/http://www.wrestrus.ru/users/184. dead.
2. Web site: Makojev vrátil slovenské zápasenie na pódium, spokojný je aj Sýkora. 19 March 2021.
3. Web site: Makojev's coaches. infosport.ru. 19 October 2018.
4. Web site: Ossetian wrestler won the silver medal in worlds. 15ironpost.ru. 26 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011603/http://www.15ironpost.ru/novosti-osetii/sport-osetii/osetinskij-volnik-boris-makoev-zavoeval-serebro-chempionata-mira-po-borbe. 20 October 2018. dead.
5. Web site: 2017 World Wrestling Championships. United World Wrestling. live. 13 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf. 1 May 2019.
6. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
7. Web site: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW . 25 June 2022 . 25 June 2022 . United World Wrestling.
8. News: Shefferd . Neil . 16 September 2022 . Olympic champions help US claim double freestyle gold at World Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 17 September 2022.
9. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
10. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
11. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.