Salovati Saidzoda

Salovati Saidzoda (1 April 1995, Moscow, Russia) is a Russian sumo and sambo wrestler. Two-time European champion (2016 in two age categories), three-time champion of Russia (2015, 2016, 2017). Athlete of the Russian national sumo team. Performs in weight categories up to 60 kg, up to 70 kg. Master of Sports of Russia. Saidzoda was born on 1 April 1995 in Republic of Tajikistan in the city of Vahdat. His nationality was Tajik. Until 2 years old he lived in Tajikistan in the city of Dushanbe. He moved to Moscow when he was 2 years old. He started participating in martial arts in 3rd grade. In 2004 he started to train in taekwando. His motivation for sports were action movies of 1990. His first achievements were made in 2007. He became a champion in Moscow Championship. In 2012 he has earned a black belt in taekwando dan. After graduating he was interested in wrestling. In a sports school "Borets" where the headmistress was I.I. Kurinnina (four-time sambo world champion) was developing sumo fighting. He has started to learn sumo fighting techniques and in 2014 he debuted in sumo. In the same year he had earned a bronze medal in Moscow Championship in Russia in the city of Izhevsk.

In 2015 for the first time he was a medalist in European Championship in sumo. Since 2017 he started training karate (WKF). He also leads a popular martial arts sports channel on Instagram.