SIDAKOV Zaurbek Kazbekovich

Competed at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade (Serbia) and the 2025 European Wrestling Championships in Bratislava (Slovakia).
A member of the russian national wrestling team.
He holds the rank of ensign in the russian armed forces and competes for the Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA), which is subordinate to the russian ministry of defense.
CSKA regularly provides support to the military and veterans of the "special military operation" by purchasing and delivering specialized equipment, FPV drones, generators, and humanitarian cargo to the front. It also conducts military-patriotic education for children and youth, organizes patriotic sports events, and promotes international cooperation, including through the World Military Games project. As a result, CSKA athletes competing in international events effectively represent the armed forces of the aggressor state.
In March 2022, he supported russia’s invasion of Ukraine by taking part in the pro-war propaganda rally "Zа мир без нацизма" ("For a world without Nazism") at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
He was awarded the Medal "For Military Valor" (2nd class) and a certificate of honor from the ministry of defense of the russian federation.
In 2021, he was personally awarded the Order of Friendship by putin for "a great contribution to the development of domestic sports, high sporting achievements, the will to win, resilience, and determination demonstrated at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 in Tokyo (Japan)".