Alimbeg Borisovich Bestayev (Russian: Алимбег Борисович Бестаев, 15 August 1936 – 1988) was an Ossetian lightweight freestyle wrestler. Competing for the Soviet Union he won the world title in 1957 and an Olympic bronze medal in 1956. He also won the 1956 World Cup, pinning all five his opponents within 20 minutes overall time spent on the mat, and winning the outstanding wrestler award of the tournament, regardless of style and weight class.
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6 December 1936 Tskhinvali, South Ossetia
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Died |
1988 (aged 51) Moscow, Russia
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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