Draft:Akhroljan Ruziev

Akhroljan Ruziev (born December 16, 1957, Tashkent) is an Uzbek freestyle wrestler. Repeated champion of Uzbekistan in freestyle wrestling (1971–1976), Master of Sports of the USSR in freestyle wrestling, Merited Coach of the USSR. Since 2014 - Vice-President of the United World of Wrestling (UWW). Since 2016 - Vice-President of the Wrestling Association of Uzbekistan.

Sports career
He started freestyle wrestling in 1967 in the section of the Dinamo sports club in Tashkent. Akhroljan Ruziev was awarded the title "Master of Sports of the USSR in freestyle wrestling" (31.12.1976).

Coaching and administrative activities
After the completion of his sports career he took up coaching activities and on October 5, 1990 received the title of "Merited Coach of the USSR". On November 19, 1999 he received the degree of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, since May 22, 2003 - Professor of Uzbek State University of Physical Culture and Sport, Tashkent. The history of wrestling in Uzbekistan is inseparably linked with the name of Akhroljan Akhmedovich Ruziev, who became the founder of the Wrestling Federation of Uzbekistan (modern name - Wrestling Association of Uzbekistan). He was awarded the order " Soglom Aulod Uchun" in 1999 and " Fidokorona Aizmatlari Uchun" in 2004. On 25 August 2008, he was given the honorary title and medal "Honored Teacher of Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan". Since 2016, he has been the Vice President of the Uzbekistan Wrestling Association.

Among Akhrol Ruziev's students one can find such exceptional athletes:


 * Ramil Vagizovich Ataulin - Soviet and Uzbek freestyle wrestler, medallist at the 1992 CIS Championship in Moscow and 1993 World Championship in Toronto.
 * Igor Kupeev - freestyle wrestler, Master of Sport of Russia of International Class, two-time Russian champion (1994, 2001), World Cup winner (1996) and two-time Asian champion (1999, 2000).
 * Soslan Tigiev, a wrestler of Ossetian origin, won bronze at the 2006 Asian Games.
 * Zaurbek Sokhiev is an Uzbek freestyle wrestler, Master of Sport of International Class, world champion in freestyle wrestling (2009), participant of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 and in London in 2012.
 * Magomed Ibragimov - Russian and Uzbek freestyle wrestler, two-time winner of the Asian Championships, medallist at the Russian Championships, bronze medallist at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and participant of the Olympic Games in Tokyo (2020).
 * Ruslan Khinchagov is an experienced athlete from Russia, representing Uzbekistan, who has repeatedly competed for his country at the World Wrestling Championships and participated in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games.

Participation in international organisations
From 2000 to 2014, he was a member of the Bureau of the International Federation of United Wrestling Styles (FILA). After the renaming of FILA to United World Wrestling (UWW) in 2014, he holds the position of Vice President, President of the Executive Committee, and President of the Media Commission. In 2021, he was re-elected as UWW Vice President for another 5-year term

Awards

 * The Order of " Soglom Aulod Uchun" of 2nd degree for development and popularization wrestling sports  (1999).
 * The Order " Fidokorona Aizmatlari Uchun" for development and popularization wrestling sports (2004).
 * The badge "Veteran of Sports of Uzbekistan" (2021).