Nurislam Sanayev

{{short description|Kazakh freestyle wrestler}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Nurislam Sanayev

| caption = Nurislam Sanayev 2021

| headercolor = Gold

| native_name = Нурислам Валентинович Санаев

| birth_name =

| full_name = Nurislam Valentinovich Sanaev

| image = Artas Sanaa Tokyo2020.jpg

| image_size = 300

| nationality = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Kazakhstan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|2|9}}

| birth_place = Chadan, Tuvan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| height = 168 cm

| country = {{RUS}}
{{KAZ}} (since 2014)

| sport = Wrestling

| weight_class = 57 kg

| event = Freestyle

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's freestyle wrestling }}

{{Medal|Country| {{KAZ}} }}

{{MedalCompetition |Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|57 kg}}

{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2018 Budapest | 57 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2019 Nur-Sultan | 57 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Asian Championships }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2018 Bishkek|61 kg}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2017 New Delhi |57 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition|Ali Aliyev Tournament}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Kaspisk |57 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Rome |57 kg}}

{{Medal|Competition|Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament}}

{{Medal|Gold| 2019 Russe|61 kg}}

{{Medal|Gold| 2021 Plovdiv|61 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition |Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Warsaw|61 kg}}

{{Medal|Country| {{RUS}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Krasnoyarsk|55 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Golden Grand Prix Baku}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Baku|55 kg}}

| show-medals = yes

}}

Nurislam Sanayev ({{langx|ru|Нурислам Валентинович Санаев}}; born February 9, 1991, in the Tuvan ASSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler of Tuva heritage. He represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's freestyle 57 kg event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inform.kz/en/article/3567427|title=Two Kazakh free style wrestlers earn 2020 Olympic Games quotas|last=INFORM.KZ|date=2019-09-19|website=www.inform.kz|language=ru|access-date=2020-02-24}} He lost in the semi-finals and he then won his bronze medal match against Georgi Vangelov of Bulgaria.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-04|title=Wrestling Men's Freestyle 57 kg Semi Finals|url=https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/sport/wrestling/event/wrestling-men-freestyle-57kg/match/wrm257201/|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Wrestling Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

Earlier, he competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he got eliminated in the repechage.{{cite web|title=Nurislam Sanayev |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/nurislam-sanayev |website=Rio 2016 |access-date=October 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922190705/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/nurislam-sanayev |archive-date=September 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Men's Freestyle 57 kg - Standings |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-mens-freestyle-57-kg |website=Rio 2016 |access-date=October 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922183948/https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-mens-freestyle-57-kg |archive-date=September 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }} In 2021, he won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.