Sergey Kozyrev

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In 2018, Kozyrev claimed the Cadet European Championship, placed third at the Cadet World Championships and most notably claimed the Youth Olympic championship when he defeated Iranian phenom and reigning Cadet World Champion Amir Hossein Zare in the finale.{{Cite web|last=Taylor|title=Four Cadet World Medalists Move onto World Championship Semifinals in #Zagreb2018|url=https://uww.org/article/four-cadet-world-medalists-move-world-championship-semifinals-zagreb2018|access-date=4 May 2021|website=United World Wrestling|language=English}}

He made his international senior level debut by placing eleventh at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020, and later in the year went on to place tenth at the 2020 Russian National Championships at 97 kilograms.{{Cite web|title=2021 Russian Wrestling Nationals Day 3 Recap|url=https://www.thefight-site.com/home/2021-russian-wrestling-nationals-day-3-recap|access-date=5 May 2021|website=THE FIGHT SITE|date=14 March 2021 |language=en-US}} The following year, he burst into the scene by claiming the 2021 Russian National Championship, upsetting two–time National champion and '19 European Games gold medalist from Chechnya Anzor Khizriev in the semifinals and beating Atsamaz Tebloev in the finale. Next, he competed at the 2021 European Championships, where after wins over Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi and Dániel Ligeti, he went on to lose to three–time Olympic and World Champion from Turkey Taha Akgül, who claimed his tenth European Continental Championship, claiming silver.{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|date=21 April 2021|title=Russia claim three more golds on day three of European Wrestling Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1106954/russia-three-golds-european-wrestling|access-date=22 April 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|archive-date=25 April 2021|access-date=25 April 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}

Kozyrev competed at the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament, and after consecutive wins over '20 Bulgarian National runner–up Georgi Ivanov, '20 Individual World Cup runner–up Robert Baran and two–time European Championship medalist Dániel Ligeti, he was able to cruise to the finals, thus qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won his match against '18 Commonwealth Games gold medalist from India Sumit Malik by walkover on May 7. Malik then tested positive for doping and was disqualified.{{Cite web|date=5 July 2021|title=Sumit Malik to challenge two-year ban for doping with hopes to participate in 2022 Commonwealth Games|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/sumit-malik-to-challenge-two-year-ban-for-doping-with-hopes-to-participate-in-2022-commonwealth-games-9780511.html|access-date=10 July 2021|website=Firstpost}}

On 5 August, Kozyrev competed as an independent athlete due to Russia's ban from the Olympic Games, on the first date of the men's freestyle 125 kg event of the 2020 Summer Olympics. In the first match, he was downed by two-time World medalist Deng Zhiwei from China, who lost his next match, being eliminated from the Games and placing eleventh.{{Cite web|title=2020 Olympic Day Five Brackets and Top Matchups|url=http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/24846|access-date=2021-08-09|website=InterMat}}

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! colspan="7"| Senior Freestyle Matches

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! Res.

! Record

! Opponent

! Score

! Date

! Event

! Location

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|15–5

|align=left|{{flagicon|MGL}} Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel

|style="font-size:88%"|9–3 Fall

|style="font-size:88%"|December 3, 2021

|style="font-size:88%"|2021 Alrosa Cup

|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow, Russia

|-

! style=background:white colspan=7 |{{small| 2020 Summer Olympics 11th at 125 kg}}

|-

|{{no2}}Loss

|14–5

|align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Deng Zhiwei

|style="font-size:88%"|1–4

|style="font-size:88%"|August 5, 2021

|style="font-size:88%"|2020 Summer Olympics

|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

|-

! style=background:white colspan=7 |{{small|2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament {{gold01}} at 125 kg}}

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|14–4

|align=left|{{flagicon|IND}} Sumit Malik

|style="font-size:88%"|WO

|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|May 6–7, 2021

|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4|2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament

|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4|

{{flagicon|BUL}} Sofia, Bulgaria

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|13–4

|align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Dániel Ligeti

|style="font-size:88%"|3–2

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|12–4

|align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Robert Baran

|style="font-size:88%"|7–1

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|11–4

|align=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} Georgi Ivanov

|style="font-size:88%"|TF 12–2

|-

! style=background:white colspan=7 |{{small|2021 European Championships {{silver2}} at 125 kg}}

|-

|{{no2}}Loss

|10–4

|align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} Taha Akgül

|style="font-size:88%"|DQ (2–9)

|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|April 20–21, 2021

|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3|2021 European Continental Championships

|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3|

{{flagicon|POL}} Warsaw, Poland

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|10–3

|align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Dániel Ligeti

|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|9–3

|align=left|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi

|style="font-size:88%"|9–7

|-

! style=background:white colspan=7 |{{small|2021 Russian Nationals {{gold1}} at 125 kg}}

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|8–3

|align=left|{{flagicon|North Ossetia–Alania}} Azamat Tebloev

|style="font-size:88%"|3–3

|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|March 11–14, 2021

|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2021 Russian National Championships

|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5|

{{flagicon|RUS}} Ulan-Ude, Russia

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|7–3

|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Zelimkhan Khizriev

|style="font-size:88%"|5–1

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|6–3

|align=left|{{flagicon|Chechnya}} Anzor Khizriev

|style="font-size:88%"|2–2

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|5–3

|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Khasan Khubaev

|style="font-size:88%"|8–5

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|4–3

|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Erik Dzhioev

|style="font-size:88%"|2–1

|-

! style=background:white colspan=7 |{{small|2020 Russian Nationals 10th at 97 kg}}

|-

|{{no2}}Loss

|3–3

|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Rasul Magomedov

|style="font-size:88%"|3–5

|style="font-size:88%" |October 16–18, 2020

|style="font-size:88%" |2020 Russian National Championships

|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" |

{{flagicon|RUS}} Naro-Fominsk, Russia

|-

! style=background:white colspan=7 |{{small|2020 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix 11th at 125 kg}}

|-

|{{no2}}Loss

|3–2

|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Said Gamidov

|style="font-size:88%"|6–13

|style="font-size:88%" |January 23–26, 2020

|style="font-size:88%" |Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020

|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" |

{{flagicon|RUS}} Krasnoyarsk, Russia

|-

! style=background:white colspan=7 |{{small|2019 U23 All–Russian Yuri Gusov Memorial {{silver2}} at 97 kg}}

|-

|{{no2}}Loss

|3–1

|align=left|{{flagicon|Dagestan}} Magomedkhan Magomedov

|style="font-size:88%"|5–10

|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|September 27–28, 2019

|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2019 U23 All–Russian Yuri Gusov Memorial

|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5|

{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladikavkaz, Russia

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|3–0

|align=left|{{flagicon|North Ossetia–Alania}} David Dzugaev

|style="font-size:88%"|7–5

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|2–0

|align=left|{{flagicon|Chechnya}} Askhab Boltukaev

|style="font-size:88%"|TF 10–0

|-

|{{yes2}}Win

|1–0

|align=left|{{flagicon|Dagestan}} Magomed Tagirov

|style="font-size:88%"|TF 12–1

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