Bekhan Tungaev

Chechen martial artist (1950–2022)

Born

25 May 1950, Kazakhstan

Died

18 July 2022

Citizenship

Kazakhstan, Soviet Union

Sport

amateur wrestling, freestyle wrestling

Occupation

amateur wrestler

Bekhan Tungaev (Chechen: Бекхан Тунгаев) was a Chechen wrestler who was born in Kazakhstan. He became famous in Chechnya after winning a European championship back in the 1970s. He started wrestling in 1967, when he went to section of wrestling trainer Degi Bagayev (Дэги Багаев), also in the same year he took part in his first championship - championship of the republic among boys, where he got the first place. He was member of the Soviet Union team from 1969 to 1976. In 1970 he won the championship of the USSR. He was also a three-time champion of the Soviet Armed Forces, two-time winner of the Soviet Cup, winner of international tournaments in Mongolia, Turkey, Iran, Hungary, Romania. He was also the winner of the tournament Olympic Hopes (Олимпийская надежда), where friendly armies played. He got the silver medal in the Games of the Soviet nations (Спартакиада народов СССР) and he was a three-time champion of the Caucasus.

Awards and honours

• Master of Sport of the USSR, International Class

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q4465461 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.