# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alimbeg-bestayev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:03:48.265Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alimbeg-bestayev"
name: "Alimbeg Bestayev"
slug: "alimbeg-bestayev"
description: "Alimbeg Borisovich Bestaev was a Soviet lightweight freestyle wrestler. He won the world title in 1957 and an Olympic bronze medal in 1956. He also won the 1956 World Cup, pinning all five of his opponents within 20 minutes of each other's overall time spent on the mat and winning the outstanding wrestler award of the tournament, regardless of style or weight class."
tagline: "Russian wrestler (1936-1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alimbeg_Bestayev_1956.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1936-08-15"
deathDate: "1988-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.738625333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B3_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Бестаев, Алимбег Борисович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alimbeg_Borissowitsch_Bestajew"
    title: "Alimbeg Borissowitsch Bestajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alimbeg_Bestaev"
    title: "Alimbeg Bestaev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alimbeg_Bestayev"
    title: "Alimbeg Bestayev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%81"
    title: "علیم‌بک بستایف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alimbeg_Bestayev"
    title: "Alimbeg Bestayev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alimbieg_Biestajew"
    title: "Alimbieg Biestajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2645688"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump