Islambek Albiev

Islambek Tsilimovich Albiev (Russian: Исламбек Цилимович Альбиев, Chechen: СаӀид-Цилиман кӀант Альбиев Ислам-Бека; born December 28, 1988 in Chechnya)[2] is a Russian wrestler of Chechen descent, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling. Albiev is a World champion (2009) and two-time European champion (2009 and 2016).

Islambek Albiev
Исламбек Альбиев
Albiev (right) against Rasul Chunayev at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameIslambek Tsilimovich Albiev
Nickname(s)The Professor mat
Citizenship Russian
Born (1988-12-28) December 28, 1988
Grozny, Chechen-Ingush ASSR
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
RankGrand Master of Sports
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubCSKA Wrestling Club
Olympic Village-80[1]
Coached byUmatgirey Tavbulatov

References

  1. "Olympic village-80". sport-olimp80.ru. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  2. Kommersant Daily Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)


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