Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov

Magomedrasul Mukhtarovich Gazimagomedov (Russian: Магомедрасул Мухтарович Газимагомедов; born April 8, 1991 in Dagestan[1]) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Tindian descent. He is two time World Champion and a Grand Master of Sports in freestyle wrestling.

Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov
Магомедрасул Газимагомедов
Personal information
Full nameMagomedrasul Mukhtarovich Gazimagomedov
National team Russia
Born (1991-04-08) April 8, 1991
Tindi village, Dagestan, Russia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb)
74 kg (163 lb)
WebsiteOfficial VK Profile
Official Instagram Profile
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
RankNumber one in the ranking UWW on October 2015, Grand Master of Sports
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubSC Bazarganova
Coached byEldar Nazhmudinov, Ferzulah Islamov, Khaibula Khaibulaev

Nationally, Gazimagomedov won the Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships 2015. In the quarterfinals match he beat World Champion Khetag Tsabolov of North Ossetia–Alania.[2] He defeated Israil Kasumov of Krasnoyarsk Krai in the final.

At the 2015 European Games, Gazimagomedov won gold in the men's freestyle 70 kg category.[3] He won gold at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in the 70 kg event, beating Iranian Hassan Yazdani. After knee injury he returned to wrestling at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018, in the final match losing to Magomed Kurbanaliev in a close match.

In pre-season he trains with MMA stars Rustam Khabilov and Khabib Nurmagomedov.[4]

References

  1. "Gazimagomedov bio's in Baku 2015". baku2015.com. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. "Thindian beat world champion". skfo.ru. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. "Wrestling Day 6: Baku 2015 - 1st European Games". zimbio.com. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. "Khabib trains in SC Bazarganova". sk-bazarganova.ru. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2012.


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