2016 European Wrestling Championships
The 2016 European Wrestling Championships were held in Riga, Latvia, from 8 March to 13 March 2016. Medal overview Medal table Team ranking Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle References External links Official site {{European championships in 2016 2016 European Wrestling Championships, European Wrestling Championships 2016 in sport wrestling, Europe International sports competitions hosted by Latvia, Wrestling Sports competitions in Riga 2016 in European sport, Wrestling Championships Wrestling in Latvia, Wrestling 2016 in Latvian sport, Wrestling March 2016 sports events in Europe 21st century in Riga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2021 IIHF World Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2017, it was named the European Region of Gastronomy. I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Semen Radulov held in Riga, Latvia.
Semen Radulov (born August 30, 1989 in Odessa) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. He won a bronze medal in the 2016 European Wrestling Championships The 2016 European Wrestling Championships were held in Riga, Latvia, from 8 March to 13 March 2016. Medal overview Medal table Team ranking Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle References External links Official site< ... References External links bio on unitedworldwrestling.org Living people 1989 births [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anzor Boltukaev
Anzor Adamovich Boltukayev (russian: Анзор Адамович Болтукаев; born 5 April 1986 in Chechnya) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. He competes in the 96 kg division and won the bronze medal in the same division at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships defeated Aleksey Krupnyakov of Kyrgyzstan. At the " Ivan Yarygin 2016" he beat the current World Champion Kyle Snyder and Olympic gold medalist Jake Varner of USA. In the 2016 European Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal against Ivan Yankouski of Belarus. He competed at Olympics 2016 in the freestyle 97 kg event and was eliminated by Valerii Andriitsev of Ukraine in the 1/8 final. Boltukayev failed a drugs test at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships testing positive for higenamine Higenamine (norcoclaurine) is a chemical compound found in a variety of plants including '' Nandina domestica'' (fruit), ''Aconitum carmichaelii'' (root), '' Asarum heterotropioides'', '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ibragim Aldatov
Ibrahim Erikovych Aldatov (born November 4, 1983 in Beslan, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian heritage who represents Ukraine. He won a gold medal in the 2006 FILA Wrestling World Championships and 2013 FILA Wrestling World Championships and won medals at three other World Championships. He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... External links * * Living people 1983 births Olympic wrestlers of Ukraine Ukrainian male sport wrestlers Ukrainian people of Ossetian descent Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Beslan Ossetian people World Wrestling Championships medalists Wor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dato Marsagishvili
Dato Marsagishvili ( ka, დათო მარსაგიშვილი; born March 30, 1991) is a male wrestler from Georgia, born in Stepantsminda. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, despite losing the quarterfinals against Jaime Espinal of Puerto Rico, he was offered another shot in the repechage rounds, winning against Nigeria's Andrew Dick via walkout and defeating Soslan Gattsiev of Belarus, thus winning the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in the men's 84 kg category. Dato Marsagishvili retired from Olympic wrestling in 2021 and stopped competing for a spot in the Tokyo Olympics. References External links * Living people 1991 births Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Olympic wre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander Gostiev
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shamil Kudiyamagomedov
Shamil Magomedovich Kudiyamagomedov (russian: Шамиль Магомедович Кудиямагомедов, it, Šhamil Kudiyamagomedov; born May 9, 1993, in Dagestan) is a retired Russian Naturalized Italian amateur wrestler of Avar heritage, who won the gold medal in men's freestyle 86 kg at the 2015 Military World Games. He is Russian national champion (2013), Italian national champion (2018), silver medalist of Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan. Junior World Championships bronze medalist 2012. He won bronze medal with an injured leg. International Master of Sports in Freestyle Wrestling. He competed in the freestyle 84 kg event at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships, after defeated Adrian Jaoude from Brazil in the Round of 64, he was eliminated by Olympic bronze medalist Ehsan Lashgari in the Round of 32. In 1/2 final European Championships U23 he lost 7-6 his teammate of Magomedgadzhi Khatiyev, but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Fatih Er ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zaur Makiev
Zaur Yurevich Makiev (russian: Заур Юрьевич Макиев; born 24 March 1992 in RNO-Alania) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian heritage, international master of sports in freestyle wrestling, Junior World Champion. Russian nationals 2014 bronze medalist (74 kg). He participated in 2016 European Wrestling Championships. He was eliminated by Soner Demirtaş of Turkey in the 1/8 finals. In repechage he beat Grigor Grigoryan of Armenia by technical fall (10-0), came back and won the bronze medal, beat Andrzej Sokalski of Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ... (11-0). References 1991 births Living people Russian male sport wrestlers Ossetian people Sportspeople from Vladikavkaz Russian people of Ossetian descent European Wrestli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jakob Makarashvili
Jakob Makarashvili (born December 28, 1985) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Jabrayil Hasanov Jabrayil Hasanov ( az, Cəbrayıl Həsənov, born on 24 February 1990 in Suparibağ, Astara, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union) is a male freestyle wrestler from Azerbaijan who has competed in the 66, 74 and 79 kg categories. .... References External links * 1985 births Living people Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Olympic wrestlers of Georgia (country) Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics {{Georgia-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jabrayil Hasanov
Jabrayil Hasanov ( az, Cəbrayıl Həsənov, born on 24 February 1990 in Suparibağ, Astara, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union) is a male freestyle wrestler from Azerbaijan who has competed in the 66, 74 and 79 kg categories. He is an Olympic bronze medalist and multiple World Championships medalist. He is the winner of Yasar Dogu Grand-Prix . Career In 2010 and 2011 he won the European championships and finished third at the world championships. Next year he was fifth at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he beat Leonid Bazan and Ali Shabanov before losing to eventual gold medalist Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu in the semifinal. He was entered into the repechage and lost his bronze medal match to Liván López. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Sport Academy and is coached by Aslan Agaev since 2000. In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for the host country Azerbaijan in wrestling, in the men's freestyle 74 kg divi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soner Demirtaş
Soner Demirtaş (born 25 June 1991) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler who competes in the 74 kg division. He won the European title in 2016, 2017 and 2018. He was bronze medalist at the Rio Olympics. He is a member of the Ankara ASKI. Personal life Soner Demirtaş was born to a butcher father as the third son of five in Çat village of Tokat on 25 June 1991. He is a student of physical education and sports at Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University in Karaman. His three brothers are also sport wrestlers. He was inspired to take up wrestling by his eldest brother Bekir Demirtaş. Sports career Demirtaş internationally debuted at the Freestyle Wrestling – Junior World Championships 2010 held in Budapest, Hungary, where he captured the silver medal. He took part at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. He participated at the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia. He won the gold medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. He los ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Azamat Nurykau
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Azamat is a Central Asian male given name that means greatness or magnificence and may refer to: People * Azamat Abduraimov, Uzbek footballer * Azamat Balkarov, Russian footballer for FC Angusht Nazran * Azamat Gonezhukov, Russian footballer for FC Dynamo St. Petersburg * Azamat Ishenbaev, Kyrgyz footballer * Azamat Kuliev, Russian painter * Azamat Kurachinov, Russian footballer for FC Dynamo Stavropol and FC Stavropol beginning in 2007 * Azamat Sydykov, Kyrgyz pianist Fictional characters * Azamat Bagatov, a fictional character from the film '' Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'' See also *Azim Azim (''ʿAẓīm'' ) is one of the names of Allah in Islam, meaning "''Great''" or "''Magnificent''" or "''Protector''" Also used as a personal name, as short form of the Abdolazim, Abdul Azim, "''Servant of the Magnificent''". It is used by man ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |