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2018 European Wrestling Championships
The 69th UWW European Wrestling Championships was held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia, between 30 April and 6 May 2018. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations On 3 March 2018, UWW Europe, which includes 48 nations, accepted applications for the championships. On 13 March, Ukraine and Great Britain announced they would not participate at the championships due to political reasons. However, on 16 April the Ukrainian Wrestling Association overruled their decision. References External linksOfficial websiteResults book
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Kaspiysk
Kaspiysk (russian: Каспи́йск; lbe, Ккасппи; av, Каспиялъухъ) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea, southeast of Makhachkala. The 2010 Russian census recorded the city as being the fourth-largest in Dagestan. It is a working-class satellite city to Makhachkala. Climate Kaspiysk has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: ''BSk''). History The city is one of the newer urban centers in Dagestan. It began in 1932 as a worker's encampment, servicing the needs of the nearby naval diesel engine manufacturer, Dagdizel. At the time, it was called ''Dvigatelstroy'' (), based upon the Russian word for "engine". During World War II, the site saw much growth due to the war effort, and became a center for major arms producers. In 1947, the settlement received the status of a city, and was given its current name, reflecting its location on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Chechen Wars On November 16, 1996, 68 pe ...
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Vladimer Khinchegashvili
Vladimer Khinchegashvili ( ka, ვლადიმერ ხინჩეგაშვილი; born April 18, 1991) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler who competes in 55–61 kg categories. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2016 Olympics. He also won a world title in 2015 and European titles in 2014, 2016 and 2017.Khinchegashvili, Vladimir (GEO)
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In 2015, he was selected as Male Georgian Athlete of the Year by the Georgian Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
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Artur Naifonov
Artur Edikovich Naifonov ( rus, Артур Эдикович Найфонов , , ɐrˈtur nɐɪ̯ˈfonəf, os, Найфонты Эдичы фырт Артур; born 10 May 1997) is a Russian freestyle wrestler, of Ossetian heritage, who competes at 86 kilograms. Naifonov is an Olympic Games medalist, World Championship medalist, three-time European Continental champion and a three-time Russian National champion (four-time finalist). Naifonov is a survivor of the 2004 Beslan school siege along with his sister, both receiving shrapnel wounds. His mother was killed in crossfire. Freestyle record ! colspan="7", International Senior Freestyle Matches , - ! Res. ! Record ! Opponent ! Score ! Date ! Event ! Location , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 90–10 , align=left, Azamat Dauletbekov , style="font-size:88%", 3-0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, October 3, 2021 , - , Loss , 89–10 , align=left, Hassan Yazdani , style="font-size:88%", 2-8 , s ...
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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 ...
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Mihály Nagy (wrestler)
Mihály Nagy (born Debrecen, Hungary, 24 January 1937) Mikola Sándor Prize winner, high school teacher; research teacher; high school principal; university doctor; mineralogist; meteorite researcher; Honorary Ph.D. Studies Mihály Nagy completed his secondary school studies at the ''Debreceni Református Kollégium gimnáziuma'' graduating in 1955. He graduated from the Faculty of Science of the University of Debrecen in 1959 with a degree in chemistry and physics. In addition to his teaching work, he was awarded a scholarship by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1969. For four years, once a week, he worked as a fellow researcher and then as a visiting researcher at Institute for Nuclear Research ''(Atommag Kutató Intézet - ATOMKI)'' in Debrecen. Nagy was awarded in 1974 as a doctor of science at the University of Debrecen ''summa cum laude''. As a result of his decades-long working and research relationship with the ''University of Debrecen's Department of Mineralog ...
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Martin Obst
Martin Obst (born 18 November 1986) is a German freestyle wrestler. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the 79 kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Russia. In 2015, he competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships held in Las Vegas, United States. In 2018, he competed in the men's freestyle 79 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships The 2018 World Wrestling Championships were the 15th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from 20 to 28 October in Budapest, Hungary. Russia claimed 10 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals, its best ... held in Budapest, Hungary. Major results References External links * Living people 1986 births Place of birth missing (living people) German male sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov
Akhmed (Ahmad) Shiybudinovich Gadzhimagomedov (russian: Ахмед Шиябудинович Гаджимагомедов; born 21 April 1990 in Dagestan) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. World bronze medalist 2018. He won bronze at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in 74 kg. At the 2018 European Wrestling Championships in Kaspiysk, Gadzhimagomedov won gold. 4x Ivan Yayrgin GP winner. Background Akhmed was born in the village of Leninaul, Dagestan, to a Sunni Muslim family. He started training in freestyle wrestling at the age of 12. He lives in Khasavyurt where he is coached by Magomed Guseinov and Gamzat Abbasov. Akhmed is International Master of Sports in freestyle wrestling. Championships and achievements *2013 Ramzan Kadyrov & Adlan Varayev Cup – 1st place (74 kg) *2014 Intercontinental Cup – 1st place (74 kg) *2015 Ali Aliyev Memorial – 1st place (74 kg) * 2015 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin – 1st place (74 kg) * 2015 Russian Na ...
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Frank Chamizo
Frank Chamizo Marquez (born 10 July 1992) is a Cuban-Italian freestyle wrestler who competes at 74 kilograms. Starting his career in Cuba, Chamizo became a World Cup Champion, World Championship medalist and Pan American champion at 55 kilograms in 2010 and 2011, before immigrating to Italy that same year. Since then, Chamizo became the greatest Italian wrestler of all-time, racking up two World Championships (in 2015 at 65kg and in 2017 at 70kg, silver medal in 2019), an Olympic bronze medal in 2016, an Individual World Cup silver medal, a European Games silver medal, four European Championships, in between others. Chamizo is also known for his rivalry with five-time Olympic and World champion Jordan Burroughs, whom he has gone 2–3 against, owning the last match. Personal life Chamizo had a trying childhood. He grew up in poverty, and was raised by his grandmother because both of his parents lived abroad. He began wrestling at the age of seven after walking into a ...
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Andrei Karpach
Andrei Karpach (born 6 June 1994) is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 74 kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships The 69th UWW European Wrestling Championships was held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia, between 30 April and 6 May 2018. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations On ... held in Kaspiysk, Russia. Achievements References External links * Living people 1994 births Place of birth missing (living people) Belarusian male sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Belarusian people {{Belarus-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Zelimkhan Khadjiev
Zelimkhan Khadjiev (russian: Зелимхан Хаджиев; born May 20, 1994 in Dagestan) is a Russian- French freestyle wrestler of Chechen heritage. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Sosuke Takatani is an amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler, who competes in the middleweight category (under 74 kg). Takatani represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but was eliminated in the qualifying round. At the 2016 Olympics he re .... References External links * 1994 births Living people French male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of France Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists {{France-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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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 ...
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Murtazali Muslimov
Murtazali Muslimov is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the 70 kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Russia. In 2017, he won the silver medal in the 70 kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 22 May 2017. Previously the event has been held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sch ... held in Baku, Azerbaijan. A sample collected from the athlete on 12 July 2019, during the Yasar Dogu, has revealed the presence of the prohibited substances drostanolone metabolite and oxandrolone metabolites. The athlete was suspended for a period of ineligibility of 4 years from 12 July 2019 until 11 July 2023. Major results References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living pe ...
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