Adam Alavdinovich Batirov (russian: Адам Алавдинович Бати́ров; born 13 January 1985 in Dagestan) is a Russian and Bahraini

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

of Avar heritage. He is a World Cadet Championships runner-up and Cadet European Champion (2002). He thrice won the Ivan Yarygin tournament and is National Russian Freestyle wrestling Champion (2007). In 2009, he won his first European Championships. At the

2016 Asian Wrestling Championships The 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships was held at the Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok Youth Center in Bangkok, Thailand. The event took place from February 17 to February 21, 2016. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Me ...

he won gold, beating Kumar Vinod of India in the final match. He is a 2018 World Championships runner-up. Adam is the younger brother of two-time Olympic Champion

Mavlet Batirov Mavlet Alavdinovich Batirov (russian: Мавлет Алавдинович Батиров, born December 12, 1983) is a Russian freestyle wrestler, world and 2-time Olympic champion, who competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg category at the ...

. After winning 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 1, he competed for

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

which led to its qualification for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. There he lost in the first round to Ikhtiyor Navruzov from Uzbekistan. At the World Championships 2018, he placed second, in the final match he lost to his countryman

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

by scores.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Batirov, Adam Avar people Living people 1985 births Russian male sport wrestlers Naturalized citizens of Bahrain Bahraini male sport wrestlers Bahraini people of Avar descent Bahraini people of Dagestani descent People from Khasavyurt Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Bahrain World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling Sportspeople from Dagestan 20th-century Russian people 21st-century Russian people 21st-century Bahraini people