Arsen Gitinov (born 1 June 1977 in Tlondoda,

Dagestan ASSR The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic av, Дагъистаналъул Автономияб Советияб Социалистияб Жумгьурият az, Дағыстан Мухтар Совет Сосиалист Республи ...

) is a Russian and

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

i male freestyle wrestler from Dagestan. He participated in Men's freestyle 74 kg at

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. After defeating

Krystian Brzozowski Krystian Brzozowski (born 20 February 1982 in Namysłów) is a male freestyle wrestler from Poland. He participated in men's freestyle 74 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the 1/16 of final losing with Arsen Gitinov. B ...

and

Ibrahim 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 Champi ...

in the preliminary rounds, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by

Kiril Terziev Kiril Stoychev Terziev ( bg, Кирил Стойчев Терзиев; born 1 September 1983, in Petrich) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternative ...

. Representing

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, he was a silver medalist of Men's freestyle 69kg at the

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Wrestler bio on beijing2008.com
1977 births Living people People from Tsumadinsky District Olympic wrestlers of Kyrgyzstan Olympic wrestlers of Russia Kyrgyzstani people of Dagestani descent Kyrgyzstani male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Russian male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Dagestan {{Russia-wrestling-bio-stub