Danil Takhirovich Khalimov (russian: Данил Тахирович Халимов; 6 July 1978 – 15 October 2020) was a Russian-Kazakhstani amateur Greco-Roman wrestler of

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

descent, who competed in the men's middleweight category.

Career

He won two silver medals each in the 74 kg division at the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

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, and at the 2004 Asian Wrestling Championships in

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, and later scored a fifth-place finish at the

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, representing

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. Khalimov also trained full-time for Professional Sport Club Daulet in

, under his personal coach Anvar Sagitov. Khalimov was born in

Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil ( rus, Нижний Тагил, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located east of the boundary between Asia and Europe. Population: History The prehistor ...

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

. He qualified for his naturalized Kazakh squad in the men's 74 kg class at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Earlier in the process, he finished fourth from the

2003 World Wrestling Championships The following is the final results of the 2003 World Wrestling Championships. The Freestyle Competition was held in New York City, United States, while the Greco-Roman Competition was held in Créteil, France. Medal table Team ranking Medal su ...

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, and then captured the silver medal at the Asian Championships to guarantee a spot on the Kazakh wrestling team. He ousted Georgian-born wrestler

Yasha Manasherov Yasha Manasherov ( he, יעקב מנשירוב; born October 29, 1980 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR) is a retired amateur Israeli Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. Manasherov finished eighth in the 74-kg division a ...

of Israel in his opening match by a quick 8–0 margin, and then brushed aside Olympic veteran

José Alberto Recuero José Alberto Recuero García (born 3 May 1974 in Barcelona) is a retired amateur Spanish Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He represented his nation Spain in two editions of the Olympic Games (1992 and 2004) ...

of Spain with a tough 3–2 decision in the prelim pool to secure his place for the next round of the competition. Khalimov lost in overtime to Switzerland's

Reto Bucher Reto Bucher (born September 30, 1982 in Mühlau, Aargau) is a retired amateur Swiss Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He finished fourth in the 74-kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and later took home a ...

in the quarterfinal match at 0–3, but easily scored a triumph in a fifth-place playoff against two-time Olympic champion

Filiberto Azcuy Filiberto Azcuy Aguilera (born October 13, 1972) is a Cuban wrestler (Greco-Roman The Greco-Roman civilization (; also Greco-Roman culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, includes ...

of Cuba, who withdrew from the tournament because of an injury. Khalimov died from

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on 15 October 2020, at the age of 42 during the

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References

External links

Profile – International Wrestling Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khalimov, Danil 1978 births 2020 deaths Tatar people of Russia Volga Tatar people Tatar sportspeople Olympic wrestlers of Kazakhstan Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling Place of death missing Russian emigrants to Kazakhstan Naturalised citizens of Kazakhstan People from Nizhny Tagil Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast