Elmadi Zaynaydiyevich Zhabrailov (russian: Эльмади Зайнайдиевич Жабраилов; born 6 September 1965) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen origin, who competed for the Soviet Union and then

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. His elder brother Lukman prepared him for the 1992 Olympics, where Elmadi won a silver medal, losing the final bout to

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. At the next Olympics the brothers competed against each other, and Elmadi won, but placed only sixth overall. Outside Olympics, Zhabrailov won the word middleweight title in 1989, placing second in 1995, the European title in 1991, and the Asian title in 1995. After retiring from competitions he headed the federal state institution Minmeliovodhoz in

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, Russia.

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1965 births Living people People from Khasavyurt Soviet male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of the Unified Team Olympic wrestlers of Kazakhstan Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in wrestling Chechen martial artists Dynamo sports society athletes Wrestlers at the 1994 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in wrestling European Wrestling Championships medalists {{Kazakhstan-wrestling-bio-stub