Islam Kurbanovich Magomedov (russian: Ислам Курбанович Магомедов, av, Ислам МухӀаммад Къурбаназул вас); born
8 February
Events Pre-1600
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1991
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in Makhachkala) is a Russian
Greco-Roman wrestler
Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling ( Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mo ...
of
Dargin descent. He is a two-time Junior Greco-Roman World Champion and gold medalist at the
2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships
The Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships 2015 also known as the Russian Greco-Roman Nationals 2015 was held in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, from 10–11 March 2015.
Medal overview
Medal table
Men's Greco-Roman
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. On 12 June 2015 he won gold medal at the
European Games 2015, defeating
Ukrainian
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Dimitriy Timchenko in the final.
In the same year Magomedov won bronze medal at the
2015 World Wrestling Championships
The 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from September 7 to 12 in Las Vegas, United States.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
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. Magomedov is International Master of Sports in Greco-Roman Wrestling. He competed at
2016 Summer Olympics
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, but lost in the quarterfinals.
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1991 births
Avar people
Living people
Russian male sport wrestlers
Sport wrestlers from Makhachkala
European Games gold medalists for Russia
European Games medalists in wrestling
Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers for Russia
21st-century Russian people
European Wrestling Champions
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