Kamal Haji-Kurbanovich Khan-Magomedov (russian: Камал Гаджи-Курба́нович Хан-Магомедов, az, Камал Һаҹы-Гурбанович Хан-Магомедов, italics=no); born 17 June 1986 in

Derbent Derbent (russian: Дербе́нт; lez, Кьвевар, Цал; az, Дәрбәнд, italic=no, Dərbənd; av, Дербенд; fa, دربند), formerly romanized as Derbend, is a city in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea. It is ...

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) is a Russian

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of Tabasaran and Azerbaijani descents.

Career

During his early career, he trained at Derbent Sports School No.3 under Sadiq Abdulov. Khan-Magomedov's introduction to the sport of judo was indirect, thinking it was

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: "In our city we did not know what judo was, we were thinking that it was karate, so we went to karate, but it was judo." Khan-Magomedov won silver in -66 kg at the 2013 European Judo Championships after being defeated by

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Champion Lasha Shavdatuashvili of Georgia. He then won bronze in the -66 kg final category at the 2014 World Judo Championships. Khan-Magomedov won gold in -66 kg at the inaugural

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

defeating Frenchman Loïc Korval in the finals held in

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. He plans to set up a business after completing his career.

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* * Tabasaran people Russian male judoka People from Derbent 1986 births Living people Russian sportspeople of Azerbaijani descent Judoka at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games gold medalists for Russia European Games bronze medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in judo Universiade silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Dagestan 21st-century Russian people {{Russia-judo-bio-stub