Mansur Mustafaevich Isaev (russian: Мансур Мустафаевич Исаев; born 23 September 1986 in
Kizilyurt
Kizilyurt (russian: Кизилю́рт; av, Гъизилюрт; kum, Къызыл-юрт, ''Qızıl-yurt'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, about northwest of Makhachkala. Population: . It ...
,
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
) is a Russian
judoka
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
. In 2012, he won the gold medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in the
-73 kg class against the Japanese judoka
Riki Nakaya
is a Japanese judoka. He is a two-time lightweight world champion and an Olympic silver medalist. He was also a finalist at the 2015 World Championships.
Personal life
Nakaya began judo in kindergarten, following his older brother.
Nakaya ma ...
.
This was Russia's second gold medal at the Games, after judoka
Arsen Galstyan
Arsen Zhorayevich Galstyan ( hy, Արսեն Գալստյան, russian: Арсен Жораевич Галстян, born 19 February 1989) is an Armenian-born Russian judoka. Galstyan is a Merited Master of Sports of Russia and an Olympic Champion ...
's victory two days earlier in Men's 60 kg.
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Living people
1986 births
Avar people
People from Kizilyurt
Russian male judoka
Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in judo
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Olympic judoka of Russia
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Dagestan
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