Murad Umakhanov (born 3 January 1977 in
Khasavyurt
Khasavyurt (russian: Хасавю́рт; av, Хасаюрт; ce, Хаси-Эвл, ''Xasi-Evl''; kum, Хасав-ю́рт, ''Xasav-yurt'') is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Population:
History
It was founded in 1846 and granted ...
,
Dagestan,
Russia
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) is a Russian
wrestler
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and Olympic champion in
Freestyle wrestling
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.
Umakhanov competed at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney where he won the gold medal in
Freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestli ...
, the ''featherweight'' class.
["2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Wrestling"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on September 9, 2008)
References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers of Russia
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Russian male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
People from Khasavyurt
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Sportspeople from Dagestan
20th-century Russian people
21st-century Russian people
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