Niyaz Anvarovich Ilyasov ( rus, Нияз Анварович Ильясов, , nʲɪˈjas ɪˈlʲjasəf; born 10 August 1995) is a Russian

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of Turkish Meskhetian heritage. He participated at the

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, winning a medal.2018 World Judo Championships –100 kg results
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. He is the member of the army sports club CSKA Moscow and a medal winner from the

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* * * 1995 births Living people Russian male judoka Russian people of Turkish descent Meskhetian Turkish people Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in judo Olympic bronze medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Olympic judoka for Russia People from Bataysk Sportspeople from Rostov Oblast {{Russia-judo-bio-stub