Ramazan Şahin (born Ramzan Irbaikhanov, russian: Рамзан Ирбайханов, on 8 July 1983) is a

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freestyle

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of Chechen descent. He won gold medals at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 European Championships, and 2008 Summer Olympics, placing fifth in 2012. From February 2019 head coach of Turkmenistan national wrestling team.

Career

He competed for the Istanbul-based club

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, and then transferred to

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Born in

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in the North Caucasian federal subject

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of the

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, he emigrated in 2005 to Turkey with the help of his uncle İshak İrbayhanov, manager of the Turkey national freestyle wrestling team. In 2006, Ramazan was naturalized with the initiative of Mehmet Ali Şahin, then Minister responsible for Sports and changed his family name to Şahin in respect of his patron.

Coach career

After the completion of his sports career was one of the coaches of the Turkish national team. In February 2019 he headed the national team of

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in wrestling.Сборную Туркменистана по вольной борьбе возглавил олимпийский чемпион Рамазан Ирбайханов
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahin, Ramazan 1983 births Living people Turkish Muslims Olympic wrestlers of Turkey Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Turkey Turkish people of Chechen descent Olympic medalists in wrestling Chechen martial artists Chechen people Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics European champions for Turkey World Wrestling Championships medalists Turkish male sport wrestlers Russian emigrants to Turkey Sportspeople from Makhachkala