Koloi Mikailovich Kartoev (; born 20 February 1990), also known as Selim Yaşar or Zelimkhan Kartoev, is a Russian-Turkish former

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, junior and cadet World Champion. He was a runner-up at the

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and bronze medalist at the

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. He won the gold medal at the Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial XLIX. He is a Turkish national wrestling champion. He won a silver medal at the

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, losing to Russian Abdulrashid Sadulaev in the final bout. Yaşar was a bronze medalist at the

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, Serbia.

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* * 1990 births Living people Ingush people People from Nazranovsky District Sportspeople from Ingushetia Russian male sport wrestlers Turkish male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Turkey Naturalized citizens of Turkey Russian emigrants to Turkey Turkish people of Russian descent Olympic silver medalists for Turkey European Wrestling Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey 21st-century Russian sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Russia-wrestling-bio-stub