Shamil Shamsudinovich Aliev (russian: Шамиль Алиев; born September 9, 1979, in Makhachkala, Russian SFSR) is a retired amateur Tajik freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. Representing his naturalized nation Tajikistan, Aliev won a bronze medal in the 84-kg division at the

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, scored a silver at the

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in New Delhi, India, and then finished eighth at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Aliev is also a member of the wrestling team for Trade Union Sports Club in Makhachkala, before competing for the Tajik squad in 2002. Aliev reached sporting headlines at the

, where he picked up a bronze medal over neighboring Uzbekistan's Aslan Sanakoev in the men's light heavyweight category (84 kg) with a 3–1 decision. A year later, he captured a silver at the

in Delhi, India, losing 2–3 to Iran's Pejman Dorostkar. At the

in Athens, Aliev qualified for his naturalized Tajik squad in the men's 84 kg class. Earlier in the process, he placed second and guaranteed a spot on the Tajik wrestling team from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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. Aliev started the four-man prelim pool with a pair of marvelous victories over four-time Olympic veteran

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of Romania (3–4) and Senegal's

Matar Sène Matar Sène (born September 16, 1970 in Dakar) is a retired amateur Senegalese freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. He picked up a silver medal in the 74-kg division at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nig ...

(3–6), before being edged out by Russia's

Sazhid Sazhidov Sazhid Khalilrakhmanovich Sazhidov (russian: Сажид Халилрахманович Сажидов; born 6 February 1980) is a Russian Olympic wrestler who represented his country at the world-level from 2003 to 2006. He won the bronze medal ...

in a more complacent 5–0 decision. Placing second in the pool and eighth overall, Aliev's performance was not enough to advance him to the quarterfinals.

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Profile – International Wrestling Database
1979 births Living people Tajikistani male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Tajikistan Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling Sportspeople from Makhachkala Tajikistani people of Dagestani descent Russian male sport wrestlers Asian Games bronze medalists for Tajikistan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{Tajikistan-wrestling-bio-stub