Shamil Alievich Mamedov ( rus, Шамиль Алиевич Мамедов; born 8 February 2001) is a Russian

amateur wrestler Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced in collegiate, school, or other amateur level competitions. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games: freestyle and Greco-Roman. Both styles are under the ...

of Lezgin ethnicity, who claimed the senior world bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships. He wrestles at the 65 kg category on the international circuit. In 2023, he won the gold medal at the senior Russian national championships

Background

Shamil was born in the town of Belidzhi,

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

, Russia. He started wrestling at the age of 6 under his first coach, Minazhudin Kudiev. In his high school years, he moved to

Makhachkala Makhachkala ( rus, Махачкала, , məxətɕkɐˈla, links=yes),; av, Махӏачхъала, Maħaçqala; ce, ХӀинжа-ГӀала, Hinƶa-Ġala; az, Маһачгала, Mahaçqala; nog, Махачкала; lbe, Махачкъала; ...

and joined the Gamid Gamidov wrestling club. Mamedov is coached by Dzhamal Aliev and Vagif Kaziev.

Career

Age-group

In 2018, he made the cadet world team and competed at the cadet world championships in

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, but he came in fifth. In 2021, he won the Junior Russian nationals at 65 kg and made the world team, where he came in first at the 2021 World Junior Wrestling Championships, in the final match he beat Ziraddin Bayramov of

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Senior level

2022

After the junior world title, On January 28, 2022, he made his senior debut at the Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022, where he placed first at 65 kg. In the final match, he was victorious against his countryman, Ramazan Ferzaliev. One month later, he earned a gold medal at the Yasar Dogu 2022, becoming winner over Olympian Morteza Ghiasi of

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, world bronze medalist Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga from

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and Russia's world champion Zagir Shakhiev. He met an Olympic bronze medalist

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in the final bout of Russian tournament "

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" in

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, on August 26. He won the bout by scores.

2023

In the beginning of 2023 he won the Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2023, in the final he faced

again, and won in a close match. On April 26, Shamil met three-time world champion

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at Poddubny Wrestling League 4, that was held in

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. He won the match by the score 7-2. On June 21, he took first place at the 2023 Russian National Championships that were held in

Kaspiysk Kaspiysk (russian: Каспи́йск; lbe, Ккасппи; av, Каспиялъухъ) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea, southeast of Makhachkala. The 2010 Russian census recorded the city as being the f ...

. In the final match he beat his teammate Ibragim Ibragimov by the score 8-2. On September 18, he competed at the 2023 World Championships, where he lost to his countryman Ismail Musuakev (

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), but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against

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Championships and achievements

*2021 Russian Junior nationals — 1st; * 2021 World Junior Championships — 1st; * 2022 GP Ivan Yarygin — 1st; *

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— 1st; *2022 Russian Spartakiad — 1st; * 2023 GP Ivan Yarygin — 1st; * 2023 Russian National Championships - 1st; * 2023 World Championships - 3rd;

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mamedov, Shamil 2001 births Living people People from Derbentsky District Russian people of Dagestani descent Russian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from Dagestan Olympic wrestlers for Russia 21st-century Russian people