Sharif Naidhajavovich Sharifov (russian: Шариф Наидгаджавович Шарифов, az, Шәриф Шәрифов, italics=no; born November 11, 1988 in Gunukh,

Charodinsky District Charodinsky District (russian: Чародинский райо́н; Avar: ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. ...

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 ...

) is a

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

i male wrestler of Avar descent. Sharifov finished first in the world championship and won bronze in the European championship. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Sharifov won a gold medal in the 84 kg event after defeating Puerto Rican Jaime Espinal. He won a bronze medal at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, where he beat

Bi Shengfeng Bi Shengfeng (born January 28, 1989) is a Chinese freestyle wrestler. He competed in the Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 86 kg, men's freestyle 86 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated i ...

and

Zbigniew Baranowski Zbigniew Baranowski (born 2 July 1991 in Białogard) is a Polish wrestler who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He took silver at the 2016 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov international wrestling tournament. At the 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Q ...

before losing to

Abdulrashid Sadulaev Abdulrashid Bulachevich Sadulaev ( rus, Абдулрашид Булачевич Садулаев, , ɐbdʊɫrɐˈʂɨts sədʊˈɫa(ɪ̯)ɪf, av, ГІабдулрашид Булачил Садулаев; born 9 May 1996) is a Russian freestyle ...

. Sharifov won the bronze medal after beating

Pedro Ceballos Pedro Ceballos (born September 8, 1990) is a Venezuelan freestyle wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 86 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he lost the bronze medal match to Sharif Sharifov. He won the gold medal in hi ...

in the repechage.

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* Living people 1988 births Azerbaijani people of Dagestani descent Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Azerbaijan Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists People from Charodinsky District People from Makhachkala European Wrestling Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Azerbaijan Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Azerbaijan-wrestling-bio-stub