Soslan Magometovich Gattsiev (; born September 27, 1985, in

Andijan Andijan ( ), also spelt Andijon () and formerly romanized as Andizhan ( ), is a city in Uzbekistan. It is the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Andijan Region. Andijan is a district-level city with an area of . Andijan is the most ...

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) is an amateur Belarusian freestyle wrestler of Uzbek origin, who competes in the men's light heavyweight category. Gattsiev represented

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at the

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, where he competed in the 84 kg class. He lost the semifinal match to Puerto Rico's

Jaime Espinal Jaime Yusept Espinal Fajardo (born October 14, 1984) is a Dominican-born Puerto Rican freestyle wrestler. In 2012 he became the first Olympic medalist in wrestling for Puerto Rico by winning a silver medal in the 84 kg division. He also b ...

, with a score of 2–15. Gattsiev, however, was offered another shot for the bronze medal bout in the repechage, where he was eventually outclassed and beaten by reigning European champion

Dato Marsagishvili Dato Marsagishvili ( ka, დათო მარსაგიშვილი; born March 30, 1991) is a male wrestler from Georgia, born in Stepantsminda. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, despite losing the quarterfinals against Jaime Esp ...

of Georgia, with a set-score of 0–3 and 1–3.

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FILA Profile
* * Belarusian male sport wrestlers Uzbekistani male sport wrestlers 1985 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Belarus Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sport wrestlers from Gomel Sportspeople from Andijan {{Belarus-wrestling-bio-stub