Denís Tsargúsh ( ab, Дени́с Царгәы́ш, IPA /dɛˈnis t͡sʰɑrˈgʷɨʂ/, born 1 September 1987 in
Gudauta, Abkhazia, Georgia, also known as Dinislam Tsargush, is a Russian
freestyle wrestler
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...
of Abkhaz descent. He is a three-time European Champion, three-time World Champion and also won a bronze medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics. He is a Grand Master of Sports in
Freestyle Wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestli ...
.
He won the 74 kg
weight class
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at the 2009, 2010 and 2014 FILA Wrestling World Championships.
He won the bronze medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics in the
men's 74 kg category. At the
2014 World Wrestling Championships in the
men's 74 kg category, Tsargush scored a 9–2 victory over
Jordan Burroughs
Jordan Ernest Burroughs (born July 8, 1988) is an American freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 79 kilograms, and previously competed at 74 kilos. In freestyle, he was the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, is ...
(U.S.), who had won the last three world level titles at the weight class, from 2011 to 2013. Tsargush also won a world championship at the junior level in 2007.
Championships and accomplishments
*Olympic Bronze medal (London 2012)
*Three-time World champion (2009, 2010, 2014)
*Five time Russian nationals
*Two-time winner Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin (2010, 2012)
*Three-time European champion (2010, 2011, 2012)
*Gold medalist in
2013 Summer Universiade (Kazan, Tatarstan)
*Winner Golden Grand prix Yaşar Doğu 2015 (Istanbul, Turkey)
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
Russian male sport wrestlers
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
People from Gudauta
Sport wrestlers from Abkhazia
Olympic wrestlers of Russia
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Russian people of Abkhazian descent
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Universiade medalists in wrestling
Universiade gold medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
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