Khetag Gazyumov (also Gozyumov, os, Гозымты Русланы фырт Хетæг, ''Gozymty Ruslany fyrt Xetæg''; russian: Хетаг Русланович Гозюмов, ''Khetag Ruslanovich Gozyumov''; az, Xetaq Qazümov; born 24 April 1983) is retired

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of Ossetian origin. Competing in the 96 some kg weight category he won bronze medals at the

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and a silver at the 2016 Rio Games. He also won four gold and four silver medal at the European and world championships in 2009–2014 and a gold medal at the 2015 European Games. Gazyumov took up wrestling in 1990 and started competing in 1994. He eventually developed a

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, which led to his collapse after the quarterfinal match at the 2012 Olympics.

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