Khetag Gazyumov
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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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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 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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