Seyfula Seferovich Magomedov (russian: Сейфула Сеферович Магомедов; born May 15, 1983, in Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR) is a Russian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's flyweight category, the first ever four-time European Taekwondo Champion. Emerging as Russia's most decorated taekwondo player of all time, Magomedov accrued a set of twenty-one medals in his sporting career, including four European men's flyweight titles, three bronzes from the World Championships, and a single gold from the

2005 Summer Universiade The 2005 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXIII Summer Universiade, took place in İzmir, Turkey, in August. Emblem The emblem is the letter “U”, inspired by the bird's-eye view of the Gulf of İzmir. This shape has perfectly fit the lett ...

in Izmir, Turkey. Magomedov was also selected to compete for the Russian taekwondo team at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, where he finished only in the opening round of the men's 58-kg division. Magomedov qualified for the Russian squad in the men's flyweight class (58 kg) at the

in Athens. Earlier in the process, he boosted a gold-medal victory over Great Britain's Paul Green to secure his place on the Russian team from the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan, before his British rival sought revenge on him to a vicious defeat at the European Championships in Lillehammer, Norway a few months later. Magomedov missed his chance to reinstate another glory over Green for the quarterfinal match, after crashing out in a disgraceful 10–12 defeat to Vietnam's Nguyễn Quốc Huân in the opening round. With his Vietnamese opponent losing the semifinals to Mexico's Óscar Salazar, Magomedov shortened his hopes to aim for Russia's first Olympic taekwondo medal in the repechage. In 2005, Magomedov improved from his ill-fated Olympic feat to strike Iran's Majid Sajjadi with a 5–1 record for his first ever career gold medal in the 54-kg division at the Summer Universiade in Izmir, Turkey, adding this accolade to two bronzes each from the World and European Championships. The following year, he reached the summit of his sporting career by obtaining his first European men's flyweight title in Bonn, Germany, defeating his Azerbaijani opponent Zahid Mammadov. Magomedov sought a bid on his second debut for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, but he fell behind Portugal's Pedro Povoa in the quarterfinal match at the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. At the

2011 World Taekwondo Championships The 2011 World Taekwondo Championships was the 20th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at Gyeongju Indoor Stadium in Gyeongju, South Korea from May 1 to May 6, 2011. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Team ranki ...

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, South Korea, Magomedov lost the semifinal match 5–7 to Thailand's Chutchawal Khawlaor in the men's finweight division, but had to settle only for the bronze medal on the Russian taekwondo team. Despite missing out a bid for the

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on his second attempt, Magomedov managed to defend his gold medal for the fourth straight time in the 54-kg division at the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

in Manchester, England.

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