Toghrul Shahriyar oghlu Asgarov (; born on September 17, 1992, Ganja,

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

) is an

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat spor ...

. He is an Olympic and European champion 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 ...

. In 2012 Summer Olympics Toghrul Asgarov won Olympic wrestling gold medal in men's 60-kilogram freestyle, beating

Besik Kudukhov Besik Serodinovich Kudukhov (russian: Бесик Серoдинович Кудухов, os, Къудухты Серодины фырт Бесик; 15 August 1986 – 29 December 2013) was a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent. He w ...

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by a score of (1-0, 5-0). In May 2017, he was disqualified for one year due to the doping rules violation (

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Bio on Fila-Wrestling.comVideo about career of Toghrul Asgarov
Living people 1992 births Sportspeople from Ganja, Azerbaijan Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic silver medalists for Azerbaijan Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Azerbaijan Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in wrestling European Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan World Wrestling Championships medalists Doping cases in wrestling Azerbaijani sportspeople in doping cases European Wrestling Champions 21st-century Azerbaijani people {{Azerbaijan-wrestling-bio-stub