Zalimkhan Yusupov (born 19 February 1984 in
Makhachkala
Makhachkala ( rus, Махачкала, , məxətɕkɐˈla, links=yes),; av, Махӏачхъала, Maħaçqala; ce, ХӀинжа-ГӀала, Hinƶa-Ġala; az, Маһачгала, Mahaçqala; nog, Махачкала; lbe, Махачкъала; ...
) is a Russian born-Dagestani
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
i
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 ...
. He competed in the
freestyle 66 kg event at the
2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating
Alan Gogayev in the qualifications, he was eliminated by
Haislan Garcia in the 1/8 finals.
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1984 births
Living people
Tajikistani people of Dagestani descent
Olympic wrestlers for Tajikistan
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Makhachkala
Asian Games medalists in wrestling
Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games
Tajikistani male sport wrestlers
Asian Games silver medalists for Tajikistan
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Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games