Adam Alavdinovich Batirov (, ; born 13 January 1985) is a Russian and Bahraini former

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

. He is a world cadet championships runner-up and Cadet European Champion (2002). He thrice won the Ivan Yarygin tournament and was 2007 national Russian national champion. In 2009, he won his first

European Championships A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

. At the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal, where he beat Kumar Vinod of India in the final match. He is a 2018 World Championships runner-up. Adam is the younger brother of two-time Olympic Champion

Mavlet Batirov Mavlet Alavdinovich Batirov (, born December 12, 1983) is a Russian freestyle wrestler, world and two-time Olympic champion, who competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. In April 2 ...

. After winning 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 1, he competed for

Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...

which led to its qualification for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. There he lost in the first round to Ikhtiyor Navruzov from Uzbekistan. At the 2018 World Championships, he placed second, in the final match he lost to his countryman

Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov Magomedrasul Mukhtarovich Gazimagomedov (; born 8 April 1991) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. He is two-time World Champion and a Grand Master of Sports in freestyle wrestling. Nationally, Gazimagomedov won the Russian National Freestyle Wres ...

by scores.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Batirov, Adam 1985 births Living people Avar people Russian emigrants to Bahrain Russian male sport wrestlers Naturalized citizens of Bahrain Bahraini male sport wrestlers Bahraini people of Avar descent Bahraini people of Dagestani descent Martial artists from Khasavyurt Sport wrestlers from Dagestan Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Bahrain World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling 20th-century Russian sportsmen 21st-century Russian sportsmen 21st-century Bahraini sportsmen Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Bahrain Dagestan State University alumni