Muslim Evloev (11 June 1995 – 6 August 2020) was a Russian-Kyrgyzstani

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 won a gold medal in his event at the

Asian Wrestling Championships Asian Wrestling Championships is the Wrestling Asian Championship organized by the Asian Associated Wrestling Committee (AAWC). The men's tournament began in 1979 and The women's tournament was first staged in 1996, and it has been held every year. ...

and at the

Islamic Solidarity Games The Islamic Solidarity Games ( ar, ألعاب التضامن الإسلامي) is a multinational, multi-sport event. The Games involve the elite athletes of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation who compete in a variety of sports. The Solidar ...

Career

In 2017, Evloev won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the

held in

Baku, Azerbaijan Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world an ...

. In the final, he defeated

Soner Demirtaş Soner Demirtaş (born 25 June 1991) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler who competes in the 74 kg division. He won the European title in 2016, 2017 and 2018. He was bronze medalist at the Rio Olympics. He is a member of the Ankara ASKI. Perso ...

of Turkey. In that same year, he also competed in the men's 74 kg event at the

2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ( tk, Ýapyk binalarda we söweş sungaty boýunça V Aziýa oýunlary/Япык биналарда ве сөвеш сунгаты боюнча V Азия оюнлары), which is also counted as the 5t ...

held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan without winning a medal. He was eliminated in his second match by Döwletmyrat Orazgylyjow of Turkmenistan. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the

held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. In the final, he defeated

Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran ( Mongolian: ; born 11 May 1986) is a male Mongolian wrestler who competes in the 66 kg category in freestyle wrestling. He was born in Tuv province of Mongolia. He is a two-time world bronze medalist and Ivan Yary ...

of Mongolia. A year earlier, he won the silver medal in this event after losing against

Bekzod Abdurakhmonov Bekzod Makhamadzhonovich Abdurakhmonov (russian: Бекзод Махамаджонович Абдурахмонов; born 15 March 1990) is an Uzbekistani freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler and Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He ...

of Uzbekistan. He failed an out of competition drug test in July 2018 and was banned from competitive sports until August 2022. He was killed in August 2020 during a shoot out in a counter-terrorism operation in

Nazran , ''Näsare'') is the largest city in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It served as the republic's capital in 1991–2000, until it was replaced with Magas, which was specially built for this purpose. It is the most populous city in the republ ...

, Russia.

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