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

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 won a gold medal in the men's 74kg event at the

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and at the

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Career

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

held in

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. 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. Person ...

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

2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (), which is also counted as the 5th Asian Indoor Games, was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in 2017. It became the third city in the former Soviet countries to win the right of hosting an Olympic Coun ...

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

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

Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran Ganzorig Mandakhnaran ( Mongolian: ; born 11 May 1986) is a male Mongolian wrestler who competes in the category in freestyle wrestling. He was born in Töv province. He is a two-time world bronze medalist and Ivan Yarygin 2016 contestant. He ...

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

Bekzod Abdurakhmonov Bekzod Makhamadzhonovich Abdurakhmonov (; born 15 March 1990) is an Uzbekistani freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Men's 70 kg Freestyle wrestling. At the 2016 Olympics he beat for ...

of Uzbekistan. Evloev 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

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, Russia.

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