Tagir Kamaludinovich Khaybulaev (, ) (born 24 July 1984) is a Russian judoka. He currently represents

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in international and domestic championships.

2012 Olympics

In the

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, Tagir won his country's 3rd gold medal by defeating the defending champion Tuvshinbayar Naidan of Mongolia to win the men's under-100 kg Olympic judo title.

Career

Tagir Khaibulaev currently lives in

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. He attends the Dinamo Judo Academy. In January 2017 he took a temporary pause in his career, but on 17 December that year he announced its completion.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khaybulaev, Tagir 1984 births Avar people Living people Russian male judoka People from Kizilyurt Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Russia Olympic medalists in judo Olympic gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Martial artists from Dagestan 20th-century Russian sportsmen 21st-century Russian sportsmen