Zelimkhan Arsenovich Abakarov (; born 14 July 1993) is a Russian-born Albanian wrestler. He is a gold medalist at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia as ...

. He is the first wrestler representing Albania to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships. He is also a gold medalist at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games (), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran 2022, was an international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 6 July 2022 in Oran, Algeria. Oran was announced as the host city at th ...

and a silver medalist at the

2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ‌The 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games () were the 5th edition of the event held from 9 to 18 August 2022 at Konya, Turkey under the aegis of Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF). It was the first time in history that the event was organise ...

Career

Abakarov won one of the bronze medals in his event at the

Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022 The XXXIII Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022, also known as Ivan Yarygin (Yariguin) 2022 is a United World Wrestling freestyle wrestling international tournament, which was held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, ...

held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. He competed in the men's freestyle 61kg and men's Greco-Roman 67kg events at the

2022 European Wrestling Championships The 2022 European Wrestling Championships was held from 28 March to 3 April 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. Belarusian and Russian wrestlers did not compete at the event after a ban as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion ...

held in Budapest, Hungary. Abakarov won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65kg event at the

held in Oran, Algeria. He won the silver medal in his event at the

held in Konya, Turkey. He won the gold medal in the men's 57kg event at the

held in Belgrade, Serbia. Abakarov won the silver medal at the

2023 European Wrestling Championships The 2023 European Wrestling Championships was held from 17 to 23 April 2023 in Zagreb, Croatia. Competition schedule All times are (UTC+2) Medal table Team ranking Medal overview Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle ...

in Zagreb, Croatia, losing 5–2 to Armenian Arsen Harutyunyan in the men's freestyle 61kg final match. He beat German Niklas Stechele with a 10-0 technical superiority in the first round, Ukrainian Taras Markovych 6–2 in the quarterfinals and Georgian Shota Phartenadze 4–4 in the semifinals and reached the final with the advantage of the last point. He won the silver medal in the men's 61kg event at the

2024 European Wrestling Championships The 2024 European Wrestling Championships was held from 12 to 18 February 2024 in Bucharest, Romania. At the 2024 European Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russi ...

held in Bucharest, Romania. He competed in the men's freestyle 57kg event at the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

in Paris, France.

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Zelimkhan Abakarov
at the

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

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