Abdusalam Gadisov

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Abdusalam Gadisov
gold medal to the freestyle wrestler Khetag Gazyumov, Wrestling at the 2015 European Games
Personal information
Birth nameAbdusalam Mamatkhanovich Gadisov
NicknameMr Olympia
Born (1989-03-26) 26 March 1989 (age 35)
Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
WeightLight Heavyweight (97 kg)
Middleweight (formally, 86 kg)
Sport
RankGrand Master of Sports in Freestyle Wrestling
ClubDynamo wrestling club
Armor Functional Training Center
Coached byMagomed Magomedov, Gaidar Gaidarov, Imanmurza Aliev
Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tashkent 97 kg
Disqualified 2015 Las Vegas 97 kg
European Games
Disqualified 2015 Baku 97 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 96 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Belgrade 96 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Vantaa 97 kg

Abdusalam Mamatkhanovich Gadisov (born 26 March 1989) is a Russian freestyle wrestler.[1] He competed in the freestyle 96 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Taimuraz Tigiyev in the qualification round, he was eliminated by Reza Yazdani in the 1/8 finals.[2][3]

In 2014 he became World freestyle wrestling champion at the 97 kg division, and was the runner-up in 2015.

At the national level, he became Russian national champion in 2012. In the final he defeated Olympic Champion and five time World Champion Khadzhimurat Gatsalov. He won the Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships again in 2015.

He is a devout Sunni Muslim.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Abdusalam Gadisov". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Men's 96kg Freestyle: 1/8 Finals". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abdusalam Gadisov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.

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