Gadzhimurad Rashidov
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| Full name | Gadzhimurad Gazigandovich Rashidov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | All-American killer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 30, 1995 Gubden, Karabudakhkentsky District, Dagestan, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) 61 kg (134 lb) 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | International master of sports #1 in Russian rankings 57 kg. (until May 2016)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kuramagomedov's wrestling academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gazigand Rashidov, Sadrudin Aigubov, Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gadzhimurad Gazigandovich Rashidov (Russian: Гаджимурад Газигандович Рашидов; born 30 October 1995 in Dagestan) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Dargin descent. Senior World Champion 2019. One of his first achievements came at the Cadet World Champion where he triumphed twice; at the 2011 Cadet World Championships he beat Hassan Yazdani to claim the gold medal. In his early career he also claimed two bronze medals at the Junior World Championships.[2] Two-time World senior championships runner-up and World Cup 2019 winner.
As of 25 August 2017, Rashidov is ranked No. 2 in the 61 kg (134 lb) category by the UWW. He was named Athlete of the Year of 2017.
He is currently the #1 ranked at the 61 kg in UWW rankings as of 1 February 2018.[3]
Biography and senior career
Gadzhimurad Rashidov was born and raised in Gubden village, Dagestan. He started to train in wrestling at 6 years of age under his father Gazigand Rashidov. The first medal he won at 6 years of age in a local wrestling tournament in memory of those killed in World War II in neighboring village Gurbuki. After finished high school, he moved to Kaspiysk and started train in Kuramagomedov's wrestling academy.[4]
His first notable performance was at the 2015 European Nations Cup where he claimed the gold medal at 57 kg. Furthermore, he is a European champion of 2016 and World Championships runner-up of 2017. After winning bronze in the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 (57 kg), Rashidov was named Wrestler of the Month (February 2016[5] and March[6]) of Dagestan.
In national competitions the Russian won bronze in 2015 and two years later triumphed in his country. At the 2016 Russian Nationals he won two matches (Azamat Tuskaev of RNO-Alania and Nikolay Okhlopkov of Sakha) but the Dagestani team then refused to compete after not accepting the decision made in the final match between Viktor Lebedev of Sakha Yakutia and Ismail Musukaev of Kabardino-Balkaria.[7]
Rashidov competed at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships in Riga, Latvia.[8] There he beat Yuriy Holub of Israel, Levan Vartanov of Spain and in the quarterfinals Georgi Vangelov of Bulgaria, three times by technical fall. In the semifinal he beat Asadulla Lachinau of Belarus (6-0), and in the final he defeated Andriy Yatsenko of Ukraine.[9]
2017 World Wrestling Championships
After defeats over Viktor Rassadin of Sakha-Yakutia at the 2017 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships, he competed at the 2017 World Championships in Paris. His first opponent was Jozsef Molnar of Hungary; Rashidov beat him by technical fall (11-0). In the round of eight, he won 11-0 over NCAA two-time champion from Ohio State Logan Stieber. In the quarterfinal, he rematched World and Olympic champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili of Georgia and beat him by the score, 6-3. In the semifinal Rashidov faced with his countryman from Krasnoyarsk, Opan Sat. Rashidov won the wrestling match (8-2). In the gold medal match, Rashidov lost to three-times world champion from Azerbaijan, Haji Aliyev, by pinfall.[10]
2018 European Wrestling Championships
Rashidov won European world team trials at the Ivan Yarygin 2018 and represented the Russian team at 61 kilos at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships. His first opponent was Vladimir Burukov of Ukraine, he won the match within a minute. In the second round he beat his countryman from Sakha Republic who represent the Belarus Nurgun Skryabin. In semifinals, he faced Recep Topal of Turkey and beat him by the score, 4-0. In the gold medal match, he beat Beka Lomtadze of Georgia and won the second European title in his career.[11]
2018 World Wrestling Championships
Rashidov made Russia World Team Member and competed at the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary. His first opponent in men's freestyle at 61 kilos was Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga of Mongolia where Rashidov won in close match by score 2-1. In the quarterfinals, Rashidov faced Indian national champion Sonba Tanaji Gongane, the wrestling match finished by technical superiority by Rashidov (12-0). In the semifinals, Rashdidov faced Beka Lomtadze and beat him by technical superiority (10-0).[12] In the gold medal match he lost in close match to by 6-5 to Yowlys Bonne of Cuba.
Ivan Yarygin 2019 and new weight class
Rashidov decided to compete at 65 kilos for the 2020 Olympic cycle, at Yarygin 2019 in the warm-up he got hand injury, in the first match he faced American folkstyle superstar and NCAA 3-time champion Zain Retherford of Penn State.[13][14] He won the match by score (4-3), then he faced 2-time world bronze medalist Akhmed Chakaev of Chechnya and lost in very close match. For bronze medal match Rashidov faced Cristian Lopez of Cuba and won the match by score (2-1).
He made his debut at the World Championships 2019 in his newly-adopted weight of class of 65kg, in the first round he beat Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan - in a rematch of the 2017 World Wrestling Championships' final at 61kg - by score (4-2). In the quarterfinal, he beat his teammate Gadzhimurad Aliev (Haji Mohamad Ali) by score (9-0), in the semifinal he beat his countryman Ismail Muuskaev in a close match (3-2), in the final match he will face Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan.
Championships and achievements
- Cadet and Junior level:
- 2010 Cadet Russian Nationals gold medalist – 42 kg
- 2010 Cadet European Championships gold medalist – 42 kg
- 2011 Cadet World Championships gold medalist – 50 kg
- 2012 Cadet World Championships gold medalist – 54 kg
- 2014 Junior World Championships bronze medalist – 60 kg
- 2015 Junior World Championships bronze medalist – 60 kg
- Senior level:
- 2012 Ali Aliyev Memorial bronze medal – 55 kg
- 2015 Russian Nationals bronze medalist – 61 kg
- 2015 European Nations Cup (Moscow Lights-Alrosa Cup) – 61 kg
- Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 bronze medalist – 57 kg
- 2016 European Wrestling Championships gold medalist – 57 kg
- 2016 Russian Nationals 11th – 57 kg
- 2016 World Cup silver medalist – 57 kg[15]
- 2016 Ali Aliyev Memorial runner-up – 61 kg
- 2016 Yusup Abdusalamov international winner – 65 kg
- Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 runner-up – 61 kg
- 2017 U23 European Championship gold medalist – 61 kg[16]
- 2017 Russian National Champion - 61 kg
- 2017 World Wrestling Championships runner-up - 61 kg
- 2018 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 winner – 61 kg
- 2018 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petroff international winner – 65 kg
- 2018 European Wrestling Championships gold medalist – 61 kg
- 2018 Poland Open 1st – 61 kg
- 2018 World Wrestling Championships runner-up - 61 kg
- Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019 3rd – 65 kg
- 2019 Russian National Champion - 65 kg
- 2019 World Wrestling Championships 1st - 65 kg
International senior record
References
- ^ "Russian wrestling rankings". wrestdag.ru. March 18, 2016.
- ^ "Gadzhimurad Rashidov: "My success - the merit of the my father"". riadagestan.ru. October 13, 2014.
- ^ "UWW releases first Worldwide Rankings in two styles; Snyder and Taylor are No. 1 and nine USA wrestlers ranked". teamusa.org. February 1, 2018.
- ^ "Rashidov'sbio and his first wrestling tournament". wrestdag.ru. May 14, 2018.
- ^ "Rashidov is best wrestler in February". wrestdag.ru. February 29, 2016.
- ^ "Kudiyamagomedov and Rashidov - the best wrestlers of the month". wrestdag.ru. April 7, 2016.
- ^ "Russian Freestyle Wrestling Championships left the question open-ended at the Olympic Games". tass.ru. May 29, 2016.
- ^ "Alexander Bogomoev: "I think that don't go to the European Championships, and to keep forces in preparation for the Olympic team trials 2016". wrestdag.ru. March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Gadzhimurad Rashidov became European champion". rusnovosti.ru. March 8, 2016.
- ^ https://www.championat.com/other/news-2885126-rashidov-stal-serebrjanym-prizjorom-chempionata-mira-po-volnoj-borbe.html
- ^ "Gadzhimurad Rashidov won European title again". tass.ru. May 6, 2018.
- ^ "Sidakov Stuns Burroughs and Chamizo; Deng Notches One for China". unitedworldwrestling.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-10-19.
- ^ "Rashidov vs. Retherford" (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "Zain Retherford Gets Difficult Draw For Ivan Yariguin Grand Prix" (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "Molinaro, Green and Snyder go undefeated as U.S. finishes fourth at Freestyle World Cup". teamusa.org. June 12, 2016.
- ^ "Petriashvili Repeats, Russia Pips Georgia for Team Title in European U23 Freestyle". unitedworldwrestling.org. March 29, 2017.