Yusup Abdusalomov

Abdusalomov Yusup Rashidovich
Абдусаламов Юсуп Рашидович
Personal information
Nationality	Russian
Born	November 8, 1977 (age 46); Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia ; Tajikistan
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Coached by	Magomed Dibirov, Anvar Magomedgadjiev, Labazan Abdullaev
Medal record
Representing Tajikistan
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Men's FILA World Championships
Men's Asian Games
	Updated on 23 July 2012

Yusup Abdusalomov (Russian: Абдусаламов, Юсуп Рашидович; born November 8, 1977; Dagestan) is an Avar-born Russian and Tajik wrestler, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career

Having won the freestyle wrestling title in his weight category at the 2003 Asian championship, Abdusalomov made his Olympic debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where he finished 9th overall in the men's freestyle 74kg category. He followed this the following year with a relatively disappointing 13th place in the 2005 FILA Wrestling World Championships in Budapest. Abdusalamov was to improve on this at the 2007 World Championships in Baku where he claimed second place, having moved up to the 84 kg weight category. At the next Olympics in Beijing 2008, he repeated his good form from the world championships to claim the silver medal in the 84kg category. In the 2012 Summer Olympics, however, he was unable to achieve a medal after having lost to Gadzhimurad Nurmagomedov of Armenia.

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