Bakhtiyar Akhmedov
 Bakhtiyar Akhmedov 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native name | Бахтияр Шахабутдинович Ахмедов | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Bakhtiyar Shakhabutdinovich Akhmedov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1987 Buynaksk, Dagestan, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 120 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bakhtiyar Shakhabutdinovich Akhmedov (Russian: Бахтияр Шахабутдинович Ахмедов, Kumyk: Ахмедланы Багьтияр Шагьабутдинны уланы; born 5 August 1987 in Buynaksk, Dagestan) is a Russian wrestler of Kumyk descent. Olympic gold medalist 2008.
Akhmedov competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in 120 kg category. In the finals, he lost to Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan and was awarded silver medal.[1] However, Taymazov was later stripped of his medal due to a positive doping test, thus Akhmedov was awarded gold.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bakhtiyar Akhmedov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ "Uzbekistani and Russian lose CAS appeals against decision to strip them of Beijing 2008 medals". insidethegames.biz. 4 December 2017.
External links
[edit]- Bakhtiyar Akhmedov at the International Wrestling Database
- Bakhtiyar Akhmedov at Olympics.com
- Bakhtiyar Akhmedov at Olympedia
| |
|
  | This biographical article relating to a Russian sport wrestler or wrestling coach is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a Russian Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Buynaksk
- Kumyks
- Olympic wrestlers for Russia
- Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Russian male sport wrestlers
- Sportspeople from Dagestan
- 21st-century Russian sportsmen
- Russian sport wrestler stubs
- Russian Olympic medalist stubs