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Sadulaev was born in 1996 in the village of Tsurib, Charodinsky District, Dagestan, Russia. He belongs to the Avar ethnic group, is from a devout Sunni Muslim family, and is the youngest of four siblings. He did not start wrestling seriously until the age of 13, but quickly won a regional title and 300 ₽ ($4.69).
Wrestling is one of the most popular sports in the Russian republic of Dagestan. Despite its relatively small population of approximately 3.1 million, the Republic of Dagestan has historically produced a disproportionate number of Olympic and world champions in freestyle wrestling. The first wrestler from Dagestan to win a world title was five ...
Magomedkhan Magomedovich Magomedov ( Russian: Магомедхан Магомедович Магомедов; born 27 January 1998) is a Russian - Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 97 kilograms and represents Dagestan in the national circuit. [ 1] Magomedov won one of the bronze medals at the 2022 World Wrestling ...
He was the Russian champion in 2007 and 2010, European champion in 2010 and World champion in 2007, 2009 and 2010 in Men's Freestyle 120 kg wrestling and bronze medalist in 130 kg Greco-Roman Wrestling at the World Championships in 2014 and 2015. In 2015, he won the Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships.
Assakalov took up wrestling in 1994 in Novorossiysk, Russia, following his father, a former wrestler. [1] He placed third at the 2009 Russian Championships. [3] His younger brother Bislan Assakalov is a World Cadet Champion. [4] In 2022, he won the gold medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. [5]
Thomas Patrick Gilman (born May 28, 1994) is an American retired freestyle wrestler and folkstyle wrestler who competed at 57 kilograms. [1] A Summer Olympic medalist and World champion in 2021, Gilman was most notably also a three-time World Championship medalist. [2]
Taha Akgul won gold medals on Sunday at the European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk in Russia's northern Caucasus Republic of Dagestan. He won against Georgian wrestler Geno Petriashvili 2-1 to become the European champion in the 125-kilogram category. [15] Taha Akgul comes second in World Wrestling C'ships.
Widely considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, López is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time World Champion, and five-time Pan American Games champion. He is the younger brother of Michel López Núñez, a Cuban amateur boxer. [3]