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Full name | Islam Kurbanovich Magomedov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bolshaya Martynovka, Russia | February 8, 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Rostov Greco-Roman club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Islam Dugushiev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Islam Kurbanovich Magomedov (Russian: Ислам Курбанович Магомедов, Avar: Ислам МухӀаммад Къурбаназул вас); born 8 February 1991 in Makhachkala) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler of Dargin descent. He is a two-time Junior Greco-Roman World Champion[1][2] and gold medalist at the 2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships.[3] On 12 June 2015 he won gold medal at the European Games 2015, defeating Ukrainian Dimitriy Timchenko in the final.[4] In the same year Magomedov won bronze medal at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships. Magomedov is International Master of Sports in Greco-Roman Wrestling. He competed at 2016 Summer Olympics, but lost in the quarterfinals.