Mavlet Alavdinovich Batirov (, born December 12, 1983) is a Russian

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, world and two-time Olympic champion, who competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg category at the

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and won the gold medal. In April 2006, he became the 60 kg European champion in

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, . In September 2007 in Baku, he won the World Championship at 60 kg. In August 2008, in

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, Batirov won his second Olympic gold medal competing in the 60 kg weight class. Mavlet Batirov's younger brother Adam Batirov is also a freestyle wrestler (European Champion) who is currently representing

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* * * Russian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Russia Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia 1983 births Living people Martial artists from Khasavyurt Sport wrestlers from Dagestan Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Russian sportsmen World Wrestling Champions Dagestan State University alumni {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub

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