Abdusalam Mamatkhanovich Gadisov (born 26 March 1989) is a

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. He competed in the freestyle 96 kg event at the

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; after defeating

Taimuraz Tigiyev Taimuraz Tigiyev (born 15 January 1982 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian-Kazakhstani wrestler from Moscow of Ossetian origin. He initially won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2016, he was stripped of his Olympic medal after a retest of hi ...

in the qualification round, he was eliminated by

Reza Yazdani Reza Yazdani ( fa, رضا یزدانی, born August 25, 1984 in Juybar, Iran) nicknamed The Leopard of Juybar, is an Iranian wrestler and two time World Champion, who won Gold in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships and 2013 World Wrestlin ...

in the 1/8 finals. In 2014 he became World freestyle wrestling champion at the 97 kg division, and was the runner-up in 2015. At the national level, he became Russian national champion in 2012. In the final he defeated Olympic Champion and five time World Champion

Khadzhimurat Gatsalov Khadzhimurat Soltanovich Gatsalov (russian: Хаджимурат Солтанович Гацалов, born December 11, 1982, in Chikola, North Ossetia–Alania) is a Russian wrestler. As of February 2020, he represents Armenia. He won the g ...

. He won the Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships again in

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. He is a devout Sunni Muslim.

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* * * * 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Makhachkala Avar people Russian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Russia Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics European Games bronze medalists for Russia Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Championships medalists Universiade medalists in wrestling Universiade gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade World Wrestling Champions European Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Champions {{Russia-wrestling-bio-stub