Abdusalam Mamatkhanovich Gadisov (born 26 March 1989) is a Russian former

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

. He competed in the freestyle 96 kg event at the

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; after defeating Taimuraz Tigiyev in the qualification round, he was eliminated by

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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 (, born December 11, 1982) is a Russian wrestler. He won the gold medal in the freestyle 96 kg class in the 2004 Summer Olympics, defeating future UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion Daniel Co ...

. He won the Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships again in

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. He is a devout

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* * * * 1989 births Living people Sport wrestlers from Makhachkala Avar people Russian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for 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 Summer World University Games medalists in wrestling FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade World Wrestling Champions European Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Champions 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-wrestling-bio-stub