Alan Kazbekovich Gogaev (russian: Алан Казбекович Гогаев; born 8 March 1990 in
North Ossetia–Alania
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) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. He was the runner up at the
2010 World Wrestling Championships in
Moscow
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,
Russia
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, won bronze at the
2017 World Championships in Paris and was
European Champion in 2012 in
Belgrade,
Serbia
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. He competed in the 66 kg event at the
2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he was defeated in the first round by
Zalimkhan Yusupov
Zalimkhan Yusupov (born 19 February 1984 in Makhachkala) is a Russian born-Dagestani Tajikistani freestyle wrestler
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from Tajikistan.
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1990 births
Living people
Russian male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Russia
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Wrestling Championships medalists
People from Digorsky District
Sportspeople from North Ossetia–Alania
20th-century Russian people
21st-century Russian people
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