Albert Batyrov (born November 2, 1981, in

Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz, formerly known as Ordzhonikidze () or Dzaudzhikau (), is the capital city of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic at the foothills of the Caucasus, situated on the Terek (river), Terek River. ...

) is a male freestyle wrestler from

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

. He participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at

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. In the 1/8 of final he beat

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n Yang Chun-Song then in 1/4 of final he lost with Ukrainian

Andriy Stadnik Andriy Volodymyrovych Stadnik (Андрій Володимирович Стаднік, born 15 April 1982) is a male wrestling, wrestler from Ukraine. He won a silver medal in the Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg, M ...

. In repechage round he lost with

Sushil Kumar Sushil Kumar (born 26 May 1983) is a former Indian wrestler and two-time Olympic medallist. His 2008 Olympic bronze medal was only the second for India in wrestling, and the first since Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav's bronze medal at the 1952 Summ ...

from

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and was eliminated.

External links

Wrestler bio on beijing2008.com
* Living people 1981 births Olympic wrestlers for Belarus Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Belarusian male sport wrestlers Sport wrestlers from Vladikavkaz 21st-century Belarusian sportsmen {{Belarus-wrestling-bio-stub