Aldar Balzhinimaev (born August 9, 1993) is a

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who participated at the

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. He won the gold medal in the boys' freestyle 46 kg event, defeating

Mehran Sheikhi Mehran Sheikhi () is an Iranian wrestler who participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. He won the silver medal in the boys' freestyle 46 kg event, losing to Aldar Balzhinimaev Aldar Balzhinimaev (born August 9, 1993) is ...

of Iran in the final. Balzhinimaev was born in

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1993 births Living people Wrestlers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Russian male sport wrestlers Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Buryatia 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{russia-wrestling-bio-stub