Denís Tsargúsh (, IPA /dɛˈnis t͡sʰɑrˈgʷɨʂ/, born 1 September 1987, also known as Dinislam Tsargush), is a Russian

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 is a three-time European Champion, three-time World Champion and also won a bronze medal at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He is a Grand Master of Sports in

Freestyle Wrestling 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 won the 74 kg

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at the 2009, 2010 and 2014 FILA Wrestling World Championships. He won the bronze medal at the

in the men's 74 kg category. At the

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in the men's 74 kg category, Tsargush scored a 9–2 victory over

Jordan Burroughs Jordan Ernest Burroughs (born July 8, 1988) is an American freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 74 kilograms. In freestyle, Burroughs was the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, and is a six-time world champion ...

(U.S.), who had won the last three world level titles at the weight class, from 2011 to 2013. Tsargush also won a world championship at the junior level in 2007.

Championships and accomplishments

*Olympic Bronze medal (London 2012) *Three-time World champion (2009, 2010, 2014) *Five time Russian nationals *Two-time winner Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin (2010, 2012) *Three-time European champion (2010, 2011, 2012) *Gold medalist in

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (; ), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 university athletes from 162 countries participated ...

(Kazan, Tatarstan) *Winner Golden Grand prix Yaşar Doğu 2015 (Istanbul, Turkey)

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* 1987 births Living people Russian male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Gudauta Sport wrestlers from Abkhazia Olympic wrestlers for Russia Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Russian people of Abkhazian descent 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 Military World Games bronze medalists for Russia Military World Games medalists in wrestling 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-wrestling-bio-stub