Ilyas Idrisovich Bekbulatov ( rus, Ильяс Идрисович Бекбулатов, kum, Бекболатланы Ильяс Идрисны уланы; born 12 August 1990) is a

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n-born

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

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, who claimed the European title at the

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. He wrestles at the 74 kg category on the international circuit. In 2015, he won the gold medal at the senior Russian national championships.

Career

As a junior wrestler, he came in first at the 2008 Russian national championships, 2008 junior European championships and 2007 cadet and junior European championships In 2013, he won his first senior international title at the 2013 Golden Grand Prix Ivan held in

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, Russia and bronze medal at 2013 European Championships in

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. In 2015, he won Golden Grand Prix Ivan again, in the final match he over

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of the

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and became the first wrestler who beat Metcalf in freestyle wrestling match, then he won national title at the 2015 Russian National Championships. At the

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he lost to Olympic champion

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, but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Azamat Nurykau of

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. In 2016, he won the silver medal at the

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as a Russian team member. Since 2020 he has been representing Uzbekistan in wrestling competition.

Championships and accomplishments

*2012 Ali Aliev memorial — 1st. *2013 Golden Grand Prix Azerbaijan — 3rd. * 2015 Russian Championships — 1st. *

— 3rd. *2016 World cup — 2nd. * 2017 European Championships — 1st

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bekbulatov, Ilyas 1990 births Living people Russian people of Dagestani descent Russian male sport wrestlers Uzbekistani male sport wrestlers Sportspeople from Dagestan 21st-century Russian people 21st-century Uzbekistani people European Games medalists in wrestling European Games bronze medalists for Russia European Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games