Islam Lechiyevich Dudaev (; born 15 January 1995) is a Russian-born Albanian wrestler of Chechen origin. He won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65kg event at the

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held in Bucharest, Romania.

Career

In 2022, Dudaev won one of the bronze medals in the men's 65 kg event at the

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held in Budapest, Hungary. He also won one of the bronze medals in the 74kg event at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games (), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran 2022, was an international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 6 July 2022 in Oran, Algeria. Oran was announced as the host city at th ...

held in Oran, Algeria. Dudaev won the gold medal in the men's 65kg event at the

held in Bucharest, Romania. He competed at the

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in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the

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in Paris, France. Dudaev was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. A month later, he earned a quota place for Albania for the Olympics at the

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held in Istanbul, Turkey. On 22 August, the Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov presented apartments to natives of the republic, the winner and bronze medalist of the Paris Olympics

Razambek Zhamalov Razambek Salambekovich Zhamalov (; born 1 July 1998) is a Russian-born Uzbek freestyle wrestler who competes at 74 kilograms. The 2020 Individual World Cup winner and 2019 U23 World champion, Zhamalov claimed the gold medal at the 2024 Summer ...

and Islam Dudaev.

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