Islambek Tsilimovich Albiev (, ; born December 28, 1988, in
Chechnya
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is a Russian wrestler
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of Chechen descent, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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in Greco-Roman wrestling
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. Albiev is a World champion (2009) and two-time European champion (2009 and 2016).
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Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Russia
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Russian people of Chechen descent
Martial artists from Grozny
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Wrestling Championships medalists
World Wrestling Champions
Summer World University Games medalists in wrestling
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia
European Wrestling Champions
Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism alumni
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
1988 births
21st-century Russian sportsmen
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