Khasan Magometovich Khalmurzaev (russian: Хасан Магометович Халмурзаев; born 9 October 1993) is a Russian

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ka. Khasan won the gold medal in the –81 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the

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, Khalmurzaev lost the fight to

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in the semifinals, but won the third-place match against

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Personal life

Khalmurzaev has a twin brother, Khusen, who is a judoka, too. He also has three older sisters and an older brother. Their father died when Khasan was 14 years old. Khalmurzaev serves in the separate battalion of the Patrol-Guard Service of the

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in Ingueshetia. He is a

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. Khasan married Zalina in Nasyr-Kort,

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, on 17 September 2017.

Awards

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(25 August 2016) — ''for high sports achievements at the 21st Summer Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), for his will for victory and sense of purpose''. *Medal "For Service Virtue" (MIA)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khalmurzaev Khasan 1993 births Living people People from Nazran Russian male judoka Olympic judoka of Russia Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia Judoka at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Russian twins Twin sportspeople Universiade medalists in judo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade 21st-century Russian people