Khasan Magometovich Khalmurzaev (; born 9 October 1993) is a Russian

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. Khasan won the gold medal in the –81 kg event at the

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. At the

2017 World Judo Championships The 2017 World Judo Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, between 28 August and 3 September 2017 at László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary. The announcement of the host city took place on 23 March 2015. Medal summary ...

, Khalmurzaev lost the fight to Alexander Wieczerzak in the semifinals, but won the third-place match against

Otgonbaataryn Uuganbaatar Otgonbaataryn Uuganbaatar (; born 19 February 1988) is a Mongolian judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an inte ...

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

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds and efforts have been aimed at ...

(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 Sportspeople from Ingushetia Russian male judoka Olympic judoka for 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 Summer World University Games medalists in judo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade 21st-century Russian sportsmen