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Rustam Skhatbievich Assakalov (; born 13 July 1984) is a
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i Greco-Roman wrestler of Adyg heritage. He won gold medals at the 2014 Asian Games and 2013 and 2015 Asian Championships, and silver medals at the 2018 Asian Games, 2015 World Championships and 2014 and 2018 Asian championships. Assakalov took up wrestling in 1994 in Novorossiysk, Russia, following his father, a former wrestler. He placed third at the 2009 Russian Championships. His younger brother Bislan Assakalov is a World Cadet Champion. In 2022, he won the gold medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. He competed in the 97kg event at the
2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia as ...
held in Belgrade, Serbia. Assakalov won one of the bronze medals in the 97kg event at the
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held in Hangzhou, China. He competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and he earned a quota place for Uzbekistan for the
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in Paris, France, finishing in fifth place. He lost his bronze medal match in the 97kg event at the Olympics.


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* * 1984 births Living people People from Novorossiysk Circassian people of Russia Uzbekistani male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Uzbekistan Russian emigrants to Uzbekistan Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Uzbekistani sportsmen Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-wrestling-bio-stub