Sharif Naidhajavovich Sharifov (, ; born 11 November 1988, in Gunukh,
Charodinsky District,
Dagestan) is a
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Azerbaijan
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i former wrestler. Sharifov finished first in the World Championships and won a bronze in the European Championships. At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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Sharifov won a gold medal in the
84 kg event after defeating Puerto Rican
Jaime Espinal.
He won a bronze medal at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, where he beat
Bi Shengfeng and
Zbigniew Baranowski before losing to
Abdulrashid Sadulaev. Sharifov won the bronze medal after beating
Pedro Ceballos in the repechage.
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Living people
1988 births
Azerbaijani people of Dagestani descent
Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
Olympic gold medalists for Azerbaijan
Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan
Russian emigrants to Azerbaijan
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
World Wrestling Championships medalists
People from Charodinsky District
People from Makhachkala
European Wrestling Championships medalists
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Azerbaijan
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