Yusup Rashidovich Abdusalamov (russian: Юсуп Рашидович Абдусаламов; born November 8, 1977; Dagestan) is a

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n and Tajik

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, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career

Having won the

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title in his weight category at the 2003 Asian championship, Abdusalomov made his

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debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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where he finished 9th place overall in the men's freestyle 74kg category. He followed this the following year with a relatively disappointing 13th place in the

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. Abdusalamov was to improve on this at the 2007 World Championships in Baku where he claimed second place, having moved up to the 84 kg weight category. At the next Olympics in 2008 Beijing, he repeated his good form from the world championships to claim the silver medal in the 84kg category. In the 2012 Summer Olympics, however, he was unable to achieve a medal after having lost to Gadzhimurad Nurmagomedov of

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References

Yusup Abdusalomov's profile at ESPN Sports
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External links

* * 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Makhachkala Tajikistani male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Tajikistan Olympic silver medalists for Tajikistan Olympic medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Tajikistan Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists {{Tajikistan-Olympic-medalist-stub