Zelimkhan Tezhdeivich Huseynov ( az, Zəlimxan Hüseynov; russian: Зелимхан Гусейнов; born July 13, 1981 in
Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
) is a retired Russian and Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler of Chechen heritage who represented Azerbaijan in the
Men's freestyle 60 kg at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
. In the 1/16 final he was beaten by
Mavlet Batirov of
Russia. After over two wins in the repechage rounds, he lost the bronze medal wrestling match to
Iranian
Morad Mohammadi.
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Living people
1981 births
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
Chechen martial artists
Chechen people
World Wrestling Championships medalists
European Wrestling Championships medalists
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