Abdulmanap Magomedovich Nurmagomedov (; 10 December 1962 – 3 July 2020) was a Russian

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veteran, former

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ka and

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coach. In September 2019, he was named by the ''Russian Book of Records'' as the most successful combat sambo coach in the country. He was the head coach of

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and had coached two

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champions, his son

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as well as

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Biography

An ethnic Avar, Nurmagomedov was born on December 10, 1962 in the village of

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. In 1987 he graduated from the Poltava University of Economics and Trade with a degree in accounting and economics. He had two sons, Magomed and

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, and one daughter, Amina. He started his sporting career with freestyle wrestling, which he, like many Dagestani children, had practiced from a young age. While serving in the

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, he began to practice

and

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. His first big success as a coach came when his brother, Nurmagomed Nurmagomedov, won at the World Sambo Championship for Ukraine's national team in 1992. He trained a total of 18 world champions through his coaching career. At the end of April 2020, during the

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, Nurmagomedov was hospitalized in the 2nd city hospital of

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with

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caused by

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. Having been taken to Moscow in early May on a private jet, his condition rapidly worsened, and he died there on 3 July 2020, from COVID complications. He was 57 years old. On 4 July, he was buried in his native village. Following his death, his son Khabib announced his retirement from mixed martial arts after his victory over

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, a fight which he dedicated to the memory of his father.

Notable students

Mixed martial arts

– Former UFC Lightweight Champion. Two-time WCSF Sambo World Champion. *

– Current UFC Lightweight Champion. 2016 FIAS Combat Sambo World Champion. *

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– Two-time FIAS Combat Sambo World Champion. Formerly competed in UFC and

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from 2011 to 2019. *

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– Bellator Welterweight. 2007 WCSF Sambo World Champion. *

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– UFC Bantamweight. 2015 WCSF Sambo World Champion.

Wrestling

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– Freestyle wrestling World Champion. *

Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov Mahamedkhabib Zaynudzinavich Kadzimahamedau or Magomedkhabib Zainudinovich Kadimagomedov (; ; born 26 May 1994) is a Russian-Belarusian freestyle wrestler and professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of Bell ...

– 2020 Olympic Silver Medalist.

References

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