Zelimkhan Abakarov
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| Birth name | Зелимхан Арсенович Абакаров | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Zelimkhan Arsenovich Abakarov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 July 1993 Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 65 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Umakhanov WC (им. Умаханова) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Magomed Guseinov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals |  (2022)  (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals |  (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zelimkhan Arsenovich Abakarov (Russian: Зелимхан Арсенович Абакаров; born 14 July 1993) is a Russian-born Albanian wrestler.[1] He is a gold medalist at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships. He is the first wrestler representing Albania to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships.[2] He is also a gold medalist at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and a silver medalist at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games.
Career
[edit]Abakarov won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. He competed in the men's freestyle 61 kg and men's Greco-Roman 67 kg events at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[3]
Abakarov won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[4][5] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[6] He won the gold medal in the men's 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[2][7]
Abakarov won the silver medal at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, losing 5–2 to Armenian Arsen Harutyunyan in the men's freestyle 61 kg final match. He beat German Niklas Stechele with a 10-0 technical superiority in the first round, Ukrainian Taras Markovych 6–2 in the quarterfinals and Georgian Shota Phartenadze 4–4 in the semifinals and reached the final with the advantage of the last point.[8]
He won the silver medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[9] He competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[10]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 2022 | Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 1st | Freestyle 65 kg |
| Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | 2nd | Freestyle 65 kg | |
| World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Freestyle 57 kg | |
| 2023 | European Championships | Zagreb, Croatia | 2nd | Freestyle 61 kg |
| World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Freestyle 57 kg | |
| 2024 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 2nd | Freestyle 61 kg |
References
[edit]- ^ "Чеченские «вольники» на Кубке мира-2019 | WSPORT-SHATOY". 20 March 2019.
- ^ a b Iveson, Ali (17 September 2022). "Dake and Ghasempour retain wrestling world titles in Belgrade". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Albania Wins First Medal in Mediterranean Games". Albania Daily News. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "European Championships". United World Wrestling.
- ^ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Zelimkhan Abakarov at the International Wrestling Database
- Zelimkhan Abakarov at United World Wrestling
- Living people
- 1993 births
- Albanian male sport wrestlers
- Russian male sport wrestlers
- Russian emigrants to Albania
- Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers for Albania
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Albania
- Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
- Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Albania
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
- 21st-century Albanian sportspeople
- 21st-century Russian sportsmen
- World Wrestling Champions
- Sportspeople from Khasavyurt
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists