(1987-08-05) 5 August 1987 (age 36) Buynaksk, Dagestan, Russia
Height
190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country
Russia
Sport
Amateur wrestling
Weight class
120 kg
Event
Freestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
120 kg
European Championships
2008 Tampere
120 kg
World Juniors Championships
2007 Beijing
120 kg
European Juniors Championships
2007 Belgrade
120 kg
European Cadets Championships
2004 Istanbul
100 kg
2003 Skopje
100 kg
Representing Dagestan
Russian National Championships
2011 Yakutsk
120 kg
2008 St.Petersburg
120 kg
2009 Kazan
120 kg
2010 Volgograd
120 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2012 Krasnoyarsk
120 kg
Bakhtiyar Shakhabutdinovich Akhmedov (Russian: Бахтияр Шахабутдинович Ахмедов, Kumyk: Ахмедланы Багьтияр Шагьабутдинны уланы; born 5 August 1987 in Buynaksk, Dagestan) is a Russian wrestler of Kumyk descent. Olympic gold medalist 2008.
Akhmedov competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in 120 kg category. In the finals, he lost to Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan and was awarded silver medal.[1] However, Taymazov was later stripped of his medal due to a positive doping test, thus Akhmedov was awarded gold.[2]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bakhtiyar Akhmedov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
^"Uzbekistani and Russian lose CAS appeals against decision to strip them of Beijing 2008 medals". insidethegames.biz. 4 December 2017.
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