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Full name | Akhmed Shiybudinovich Gadzhimagomedov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Zig-Zag | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Khasavyurt, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | April 21, 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) (2021) 79 kg (174 lb) 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Shamil Umakhanov wrestling club (им. Шамиля Умаханова)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Magomed Guseinov Gamzat Abbasov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Akhmed (Ahmad) Shiybudinovich Gadzhimagomedov (Russian: Ахмед Шиябудинович Гаджимагомедов; born 21 April 1990) is a former Russian freestyle wrestler. World bronze medalist 2018. He won bronze at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in 74 kg.[3] At the 2018 European Wrestling Championships in Kaspiysk, Gadzhimagomedov won gold.
Akhmed was born in the village of Leninaul, Dagestan, to a Sunni Muslim family. He started training in freestyle wrestling at the age of 12.[4]
He lives in Khasavyurt where he is coached by Magomed Guseinov and Gamzat Abbasov. Akhmed is International Master of Sports in freestyle wrestling.
Gadzhimagomedov is a devout Sunni Muslim.[2] His favorite wrestler is Murad Gaidarov.[2]