Khetag Gazyumov

Khetag Gazyumov
Gazyumov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NicknameMustang
Born24 April 1981 (1981-04-24) (age 44)
Suadag, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
EducationGorsky State Agrarian University[2]
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Sport
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubAtasport[2]
Coached byFirdovsi Umudov
Marik Tedeyev
Magomed Aliomarov[2]
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 97 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 96 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 96 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place Moscow 2010 96 kg
Silver medal – second place Herning 2009 96 kg
Silver medal – second place Budapest 2013 96 kg
Silver medal – second place Tashkent 2014 97 kg
Bronze medal – third place Las Vegas 2015 97 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place Baku 2015 97 kg
European Championship
Gold medal – first place Vilnius 2009 96 kg
Gold medal – first place Baku 2010 96 kg
Gold medal – first place Dortmund 2011 96 kg
Silver medal – second place Vantaa 2014 97 kg

Khetag Gazyumov (also Gozyumov, Ossetian: Гозымты Русланы фырт Хетæг, Gozymty Ruslany fyrt Xetæg; Russian: Хетаг Русланович Гозюмов, Khetag Ruslanovich Gozyumov; Azerbaijani: Xetaq Qazümov; born 24 April 1981) is a retired Russian and Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler of Ossetian origin. Competing in the 96 some kg weight category he won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 2016 Rio Games.[1] He also won four gold and four silver medal at the European and world championships in 2009–2014 and a gold medal at the 2015 European Games.[4]

Gazyumov took up wrestling in 1990 and started competing in 1994. He eventually developed a cardiac arrhythmia, which led to his collapse after the quarterfinal match at the 2012 Olympics.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Xetaq Qazyumov. Sports-Reference.com
  2. ^ a b c d Khetag Goziumov. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ Khetag Goziumov Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  4. ^ Gazumov, Khetag (AZE). iat.uni-leipzig.de


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