Islambek Albiev

Islambek Tsilimovich Albiev (Russian: Исламбек Цилимович Альбиев, Chechen: СаӀид-Цилиман кӀант Альбиев Ислам-Бека; born December 28, 1988, in Chechnya)[2] is a Russian wrestler of Chechen descent, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling. Albiev is a World champion (2009) and two-time European champion (2009 and 2016).

Islambek Albiev
Исламбек Альбиев
Albiev (right) against Rasul Chunayev at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameIslambek Tsilimovich Albiev
Nickname(s)The Professor mat
CitizenshipRussia Russian
Born (1988-12-28) December 28, 1988
Grozny, Chechen-Ingush ASSR
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
RankGrand Master of Sports
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubCSKA Wrestling Club
Olympic Village-80[1]
Coached byUmatgirey Tavbulatov

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! Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 60 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Herning 60 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 Budapest66 kg
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vilnius 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Riga 66 kg
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second placeKazan 2013 66 kg

References
  1. "Olympic village-80". sport-olimp80.ru. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  2. Kommersant Daily Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
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