Bakhtiyar Shakhabutdinovich Akhmedov

Bachtijar Schachabutdinowitsch Achmedov ( Russian Бахтияр Шахабутдинович Ахмедов , scientific transliteration Bachtijar Šachabutdinovič Achmedov ; born August 5, 1987 ) is a Russian wrestler .

Career

Bakhtiyar Akhmedov is Kumyk and comes from Dagestan . He started wrestling as a teenager in 1997 and is a member of Dinamo Makhachkala . His trainer is Imanmurza Aliyev. The 1.90 m tall and approx. 115 kg heavy athlete is a sports student. He wrestles exclusively in free style.

Bakhtiyar Akhmedov was one of the best wrestlers in the world in the respective age groups (Cadets, Juniors). In 2003 and 2004 he was respectively Junior European Champion (Cadets) in Skopje and Istanbul in the weight class up to 100 kg body weight. In 2007 he was European Junior Champion (Juniors) in Belgrade ahead of Oleh Ivanov, Ukraine a . Mario-Cristian Marian, Romania and in Beijing Junior World Champion ahead of Mohamed Reza Azar Shakib Seyed from Iran and Zhiwei Deng from the People's Republic of China , both in the heavyweight division.

In 2007 he was also used in the Russian senior team at the World Cup in Krasnoyarsk . He came 4th in the individual ranking behind Alireza Rezaei from Iran, Tolly Thompson from the United States and Aljaksej Schamarau from Russia .

In 2008 he won the heavyweight competition at the "Ivan Yarigin" tournament in Krasnoyarsk. He left his Russian compatriots, the multiple world and Olympic champion Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow and the 2007 world champion Biljal Machow behind. He thus set the course for a great career in the senior sector. At the European Championships in Tampere in 2008, however, he suffered a setback, because he lost his second fight there against the Russian Olympic champion in 2000 David Musuľbes , who, after a break of several years, celebrated a successful comeback, starting for Slovakia . With victories over Ottó Aubéli from Hungary and the Turkish ex-world champion Aydın Polatçı , he reached 3rd place.

At the Russian championship in June 2008 in Saint Petersburg , Akhmedov finally won the ticket to the Olympic Games in Beijing by winning the heavyweight title ahead of Aljaksej Schamarau and Bilyal Machow . There he was one of the main favorites with David Musuľbes and the American Steve Mocco , he first won the silver medal behind Artur Taymazov from Uzbekistan , who was convicted of doping in 2017. Akhmedov was subsequently awarded the gold medal.

In December 2008 Bakhtiyar Akhmedov was seriously injured in a knife fight and took several years to fully recover.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2003	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Skopje	up to 100 kg body weight	before Amiran Markoschwili, Georgia and Dimitar Marinow, Bulgaria
2004	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Istanbul	up to 100 kg body weight	before Koba Koreselidze, Georgia and Abdullah Omaç, Turkey
2007	4th	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	Heavy	behind Alireza Rezaei , Iran , Tolly Thompson , USA and Aljaksej Schamarau , Russia
2007	1.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Belgrade	Heavy	before Oleh Iwanow, Ukraine and Mario-Cristian Marian, Romania
2007	1.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Beijing	Heavy	before Mohamed Reza Azar Shakib Seyed, Iran and Zhiwei Deng, People's Republic of China
2008	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" tournament in Krasnoyarsk	Heavy	before Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow and Biljal Machow , bde. Russia and Fatih Çakıroğlu , Turkey
2008	3.	EM in Tampere	Heavy	with victory over Ruslan Basijew , Armenia , defeat against David Musuľbes , Russia and further victories over Ottó Aubéli , Hungary and Aydın Polatçı , Turkey
2008	gold	OS in Beijing	Heavy	with victories over Boschidar Bojadschiew , Bulgaria, Fardin Masoumi Valadi , Iran, Steve Mocco , USA a. Marid Mutalimow , Kazakhstan a. a loss to Artur Taymazov , Uzbekistan
2011	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Memorial (FILA Golden Grand Prix) in Krasnoyarsk	Heavy	before Barsag Kessajew u. Alan Zarikajew, bde. Russia and Tervel Dlagnev , USA
2011	2.	Ramasan Kadyrov Cup in Grozny	Heavy	behind Chisir Durgajew, Russia, in front of Magomedgadschi Nurassulow , Russia
2012	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	Heavy	before Tervel Dlagnev and Magomedgadschi Nurassulow

International battles

• 2008 in Vladikavkaz , Russia against USA , point defeat against Steve Mocco

Russian championships

year	space	Weight class	Result
2008	1.	Heavy	before Aljaksej Schamarau , Biljal Machow and Alan Dschampajew
2010	2.	Heavy	behind Biljal Machow, in front of Kiril Gotowzew u. Arseny Naniev
2011	1.	Heavy	before Barsag Kessajew, Eduard Basrow and Ramasan Magomedow

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Heavy weight = weight class up to 120 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer from 2002 to 2008,
• Website "www.iat-uni-leipzig.de",
• "Olympians.russionabroad.com" website

Web links

• Profile of Bakhtiyar Akhmedov at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Bakhtiyar Akhmedov in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )