Ilyas Idrissowitsch Bekbulatow

Ilyas Bekbulatow medal table
Wrestler
Russia
European Championship
bronze	2013 Tbilisi	up to 66 kg
gold	2017 Novi Sad	up to 65 kg
silver	2018 Kaspiisk	up to 65 kg
European Games
bronze	2015 Baku	up to 65 kg
Junior European Championship
gold	2007 Warsaw	up to 46 kg cadets
silver	2008 Kosice	up to 50 kg Juniors

Ilyas Idrissowitsch Bekbulatow ( Russian Ильяс Идрисович Бекбулатов , English Iliad Bekbulatov , Kumyk Бекболатланы Ильяс Идрисны уланы * 12. August 1990 in Kajakent , Dagestan ASSR , Soviet Union ) is a Russian wrestler . In 2017 he became European champion in free style in the weight class up to 65 kg body weight

Career

Ilyas Bekbulatow started wrestling as a teenager in 2002. He is a member of a wrestling club in Kaikent and is trained by Magomed Magomedow.

In 2007 Ilyas Bekbulatow started at the European Junior Championships (age group Cadets) in Warsaw and won there in the weight class up to 46 kg. A year later, in 2008, he came in the junior European championship in Kosice in the weight class up to 50 kg behind Vladimer Khinchegashvili from Georgia on the 2nd place. He did not make any further starts at international junior championships.

As a senior Ilyas Bekbulatow needed a few years to fight his way into the top class in Russia because of the great competition. His next start at important international tournaments was therefore not completed until 2012. He also won medals at several tournaments. In January 2013 he won the most important Russian tournament, the "Iwan Yarigin" Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk in the lightweight ahead of Brent Metcalf , United States, Soslan Ramonow and Rasul Murtasalijew , both from Russia. He was then used by the Russian Wrestling Federation at the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi. There he won over Andrei Kwiatkowski, Ukraine, Konstantin Chabalaschwili , Georgia and Magomed Muslimow, Azerbaijan, lost to Yakup Gör , Turkey and finally secured a bronze medal with a victory over Adrian Ionut Moise from Romania. At the 2013 World Cup and the 2014 World and European Championships, Ilyas Bekbulatov was not used.

In January 2015 he won the prestigious "Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk in the weight class up to 65 kg, ahead of Brent Metcalf from the United States, Saurbek Sidakow and Yevgeny Erbayev, both from Russia. In June 2015, he then represented the Russian colors at the European Games in Baku in the same weight class. In Baku he lost his first fight against Olympic champion Toğrul Əsgərov from Azerbaijan, who was exposed as a doping offender in 2017, and then secured a bronze medal with victories over Mihail Sava, Moldova, Maxime Eric Fiquet, France and Asamat Nurikau, Belarus.

In 2016, Ilyas Bekbulatow took 5th place at the "Iwan-Yarigin" Grand Prix and was unable to qualify for the international championships (Olympic Games and European Championships) this year. In 2017 he won again at the "Iwan-Yarigin" Grand Prix in the weight class up to 65 kg, ahead of Cherman Waliev and Alan Gogajew , both from Russia and Mohammed Mehdi Yeganehjafari, Iran. In May 2017, he started at the European Championships in Novi Sad and won the European Championship in the same weight class with victories over Elbrus Cherkoyev, Slovakia, Gitinomagomed Gadschiew, Azerbaijan, Surabi Iakobishvili , Georgia and Borislaw Novachkov , Bulgaria.

After his renewed victory at the "Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk in January 2018 ahead of Ahmed Tschakajew and Nachiin Kuular, both from Russia, he was used again in May 2018 at the European Championships in Kaspiisk. There he won over Andrei Perpelita, Moldova, the Olympic champion Wladimer Chintschegaschwili , Georgia and Krzysztof Bienkowski, Poland, but was defeated in the final against Hajji Aliyev from Azerbaijan, whereupon he became vice-European champion. He was not used at the 2017 and 2018 World Cups.

He has started for Uzbekistan since 2020.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2007	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Warsaw	up to 46 kg	before Haik Manukjan, Armenia and Berati Öztürk, Turkey
2008	2.	Junior European Championship in Kosice	up to 50 kg	behind Wladimer Khinchegashvili, Georgia, in front of Chanlor Shiraliev, Azerbaijan and Ahmet Peker , Turkey
2012	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Tehran	up to 66 kg	behind Meysam Nasiri, Iran and Magomedgadschi Abakarow, Russia
2012	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 66 kg	behind Dauren Schumagasijew, Kazakhstan and Emin Asisow , Azerbaijan
2012	3.	Intercontinental Cup in Chassavyurt	up to 66 kg	behind Asamat Bulatow, Russia and Andrei Kwiatkowski, Ukraine
2012	1.	"Ali-Aliyev" Memorial in Makhachkala	up to 66 kg	before Asamat Bulatow and Akhmed Tschakajew, both Russia and Dawit Safarjan , Armenia
2013	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 66 kg	before Brent Metcalf, USA, Soslan Ramonow and Rasul Murtasalijew, both Russia
2013	3.	EM in Tbilisi	up to 66 kg	after victories over Andrei Kwiatkowski, Konstantin Chabalashvili, Georgia and Magomed Muslimow, Azerbaijan, a defeat against Yakup Gor, Turkey and a victory over Adrian Ionut Moise, Romania
2013	3.	"Wacław-Ziółkowski" Memorial in Warsaw	up to 66 kg	behind Agahüseyin Mustafejew, Azerbaijan and Andrei Kwiatkowski, Ukraine
2013	1.	Sports Accord Games in St. Petersburg	up to 66 kg	before Agahüseyin Mustafeyev
2013	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 66 kg	before Alibeggadschi Jemejew, Russia, Ruslan Dibirgadschiew, Azerbaijan and Andrei Kwiatkowski
2014	8th.	"Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 65 kg	Winner: Magomed Kurbanalijew, ahead of Alibeggadschi Jemejew, Soslan Ramonow and Ahmed Tschakajew, all from Russia
2014	1.	Ramasan Kadirow Cup in Grozny	up to 65 kg	in front of Ruslan Pliew, Uzbekistan
2015	1.	"Uwan-Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 65 kg	before Brent Metcalf, USA, Saurbek Sidakow and Evgeni Erbajew, both Russia
2015	3.	European Games 2015 in Baku	up to 65 kg	after a defeat against Toğrul Əsgərov, Azerbaijan and victories over Mihail Sava, Moldova, Maxime Eric Fiquet, France and Asamat Nurikau, Belarus
2016	5.	"Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 65 kg	behind Israil Kasjumow, Magomed Kurbanalijew, Alibeggadschi Jemejew, all Russia and Mandakhnaran Ganzorig, Mongolia
2016	1.	Intercontinental Cup in Chasavyurt	up to 65 kg	before Magomed Muslimow, Arserbaijan, Murschid Mutalijew and Ahmedchan Jaliev, both Russia
2016	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 70 kg	behind Israil Kasjumow and Gitinomagomedow Gadschiew
2017	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 65 kg	before Cherman Waliev and Alan Gogajew, both Russia and Mohammed Mehdi Yeganehjafari, Iran
2017	1.	EM in Novi Sad	up to 65 kg	after victories over Elbrus Cherkoyev, Slovakia, Girinomagomedow Gadschiew, Surabi Iakobishvili, Georgia and Borislaw Novatschkow, Bulgaria
2018	1.	"Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	up to 65 kg	before Ahmed Tschakajew and Nachiin Kuular, both Russia and Selahattin Kilicsallayan, Turkey
2018	1.	"Dan Kolow" & "Nikola Petrow" Memorial in Sofia	up to 70 kg	in front of Haydar Hafuz, Turkey, Miroslaw Kirow, Bulgaria and Taimuras Salkasanow, Slovakia
2018	2.	EM in Kaspiisk	up to 65 kg	after victories over Andrei Perpelita, Moldova, Wladimer Chintschegaschwili, Georgia and Krzysztof Bienkowski, Poland and a defeat against Hajji Aliyev, Azerbaijan
2019	1.	"Dan-Kolow" & "Nikola-Petrow" Memorial in Russe	up to 70 kg	before Ansaor Sakujew and Viktor Rassadin, both Russia and James Green, USA
2020	1.	"Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul	up to 70 kg	in front of Haydar Yavuz, Turkey, Wiktor Rassadin and Agahüseyin Mustafejew, Azerbaijan

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• EM = European Championship

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Iljas Idrissowitsch Bekbulatow at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Portrait of Ilyas Bekbulatov in Russian