Ruslan Dibirgadschiev

Ruslan Adilchanowitsch Dibirgadschijew ( Russian Руслан Адилханович Дибиргаджиев , English Ruslan Dibirgadjiyev , Azerbaijani Ruslan Dibirhacıyev , * 20 July 1988 in Tschanko , Dagestan ASSR , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Azerbaijani wrestler . In 2014 he became European champion in free style in the weight class up to 70 kg body weight.

Career

Ruslan Dibirgadschijew is of Avar origin and started his wrestling career for Russia, but moved to Azerbaijan in 2009 and has been starting for this country since then. The 1.73 meter tall athlete competes for Atasport Baku . He was or is mainly trained by Firdowsi Umudow. He has been wrestling since 2002 and exclusively in free style.

Since the competition in Azerbaijan is very high in his style and weight class, he only achieved his international breakthrough in 2013 when he won the lightweight Spanish Grand Prix in front of Frank Chamizo Marquez from Italy and Yakup Gör from Turkey. In January 2014 he won the Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow Memorial in Sofia in the new weight class up to 70 kg, ahead of Miroslaw Kirow from Bulgaria, the Chinese Ling Haiwei and Yakup Gör. In April 2014, he was then used in this weight class at the European Championships in Vantaa / Finland. It was his first ever appearance at an international championship. He was in very good shape there and won the European Championship with victories over Anton Afanasjew, Belarus, Zsombor Gulyas, Hungary, Yakup Gör and Grigor Grigorjan , Armenia. In September 2014 he was used in the same weight class at the World Championships in Tashkent. He won there in his first fight against Evgeni Nedealco from Moldova, but lost his next fight against Selimchan Jusupow from Tajikistan. Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 15th place.

In 2015 Ruslan Dibirgadschijew started again at the 1st European Games in the weight class up to 70 kg. He lost there in the 1st round against Magomedmurad Gadschijew from Poland. He was then able to continue in the consolation round because it reached the final and secured a bronze medal with victories over Miroslaw Kirow from Bulgaria, Zsombor Gulyas from Hungary and Dawit Tlachadze from Georgia. At this year's World Cup in Las Vegas, however, he fared similarly to the 2014 World Cup. In Las Vegas he first won against Dejan Mitrow from Macedonia, then lost to Beksod Abdurachmanow from Uzbekistan, was eliminated and only came in 13th place . In 2017 he won another bronze medal at the European Championships in Novi Sad . There he was defeated by the later European champion Frank Chamizo Marquez, he received the bronze medal after his victory over the Romanian Adrian Moise . In 2018 he competed again in a tournament in Ukraine in the weight class up to 74 kilograms.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2008	3.	"Shamil Umakhanov" Memorial in Chasavyurt	feather	behind Alan Dudajew and Ramasan Saritow, both Russia
2009	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Light	behind Andrei Stadnik , Ukraine, Chogan Suleimanow, Azerbaijan, Salehi Said, Iran and Trent Paulson, USA
2010	7th	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Light	Winner: Jabrail Hasanow ahead of Emin Asisow, both Azerbaijan
2013	6th	World Cup in Tehran	Light	Winner: Yakup Gör, Turkey ahead of Brent Metcalf, USA
2013	1.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	Light	before Frank Chamizo Marquez, Italy and Yakup Gör
2013	9.	"Wacław-Ziółkowski" Memorial in Spała	Light	Winner: Agahüseyin Mustafejew, Azerbaijan ahead of Andrei Kwiatkowski, Ukraine
2014	1.	"Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow" Memorial in Sofia	up to 70 kg	before Miroslaw Kirow, Bulgaria, Ling Haiwei, China and Yakup Gör
2014	1.	EM in Vantaa / Finland	up to 70 kg	after victories over Anton Afanasjew, Belarus, Zsombor Gulyas, Hungary, Yakup Gör and Grigor Grigorjew, Armenia
2014	1.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	up to 70 kg	before Adrian Ionut Moise, Romania, Lennard Wickel and Samet Dülger, both Germany
2014	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 70 kg	before Israel Kasumow, Russia and Emin Asisow, Azerbaijan
2014	15th	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 70 kg	after a victory over Evgeni Nedealco, Moldova and a defeat against Selimchan Jusupow, Tajikistan
2015	3.	Paris Grand Prix	up to 70 kg	behind Hassan Yazdani Charati, Iran and Magomedmurad Gadschijew, Poland
2015	3.	1st European Games 2015 in Baku	up to 70 kg	after a defeat against Magomedmurad Gadschijew and victories over Miroslaw Kirow, Bulgaria, Zsombor Gulyas and Dawit Tlachadze, Georgia
2015	13.	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 70 kg	after a victory over Dejan Mitrow, Macedonia and a defeat against Beksod Abdurachmanow, Uzbekistan
2017	3.	EM in Novi Sad	up to 70 kg	after a loss to Frank Chamizo Marquez, Italy and victories over Mihai Sava, Moldova, and Adrian Moise, Romania

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• EM = European Championship
• Featherweight, weight class up to 60 kg, lightweight, up to 66 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013); Since January 1, 2014, a new weight classification has been in effect by the world wrestler association FILA

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Ruslan Dibirgadschijew at the Institute for Applied Training Science

Footnotes

1. ↑ Fights at the European Championships 2017 at iat.uni-leipzig.de (accessed on May 18, 2020)