Gadzhimurad Gazigandovich Rashidov (Russian: Гаджимурад Газигандович Рашидов, IPA: [ɡəd͡ʐʐɨmʊˈrat rɐˈʂɨdəf], Dargin: Гъазиганла урши ХӀяжимурад}}; born 30 October 1995) is a Russian freestyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms. He is the 2019 World Champion (finalist in 2017 and 2018) and the 2020 and three-time Russian National Champion.[2] 2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist at 65 kg.
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| Native name | Гаджимурад Газигандович Рашидов | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Gadzhimurad Gazigandovich Rashidov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | All-American killer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 October 1995 Gubden, Karabudakhkentsky District, Dagestan, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 65 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | International master of sports #1 in Russian rankings 57 kg. (until May 2016)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kuramagomedov's wrestling academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gazigand Rashidov, Sadrudin Aigubov, Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals |  (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals |  (2019)
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| Regional finals |  (2018)
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Medal record
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Nicknamed the All-American killer, Rashidov holds an undefeated 5–0 record against American wrestlers, who combined have earned 19 All-American honors and 10 NCAA Division I National titles.[3] He also holds wins over 11 different World and Olympic champions.
Background edit
Rashidov was born and raised in the Gubden village, Dagestan. He started wrestling at the age of six at his home, under his father.[citation needed]
After finishing high school in 2011, he moved to Kaspiysk, and started training at Gamidov's Wrestling Academy, in Makhachkala. As the trips from his house to the school were too long, he switched to Kuramagomedov's wrestling academy, which is located in Kaspiysk, under Said Gireyev and his father.[4]
Career edit
Age-group edit
Rashidov was a two-time Cadet World Champion in 2011 and 2012, and a two-time Junior World Championship silver medalist, in 2014 and 2015.[5]
Senior level edit
2012-2015 edit
Rashidov made his senior freestyle debut in 2012, when he placed third at the Ali Aliev Memorial International.[6] In 2015, after placing fifth at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix,[7] Rashidov claimed a bronze medal at the Russian Nationals,[8] and then went on to help the Russian Team win gold at the European Nations Cup.[citation needed]
2016 edit
To start off the year, Rashidov dropped down from 61 to 57 kilograms, and claimed a bronze medal from the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in January.[9] He then became the '16 European Champion, racking up wins over Asadulla Lachinau and two-time Cadet World Champion Andriy Yatsenko.[10] On May, he competed at the Russian Nationals, where after defeating '14 Junior World Champion Azamat Tuskaev, the Dagestan National Team decided to withdraw all the Dagestani wrestlers from the championship, after frustration due to the final decision regarding the conflict between Viktor Lebedev and Ismail Musukaev, which led to a forfeit from Rashidov.[11][12]
2017 World Wrestling Championships edit
After defeats over Viktor Rassadin of Sakha-Yakutia at the 2017 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships, he competed at the 2017 World Championships in Paris. His first opponent was Jozsef Molnar of Hungary; Rashidov beat him by technical fall (11-0). In the round of eight, he won 11–0 over NCAA four-time champion from Ohio State Logan Stieber. In the quarterfinal, he rematched World and Olympic champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili of Georgia and beat him by the score, 6–3. In the semifinal Rashidov faced with his countryman from Krasnoyarsk, Opan Sat. Rashidov won the wrestling match (8-2). In the gold medal match, Rashidov lost to three-times world champion from Azerbaijan, Haji Aliyev, by pinfall.[13]
2018 European Wrestling Championships edit
Rashidov won European world team trials at the Ivan Yarygin 2018 and represented the Russian team at 61 kilos at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships. His first opponent was Vladimir Burukov of Ukraine, he won the match within a minute. In the second round he beat his countryman from Sakha Republic who represent the Belarus Nurgun Skryabin. In semifinals, he faced Recep Topal of Turkey and beat him by the score, 4–0. In the gold medal match, he beat Beka Lomtadze of Georgia and won the second European title in his career.[14]
2018 World Wrestling Championships edit
Rashidov made Russia World Team Member and competed at the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary. His first opponent in men's freestyle at 61 kilos was Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga of Mongolia where Rashidov won in close match by score 2–1. In the quarterfinals, Rashidov faced Indian national champion Sonba Tanaji Gongane, the wrestling match finished by technical superiority by Rashidov (12-0). In the semifinals, Rashdidov faced Beka Lomtadze and beat him by technical superiority (10-0).[15] In the gold medal match he lost by 6–5 to Yowlys Bonne of Cuba.[citation needed]
Ivan Yarygin 2019 and new weight class edit
Rashidov decided to compete at 65 kilos for the 2020 Olympic cycle, at Yarygin 2019 in the warm-up he got hand injury, in the first match he faced American folkstyle superstar and NCAA 3-time champion Zain Retherford of Penn State.[16][17] He won the match by score (4-3), then he faced 2-time world bronze medalist Akhmed Chakaev of Chechnya and lost. For bronze medal match Rashidov faced Cristian Lopez of Cuba and won the match by score (2-1).[citation needed]
He made his debut at the World Championships 2019 in his new weight of class of 65 kg, in the first round he beat Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan - in a rematch of the 2017 World Wrestling Championships' final at 61 kg - by score (4-2). In the quarterfinal, he beat his teammate Gadzhimurad Aliev (Haji Mohamad Ali) by score (9-0), in the semifinal he beat his countryman Iszmail Muszukajev in a close match (3-2), in the final match he defeated Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan and won the gold medal.[18] At the 2020 Summer Olympics he earned the bronze medal and was runner-up at the 2024 European Championships.[19][20]
Championships and achievements edit
- Senior level:
- 2015 Russian Nationals bronze medalist – 61 kg
- Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 bronze medalist – 57 kg
- 2016 European Wrestling Championships gold medalist – 57 kg
- 2016 Russian Nationals 11th – 57 kg
- 2016 World Cup silver medalist – 57 kg[21]
- 2016 Yusup Abdusalamov international winner – 65 kg
- Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 runner-up – 61 kg
- 2017 U23 European Championship gold medalist – 61 kg[22]
- 2018 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 winner – 61 kg
- 2018 European Wrestling Championships gold medalist – 61 kg
- Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019 3rd – 65 kg
- 2019 World Wrestling Championships 1st – 65 kg
- 2020 Summer Olympics 3rd – 65 kg
- 2024 European Wrestling Championships|2024 European Championships 2nd – 65 kg
Freestyle record edit
References edit
- ^ "Russian wrestling rankings". wrestdag.ru. 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Рашидов Гаджимурад Газигандович, Официальный сайт Дагестанской борьбы". wrestdag.ru. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ Gallo, Ed (8 November 2019). "Wrestling breakdown, Part 1: 2019 World champion Gadzhimurad Rashidov". Bloody Elbow. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Rashidov'sbio and his first wrestling tournament". wrestdag.ru. 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Gadzhimurad Rashidov | Booking Agent | Talent Roster". MN2S. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Рашидов Гаджимурад Газигандович, Официальный сайт Дагестанской борьбы". wrestdag.ru. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Гран-при Ивана Ярыгина 2015. 23-25 января. Красноярск. Результаты. Видео". profc.com.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Гран-при Ивана Ярыгина 2015. 23-25 января. Красноярск. Результаты. Видео". www.wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Гран-При Иван Ярыгин-2016". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Гаджимурад Рашидов: "Если выиграю в Якутске, точно поеду в Рио"". Информационный портал РИА "Дагестан". 31 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Мамиашвили: борцы из Дагестана стали заложниками ситуации со снятием команды с ЧР (Р-Спорт, 28.05.2016)". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Russian Freestyle Wrestling Championships left the question open-ended at the Olympic Games". tass.ru. 29 May 2016.
- ^ "Рашидов стал серебряным призёром чемпионата мира по вольной борьбе".
- ^ "Gadzhimurad Rashidov won European title again". tass.ru. 6 May 2018.
- ^ "Sidakov Stuns Burroughs and Chamizo; Deng Notches One for China". unitedworldwrestling.org (in Russian). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Rashidov vs. Retherford" (in Russian). Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Zain Retherford Gets Difficult Draw For Ivan Yariguin Grand Prix" (in Russian). Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "Выиграл золото - а теперь кола, стейки и бургеры. Долгожданный пояс Гаджимурада Рашидова". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Россия 3:2 США. Новые олимпийские чемпионы в вольной борьбе". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Семёнов, Магомедов и Усманов — чемпионы Европы! Результаты Бухареста-2024". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Molinaro, Green and Snyder go undefeated as U.S. finishes fourth at Freestyle World Cup". teamusa.org. 12 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Petriashvili Repeats, Russia Pips Georgia for Team Title in European U23 Freestyle". unitedworldwrestling.org. 29 March 2017.
External links edit
- Gadzhimurad Rashidov at the International Wrestling Database
- Gadzhimurad Rashidov at Olympedia
