Ilyas Bekbulatov
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| Full name | Ilyas Idrisovich Bekbulatov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnicity |
 Kumyk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 12, 1990 Kayakent, Dagestan, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kayakent wrestling club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Magomed Magomedov, Gaidar Gaidarov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ilyas Idrisovich Bekbulatov (Russian: Ильяс Идрисович Бекбулатов; born 12 August 1990 in Dagestan) is a Russian of Kumyk descent freestyle wrestler who won the bronze medalist at the European Feestyle Wrestling Championships 2013. Bronze Medalist European Games 2015. He was the first to beat American undefeated wrestler Brent Metcalf. He is international Master of Sports in Freestyle Wrestling.[1]
He has a nickname "Erkek" (English: Tough Man) and "Kumyk Nightmare"
Sports biography
Bekbulatov was born in 1990 in the former Soviet Union in the village of Kayakent, Dagestan. He belongs to the Kumyk ethnic group. Bekbulatov former Junior Russian freestyle wrestling champion (2007). Silver medalist Junior European Wrestling Championship (2008). Russian National Student Wrestling Champion (2011).[2] On 8 May 2015 he became Russian freestyle wretling national champion 65 kg, in final match he defeated World Champion Soslan Ramonov.[3] In European Games 2015 he faced Olympic champion Toghrul Asgarov and lost via decision (7-8), but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Azamat Nurykau of Belarus.[4]
Championships and accomplishments
- Senior Level
- 2012 Ali Aliyev Memorial Champion – 66 kg
- 2012 Golden Grand Prix Baku: Memorial Heydar Aliyev Bronze Medalist – 66 kg
- 2012 Intercontinental Cup Bronze Medalist – 66 kg
- 2013 Golden Grand Prix Baku: Memorial Heydar Aliyev Champion – 65 kg
- 2013 Eropean Championships Bronze Medalist – 66 kg
- 2013 Russian National Bronze Medalist – 66 kg
- 2014 Ramzan Kadyrov & Adlan Varayev Cup Winner – 65 kg
- 2014, 2015 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin Champion – 65 kg
- 2015 Russian National Champion – 65 kg
- 2015 European Games Bronze Medalist – 65 kg
- Junior Level
- 2007 Russian Junior National Champion – 66 kg
- 2007 Cadet Eropean Champion
- 2008 Junior Eropean Championships Silver Medalist
- 2008, 2011 Russian National Student Wrestling Champion – 66 kg
References
- ↑ "Bekbulatov bio". wrestdag.ru. June 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Bekbulatov is national champ". wrestrus.ru. June 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Bekbulatov took revenge for all wrestlers". wrestrus.ru. May 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Ilyas Bekbulatov won bronze medal in first European Games". sovsport.ru. June 17, 2015.