Islambek Albiev

Islambek Albiev
Исламбек Альбиев
Albiev (right) against Rasul Chunayev at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameIslambek Tsilimovich Albiev
NicknameThe Professor mat[citation needed]
NationalityChechnya Chechen
CitizenshipRussia Russian
Born (1988-12-28) December 28, 1988 (age 35)
Grozny, Chechen-Ingush ASSR
Home townGrozny
Moscow
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
RankGrand Master of Sports
EventGreco-Roman
ClubCSKA Wrestling Club
Olympic Village-80[1]
Coached byUmatgirey Tavbulatov
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 60 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Herning 60 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Budapest 66 kg
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Vilnius 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Riga 66 kg
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place Kazan 2013 66 kg

Islambek Tsilimovich Albiev (Russian: Исламбек Цилимович Альбиев, Chechen: СаӀид-Цилиман кӀант Альбиев Ислам-Бека; born December 28, 1988, in Chechnya)[2] is a Russian wrestler of Chechen descent, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling. Albiev is a World champion (2009) and two-time European champion (2009 and 2016).

References

  1. ^ "Olympic village-80". sport-olimp80.ru. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  2. ^ Kommersant Daily Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)


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