Mavlet Alavdinovich Batirov is a Russian freestyle wrestler, world and 2-time Olympic champion, who competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.
Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from 12–21 August 2008. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the freestyle events with 18 gold medals being awarded. This was the second Olympics with women's wrestling as an event.
Ivan Yargnin bronze medalist Jabrayil Hasanov is a male freestyle wrestler from Azerbaijan who has competed in the 66, 74 and 79 kg categories. He is an Olympic bronze medalist and multiple World Championships medalist. He is the winner of Yasar Dogu Grand-Prix.
Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics were held between 5 and 12 August, the final day of the Games, at ExCeL London. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which were further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the freestyle events, with 18 gold medals awarded. Wrestling has been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900.
Vladimer Khinchegashvili is a Georgian freestyle wrestler who competes in 55–61 kg categories. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold in 2016. He also won a world title in 2015 and European titles in 2014, 2016 and 2017. In 2015, he was selected as Male Georgian Athlete of the Year by the Georgian Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
Aisuluu Tynybekova is a Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 63 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the first woman to wrestle for Kyrgyzstan in the Olympics. A legal dispute threatened to prevent Tynybekova from competing in London, but the case was delayed until after the Games. Tynybekova was eliminated in the 1/8 finals by Henna Johansson.
Pürevjavyn Önörbat is a Mongolian freestyle wrestler. He competed in the freestyle 74 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by Davit Khutsishvili in the qualifications. At the 2016 Olympics, he lost to Soner Demirtaş in his first match.
The European Wrestling Championships is main wrestling championships in Europe.
Magomed Magomedvich Kurbanaliev is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Avar Dagestani descent. He is 2016 World Freestyle Wrestling Champion in 70 kg. He competes in the 66 kg division and won the gold medal in the same division at the 2013 Summer Universiade defeating David Safaryan of Armenia. Also he won bronze at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest. At the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 he resigned after in the final due to his knee injury. He went on winning the Golden Gran-Prix Baku in 2016. Recently he won the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018.
Aniuar Borisovich Geduev is a Circassian freestyle wrestler.
The 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from September 7 to 12 in Las Vegas, United States.
The 2015 Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman was the first of a set of three FILA Wrestling World Cups in 2015. The event took place in Tehran, Iran at Azadi Indoor Stadium February 19 and 20, 2015.
The 2015 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle was The last of a set of three Wrestling World Cups in 2015.
World Wrestling Clubs Cup is an international wrestling clubs competition among teams representing member nations of the United World Wrestling (UWW) the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held on the proposal of the Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation in 2014 in Iran.
Gadzhimurad Gazigandovich Rashidov is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Dargin descent. One of his first achievements came at the Cadet World Champion where he triumphed twice; at the 2011 Cadet World Championships he beat Hassan Yazdani to claim the gold medal. In his early career he also claimed two bronze medals at the Junior World Championships. Two-time World senior championships runner-up and World Cup 2019 winner.
Magomedmurad Saidpashievich Gadzhiev is a Russian Naturalized Polish freestyle wrestler of Dargin heritage. International Master of Sports in Freestyle Wrestling. He is bronze medalist of 2010 Russian Freestyle Wrestling Nationals. At 2015 World Wrestling Championships in the second round he lost to World Champion Frank Chamizo (3-4) European Games 2015 ruuner-up, who competed in the men's freestyle 70 kg category at the 2015 European Games and won the silver medal. Golden Grand prix Ivan Yarygin 2010 champion, bronze medalist in 2009 and 2011, European Championships 2010 runner-up, Ramzan Kadyrov Cup 3rd 2010 and World Cup 2011 winner. Gadzhiev competed at Olympics 2016, but he lost to Frank Molinaro in the qualifications.
Chakir Ansari is a Moroccan freestyle wrestler. He is the first Moroccan freestyle wrestler qualified in Olympic Games. He competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Asadulla Lachinau. He win African title in Marrakech 2017.
The XXVIII Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017, also known as Ivan Yarygin (Yariguin) 2017 was a wrestling event held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia between the 27 and 29 January 2017.
The 2017 Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman was held in Abadan, Iran at the Kowsar Sport Complex On March 16 to March 17, 2017.
The 2017 FILA European Wrestling Championships was held in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 2 to 7 May 2017.
