Personal information | |
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Full name | Şamil Sultan Əfəndiyev |
Nationality | Azerbaijani |
Born | 13 October 1972 |
Sport | |
Sport | Wrestling |
Shamil Afandiyev (born 13 October 1972) is an Azerbaijani wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 63 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics. [1]
Imam Shamil was the political, military, and spiritual leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia in the 1800s, the third Imam of the Caucasian Imamate (1840–1859), and a Sunni Muslim sheikh of the Naqshbandi Sufis.
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Shamil Asgarov or Shamil Askerov was an Azerbaijani Kurdish scholar, poet, and researcher on the history of the Kurds in Azerbaijan. He was the leader of Kalbajar's large Kurdish community, owned a 30,000 book library of books about Caucasian Kurds and their history and was the founder and former director of the Kurdish Museum in Kelbajar before that town was occupied by Armenian forces and the former population forced to flee in 1993. He was also editor of the Kurdish newspaper Denge Kurd published from 1991 to 2004 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Shamil Asgarov translated the classic Kurdish love story Mem and Zin into Azerbaijani and was the author of 17 other books among them one, Ferhenge, a Kurdish-Azerbaijani dictionary, was published in 1999 with the support of the Soros Foundation.
Reza Yazdani, nicknamed The Leopard of Juybar, is an Iranian wrestler and two time World Champion who won Gold in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships and 2013 World Wrestling Championships in the 96 kg division. He also won the gold medal in 2006 Asian Games in the 84 kg division and the gold medal in 2010 Asian Games in the 96 kg division, as well as the gold medal in 2014 Asian Games in 97 kg division. He competed in the London 2012 Olympics and also defeated Abdusalam Gadisov but was injured in the semi-final versus his Ukrainian competitor, Valeriy Andriytsev. Yazdani came back from injury for the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, where he won the gold medal in the 96 kg division by defeating khetag Gazyumov of Azerbaijan in the finals by a score of 4-2.
The Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Athletics Fieldhouse, Central Sports Club of the Army.
The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1972 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program at the Fairgrounds, Judo and Wrestling Hall.
Shamil Serikov was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion, who was born in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR.
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Shamil Khisamutdinov is a Russian wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1972, competing for the Soviet Union. He won gold medals at the 1973 and 1975 World Wrestling Championships. He was affiliated with Spartak Moscow.
Nelson Davidyan was a Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler and coach. He was an Olympic silver medalist and two-time World and European Champion.
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Matar Sène is a retired amateur Senegalese freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. He picked up a silver medal in the 74-kg division at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria, and also represented his nation Senegal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout his sporting career, Sene trained full-time for Ecurie Fass Wrestling Club in his native Dakar under his personal coach Lansana Coly.
Shamil Alievich Aliev is a retired amateur Tajik freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. Representing his naturalized nation Tajikistan, Aliev won a bronze medal in the 84-kg division at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, scored a silver at the 2003 Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi, India, and then finished eighth at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Aliev is also a member of the wrestling team for Trade Union Sports Club in Makhachkala, before competing for the Tajik squad in 2002.
Shamil Magomedovich Kudiyamagomedov is a retired Russian/naturalized Italian amateur wrestler of Avar heritage, who claimed the European senior title (2016), Russian national champion (2013), Italian national champion (2018), 2013 Summer Universiade silver medalist in Kazan. International Master of Sports in Freestyle Wrestling.
Shamil Anvyarovich Tarpishchev or Tarpischev is a Russian tennis coach and former player. In 1994, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Mehmet Şamil Bey, was a Turkish diplomat, journalist and sports executive, who was one of 22 founding members and first president of Turkish sports club Beşiktaş J.K. His presidency lasted 5 years between 1903 and 1908.
This article details the qualifying phase for wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games comprises a total of 290 wrestlers coming from different nations; each is permitted to enter a maximum of eighteen wrestlers.