Sazhid Khalilrakhmanovich Sazhidov is a Russian Olympic wrestler who represented his country at the world-level from 2003 to 2006. He won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Taha Akgül is an Olympic, World, and European champion Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world and 10 time European champion. He won the gold medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics at 125 kg. He has been the president of the Athlete Commission of the Turkish National Olympic Committee since 2016. He is a graduate of the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Physical Education and Sports Academy and completed his master's degree at Sivas Cumhuriyet University.
Magomed Musaev is a Russian-Kyrgyzstani heavyweight freestyle wrestler of Ingush origin. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and placed seventh and ninth, respectively. Musaev won silver medals at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.
Abdulrashid Bulachevich Sadulaev is a Russian freestyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms and formerly competed at 86 kilograms. Sadulaev is widely regarded as the most dominant active freestyle wrestler in the world.
Shamil Magomedovich Kudiyamagomedov is a retired Russian Naturalized Italian amateur wrestler of Avar heritage, who won the gold medal in men's freestyle 86 kg at the 2015 Military World Games. He is Russian national champion (2013), Italian national champion (2018), silver medalist of Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan. Junior World Championships bronze medalist 2012. He won bronze medal with an injured leg. International Master of Sports in Freestyle Wrestling. He competed in the freestyle 84 kg event at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships, after defeated Adrian Jaoude from Brazil in the Round of 64, he was eliminated by Olympic bronze medalist Ehsan Lashgari in the Round of 32. In 1/2 final European Championships U23 he lost 7-6 his teammate of Magomedgadzhi Khatiyev, but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Fatih Erdin of Turkey. At the Memorial Heydar Aliyev 2014 he beat in final Ehsan Lashgari. In 2016 he won European Championships. In 2020 Shamil announced his retirement
Dauren Khalidovich Kurugliev is a Russian mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler of Lezgin descent who has been representing Greece since 2023. He is a 2019 European Games gold medalist and a European champion.
Gadzhimurad Gazigandovich Rashidov is a Russian freestyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms. He is the 2019 World Champion and the 2020 and three-time Russian National Champion. 2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist at 65 kg.
The men's freestyle 97 kg is a competition featured at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018, and was held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia on the 28th of January.
Stevan Andrija Mićić is a Serbian-American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. He won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. He is the first wrestler representing Serbia to win a medal in men's freestyle wrestling at the World Wrestling Championships.
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Iryna Volodymyrivna Koliadenko is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Anastasia Nichita is a Moldovan freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the 59 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a three-time gold medalist in the 59 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships. She also represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Magomedrasul Musayevich Idrisov is a Russian freestyle wrestler. He won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 61 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Süleyman Mustafa Karadeniz is a Turkish freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 92 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.
Alikhan Lukmanovich Zhabrailov is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen ethnicity who competes at 97 and 92 kilograms. At 92, Zhabrailov was the 2020 Individual World Cup champion, a 2019 World Championship bronze medalist, the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020 silver medalist and a two–time Russian National champion. In 2021, he made the move up to 97 kilos, and has claimed the 2021 European Continental Championship and the 2021 Russian National Championship. He also competed at 86 kilos earlier in his career, claiming the 2017 U23 World Championship.
Vasyl Mykhailov is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 79 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He also won one of the bronze medals in the 79 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy. He represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Turan Bayramov is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler who competes at 70 kilograms, and 74 kilograms. Bayramov claimed a silver medal from the 2021 European Championships (70kg), was the 2019 U23 World Champion and the 2018 Cadet World and Youth Olympic Champion, as well as a medalist at multiple high level age-group competitions.
Shamil Zubairov is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 92 kilograms. In 2018, Zubairov went on to become the World and European Champion in the U23 level. In 2019, he once again medaled at the U23 European Championship.
Abubakr Abakarov is a Russian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler of Chechen ethnicity. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 86 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.
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