Khetag Gazyumov

Khetag Gazyumov
Gazyumov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NicknameMustang
Born24 April 1981 (1981-04-24) (age 45)
Suadag, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
EducationGorsky State Agrarian University[2]
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in) (2016)[3]
Weight97 kg (214 lb) (2016)[3]
Sport
SportWrestling
Weight class
96–97 kg
Event
Freestyle
ClubAtasport[2]
Coached byFirdovsi Umudov
Marik Tedeyev
Magomed Aliomarov[2]
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro97 kg
Bronze medal – third place2008 Beijing96 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 London96 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first placeMoscow 201096 kg
Silver medal – second placeHerning 200996 kg
Silver medal – second placeBudapest 201396 kg
Silver medal – second placeTashkent 201497 kg
Bronze medal – third placeLas Vegas 201597 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first placeBaku 201597 kg
European Championship
Gold medal – first placeVilnius 200996 kg
Gold medal – first placeBaku 201096 kg
Gold medal – first placeDortmund 201196 kg
Silver medal – second placeVantaa 201497 kg

Khetag Gazyumov (also Gozyumov, Iron Ossetic: Гозымты Русланы фырт Хетæг, Gozymty Ruslany fyrt Xetæg; Russian: Хетаг Русланович Гозюмов, Khetag Ruslanovich Gozyumov; Azerbaijani: Xetaq Qazümov; born 24 April 1981) is a retired Russian and Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler of Ossetian origin. Competing in the 96 some kg weight category he won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 2016 Rio Games.[1] He also won four gold and four silver medal at the European and world championships in 2009–2014 and a gold medal at the 2015 European Games.[4]

Gazyumov took up wrestling in 1990 and started competing in 1994. He eventually developed a cardiac arrhythmia, which led to his collapse after the quarterfinal match at the 2012 Olympics.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Xetaq Qazyumov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Khetag Goziumov". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Khetag Goziumov". Rio 2016 Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Gazumov, Khetag (AZE)". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

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