Khetag Gazyumov

Khetag Gazyumov

Gazyumov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born 24 April 1983 (1983-04-24) (age 33)
Suadag, North Ossetia, Russia[1]
Education Gorsky State Agrarian University[2]
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Club Atasport[2]
Coached by Firdovsi Umudov
Marik Tedeyev
Magomed Aliomarov[2]

Khetag Gazyumov (also Gozyumov, Ossetian: Гозымты Русланы фырт Хетæг, Russian: Хетаг Русланович Гозюмов, Azerbaijani: Xetaq Qazümov; born 24 April 1983) is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler of Ossetian origin. Competing in the 96 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]

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  1. 1 2 Xetaq Qazyumov. Sports-Reference.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 Khetag Goziumov. nbcolympics.com
  3. Khetag Goziumov. rio2016.com
  4. Gazumov, Khetag (AZE). iat.uni-leipzig.de


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