Gadzhimurad Rashidov

Gadzhimurad Gazigandovich Rashidov (Russian: Гаджимурад Газигандович Рашидов; born 30 October 1995 in Dagestan) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Dargin descent. Senior World Champion 2019. 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.[2] Two-time World senior championships runner-up and World Cup 2019 winner.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Gazigandovich and the family name is Rashidov.
Gadzhimurad Rashidov
Гаджимурад Рашидов
Personal information
Full nameGadzhimurad Gazigandovich Rashidov
Nickname(s)All-American killer
National team Russia
Ethnicity Dargin
Born (1995-10-30) October 30, 1995
Gubden, Karabudakhkentsky District, Dagestan, Russia
ResidenceKaspiysk, Dagestan
Gubden, Dagestan
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
61 kg (134 lb)
65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
RankInternational master of sports
#1 in Russian rankings 57 kg. (until May 2016)[1]
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubKuramagomedov's wrestling academy
Coached byGazigand Rashidov, Sadrudin Aigubov, Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
World Championships
2019 Nur-Sultan65 kg
2018 Budapest61 kg
2017 Paris61 kg
Russian Championships
2019 Sochi65 kg
2017 Nazran61 kg
European Championships
2018 Kaspiysk61 kg
2016 Riga57 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2019 Krasnoyarsk65 kg
2018 Krasnoyarsk61 kg
2017 Krasnoyarsk61 kg
2016 Krasnoyarsk57 kg
World Cup
2019 Yakutsk65 kg
2016 Los Angeles57 kg
Military World Games
2019 Wuhan65 kg
European Nations Cup
2015 Moscow61 kg
U23 European Championships
2017 Szombathely61 kg

As of 25 August 2017, Rashidov is ranked No. 2 in the 61 kg (134 lb) category by the UWW. He was named Athlete of the Year of 2017.

He is currently the #1 ranked at the 61 kg in UWW rankings as of 1 February 2018.[3]

Biography and senior career

Gadzhimurad Rashidov was born and raised in Gubden village, Dagestan. He started to train in wrestling at 6 years of age under his father Gazigand Rashidov. The first medal he won at 6 years of age in a local wrestling tournament in memory of those killed in World War II in neighboring village Gurbuki. After finished high school, he moved to Kaspiysk and started train in Kuramagomedov's wrestling academy.[4]

His first notable performance was at the 2015 European Nations Cup where he claimed the gold medal at 57 kg. Furthermore, he is a European champion of 2016 and World Championships runner-up of 2017. After winning bronze in the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 (57 kg), Rashidov was named Wrestler of the Month (February 2016[5] and March[6]) of Dagestan.

In national competitions the Russian won bronze in 2015 and two years later triumphed in his country. At the 2016 Russian Nationals he won two matches (Azamat Tuskaev of RNO-Alania and Nikolay Okhlopkov of Sakha) but the Dagestani team then refused to compete after not accepting the decision made in the final match between Viktor Lebedev of Sakha Yakutia and Ismail Musukaev of Kabardino-Balkaria.[7]

Rashidov competed at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships in Riga, Latvia.[8] There he beat Yuriy Holub of Israel, Levan Vartanov of Spain and in the quarterfinals Georgi Vangelov of Bulgaria, three times by technical fall. In the semifinal he beat Asadulla Lachinau of Belarus (6-0), and in the final he defeated Andriy Yatsenko of Ukraine.[9]

2017 World Wrestling Championships

After defeats over Viktor Rassadin of Sakha-Yakutia at the 2017 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships, he competed at the 2017 World Championships in Paris. His first opponent was Jozsef Molnar of Hungary; Rashidov beat him by technical fall (11-0). In the round of eight, he won 11-0 over NCAA two-time champion from Ohio State Logan Stieber. In the quarterfinal, he rematched World and Olympic champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili of Georgia and beat him by the score, 6-3. In the semifinal Rashidov faced with his countryman from Krasnoyarsk, Opan Sat. Rashidov won the wrestling match (8-2). In the gold medal match, Rashidov lost to three-times world champion from Azerbaijan, Haji Aliyev, by pinfall.[10]

2018 European Wrestling Championships

Rashidov won European world team trials at the Ivan Yarygin 2018 and represented the Russian team at 61 kilos at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships. His first opponent was Vladimir Burukov of Ukraine, he won the match within a minute. In the second round he beat his countryman from Sakha Republic who represent the Belarus Nurgun Skryabin. In semifinals, he faced Recep Topal of Turkey and beat him by the score, 4-0. In the gold medal match, he beat Beka Lomtadze of Georgia and won the second European title in his career.[11]

2018 World Wrestling Championships

Rashidov made Russia World Team Member and competed at the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary. His first opponent in men's freestyle at 61 kilos was Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga of Mongolia where Rashidov won in close match by score 2-1. In the quarterfinals, Rashidov faced Indian national champion Sonba Tanaji Gongane, the wrestling match finished by technical superiority by Rashidov (12-0). In the semifinals, Rashdidov faced Beka Lomtadze and beat him by technical superiority (10-0).[12] In the gold medal match he lost in close match to by 6-5 to Yowlys Bonne of Cuba.

Ivan Yarygin 2019 and new weight class

Rashidov decided to compete at 65 kilos for the 2020 Olympic cycle, at Yarygin 2019 in the warm-up he got hand injury, in the first match he faced American folkstyle superstar and NCAA 3-time champion Zain Retherford of Penn State.[13][14] He won the match by score (4-3), then he faced 2-time world bronze medalist Akhmed Chakaev of Chechnya and lost in very close match. For bronze medal match Rashidov faced Cristian Lopez of Cuba and won the match by score (2-1).

He made his debut at the World Championships 2019 in his newly-adopted weight of class of 65kg, in the first round he beat Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan - in a rematch of the 2017 World Wrestling Championships' final at 61kg - by score (4-2). In the quarterfinal, he beat his teammate Gadzhimurad Aliev (Haji Mohamad Ali) by score (9-0), in the semifinal he beat his countryman Ismail Muuskaev in a close match (3-2), in the final match he will face Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan.

Championships and achievements

International senior record
International Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location Notes
2019 Senior World at 65kg
Win 45–9 Daulet Niyazbekov Tech.Fall 2019-09-20 2019 World Wrestling Championships Nur-Sultan gold medal match
Win 44–9 Ismail Musukaev 3–2 2019-09-19 2019 World Wrestling Championships Nur-Sultan semifinals
Win 43–9 Haji Mohamad Ali 9–0 2019-09-19 2019 World Wrestling Championships Nur-Sultan 1/4
Win 42–9 Takuto Otoguro 8–1 2019-09-19 2019 World Wrestling Championships Nur-Sultan 1/8
Win 42–9 Amr Hussen 5–3 2019-09-19 2019 World Wrestling Championships Nur-Sultan round 2
Win 41–9 Haji Aliyev 4–2 2019-09-19 2019 World Wrestling Championships Nur-Sultan round 1
2019 World Cup at 65kg
Win 40–9 Daichi Takatani 10–0 2019-03-16 2019 World Cup Yakutsk round 2
Win 39–9 Alejandro Valdés Win by forfeit 2019-03-16 2019 World Cup Yakutsk round 1
2019 Ivan Yarygin GP at 65kg
Win 38–9 Cristian Lopez 2–1 2019-01-26 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019 Krasnoyarsk bronze medal
Loss 37–9 Akhmed Chakaev 3–2 2019-01-25 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019 Krasnoyarsk semifinals
Win 37–8 Zain Retherford 4–3 2019-01-25 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019 Krasnoyarsk 1/4
2018 World at 61kg
Loss 36–8 Yowlys Bonne 5–6 2018-10-21 2018 World Wrestling Championships Budapest final
Win 36–7 Beka Lomtadze 10–0 2018-10-20 2018 World Wrestling Championships Budapest semifinals
Win 35–7 Sonba Tanaji Gongane 12–0 2018-10-20 2018 World Wrestling Championships Budapest 1/4
Win 34–7 Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga 2–1 2018-10-20 2018 World Wrestling Championships Budapest 1/8
2018 Senior European Champion at 61kg
Win 33–7 Beka Lomtadze 4–1 2018-05-06 2018 European Wrestling Championships Kaspiysk final
Win 32–7 Recep Topal 4–0 2018-05-05 2018 European Wrestling Championships Kaspiysk semi-finals
Win 31–7 Nurgun Skryabin 10–1 2018-05-05 2018 European Wrestling Championships Kaspiysk 1/4
Win 30–7 Vladimir Burukov Tech.Fall; 5:03 2018-05-05 2018 European Wrestling Championships Kaspiysk 1/8
2018 Ivan Yarygin GP at 61kg
Win 29–7 Ismail Musukaev 3–2 2018-01-26 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 Krasnoyarsk gold medal match
Win 28–7 Aleksandr Bogomoev 2–0 2018-01-26 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 Krasnoyarsk semi-finals
Win 27–7 Tony Ramos Tech.Fall 2018-01-26 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 Krasnoyarsk 1/4
Win 26–7 Abil Ussin Win by forfeit 2018-01-26 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 Krasnoyarsk 1/8
2017 Senior World at 61kg
Loss 25–7 Haji Aliyev Fall 2017-08-25 2017 World Wrestling Championships Paris final
Win 25–6 Opan Sat 8–2 2017-08-25 2017 World Wrestling Championships Paris semi-finals
Win 24–6 Vladimer Khinchegashvili 6–3 2017-08-25 2017 World Wrestling Championships Paris 1/4
Win 23–6 Logan Stieber Tech.Fall 2017-08-25 2017 World Wrestling Championships Paris 1/8
Win 22–6 Jozsef Molnar Tech.Fall 2017-08-25 2017 World Wrestling Championships Paris qualification
U23 2017 European Champion at 61kg
Win 21–6 Sedat Ozdemir Tech.Fall 2017-03-29 U23 2017 European Wrestling Championships Szombathely final
Win 20–6 Ali Rahimzade 4–2 2017-03-29 U23 2017 European Wrestling Championships Szombathely semi-finals
Win 19–6 Robert Kardos Tech.Fall 2017-03-29 U23 2017 European Wrestling Championships Szombathely 1/4
Win 18–6 Randy Vock Tech.Fall 2017-03-29 U23 2017 European Wrestling Championships Szombathely qualification
2017 Ivan Yarygin GP at 61kg
Loss 17–6 Akhmed Chakaev 2–2 2017-01-28 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 Krasnoyarsk gold medal match
Win 17–5 Bulat Batoev Tech.Fall 2017-01-28 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 Krasnoyarsk semi-finals
Win 16–5 Bekkhan Goygereyev 8–0 2017-01-28 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 Krasnoyarsk 1/4
Win 15–5 Nyurgun Skryabin Tech.Fall 2017-01-28 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 Krasnoyarsk 1/8
Win 14–5 Cody Brewer Tech.Fall 2017-01-28 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 Krasnoyarsk 1/16
Win 13–5 Rei Higuchi 3–1 2017-01-28 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 Krasnoyarsk qualification
2016 World Cup
Loss 13–5 Hassan Rahimi 3–3 2016-06-11 2016 World Cup Los Angeles, California final
Win 13–4 Süleyman Atlı 10–4 2016-06-11 2016 World Cup Los Angeles, California round 2
Loss 12–4 Vladimer Khinchegashvili 2–3 2016-06-11 2016 World Cup Los Angeles, California round 1
2016 Senior European Champion at 57kg
Win 12–3 Andriy Yatsenko 10–2 2016-03-08 2016 European Wrestling Championships Riga final
Win 11–3 Asadulla Lachinov Tech.Fall 2016-03-08 2016 European Wrestling Championships Riga semi-finals
Win 10–3 Georgi Vangelov Tech.Fall 2016-03-08 2016 European Wrestling Championships Riga 1/4
Win 9–3 Levan Vartanov Tech.Fall 2016-03-08 2016 European Wrestling Championships Riga 1/8
Win 8–3 Yuriy Holub Tech.Fall 2016-03-08 2016 European Wrestling Championships Riga qualification
2016 Ivan Yarygin GP at 57kg
Win 7–3 Vladimir Flegontov 2–1 2016-01-29 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Krasnoyarsk bronze medal match
Loss 6–3 Aleksandr Bogomoev 1–1 2016-01-29 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Krasnoyarsk semi-finals
Win 6–2 Khuresh-ool Donduk-ool 12–3 2016-01-29 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Krasnoyarsk 1/4
Win 5–2 Viktor Rassadin 3–2 2016-01-29 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Krasnoyarsk 1/8
2015 European Nations Cup
Win 4–2 Munir Recep Aktas Tech.Fall 2015-11-07 European Nations Cup Moscow round 2
2015 Ivan Yarygin GP 5th at 61kg
Loss 3–2 Dzhamal Otarsultanov 6–8 2015-01-23 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015 Krasnoyarsk bronze medal match
Win 3–1 Arash Mostafa Dangesaraki Tech.Fall 2015-01-23 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015 Krasnoyarsk repechage round 2
Loss 2–1 Aleksandr Bogomoev 0–3 2015-01-23 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015 Krasnoyarsk 1/4
Win 2–0 Vladimir Flegontov 9–1 2015-01-23 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015 Krasnoyarsk 1/8
Win 1–0 Boris Semyonov 12–6 2015-01-23 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015 Krasnoyarsk qualification

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