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Islam Dudaev

Islam Dudaev
Personal information
Birth nameИслам Лечиевич Дудаев
Full nameIslam Lechiyevich Dudaev
NationalityChechen
Born (1995-01-15) 15 January 1995 (age 29)
Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class61 kg
EventFreestyle
ClubUmakhanov WC (им. Умаханова)
Coached byMagomed Guseinov
Achievements and titles
World finals9th (2022)
Regional finalsBronze (2022) Gold (2024)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Albania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 65 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bucharest 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 65 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 74 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Krasnoyarsk 65 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2022 Veliko Tarnovo 65 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Sofia 65 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tirana 70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tirana 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest 65 kg
Representing  Russia
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bydgoszcz 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bucharest 65 kg
Ali Aliyev Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kaspisk 65 kg
Alexander Medved Prizes
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Minsk 65 kg
Representing Chechnya Chechnya
Russian National Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Nazran 61 kg

Islam Lechiyevich Dudaev (Russian: Ислам Лечиевич Дудаев; born 15 January 1995) is a Russian-born Albanian wrestler of Chechen origin.[1][2] He won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.

Career

In 2022, Dudaev won one of the bronze medals in the men's 65 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[3] He also won one of the bronze medals in the 74 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[4]

Dudaev won the gold medal in the men's 65 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[5] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6] Dudaev was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[6] A month later, he earned a quota place for Albania for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[7]

On 22 August, the Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov presented apartments to natives of the republic, the winner and bronze medalist of the Paris Olympics Razambek Zhamalov and Islam Dudaev.[8][9]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2022 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Freestyle 65 kg
Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 3rd Freestyle 74 kg
2024 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 1st Freestyle 65 kg
2024 Summer Olympics Paris, France 3rd Freestyle 65 kg

References