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Zelimkhan Abakarov (Russian: Зелимхан Арсенович Абакаров; born 14 July 1993) is a Russian-born Albanian wrestler.[1] He is a gold medalist at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships. He is the first wrestler representing Albania to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships.[2] He is also a gold medalist at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and a silver medalist at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games.

Career

Abakarov won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022 held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. He competed in the men's freestyle 61 kg and men's Greco-Roman 67 kg events at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[3]

Abakarov won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[4][5] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[6] He won the gold medal in the men's 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[2][7]

Abakarov won the silver medal at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, losing 5–2 to Armenian Arsen Harutyunyan in the men's freestyle 61 kg final match. He beat German Niklas Stechele with a 10-0 technical superiority in the first round, Ukrainian Taras Markovych 6–2 in the quarterfinals and Georgian Shota Phartenadze 4–4 in the semifinals and reached the final with the advantage of the last point.[8]

He won the silver medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[9]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2022 Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 1st Freestyle 65 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 2nd Freestyle 65 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Freestyle 57 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 2nd Freestyle 61 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2024 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 2nd Freestyle 61 kg

References

  1. ^ "Чеченские «вольники» на Кубке мира-2019 | WSPORT-SHATOY". 20 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Iveson, Ali (17 September 2022). "Dake and Ghasempour retain wrestling world titles in Belgrade". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Albania Wins First Medal in Mediterranean Games". Albania Daily News. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  6. ^ "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  8. ^ "European Championships". United World Wrestling.
  9. ^ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

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