Khetag Gazyumov
Gazyumov at the 2016 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Mustang |
| Born | 24 April 1981 (age 44) |
| Education | Gorsky State Agrarian University[2] |
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) (2016)[3] |
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) (2016)[3] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Weight class | 96–97 kg |
Event | Freestyle |
| Club | Atasport[2] |
| Coached by | Firdovsi Umudov Marik Tedeyev Magomed Aliomarov[2] |
Medal record | |
Khetag Gazyumov (also Gozyumov, Ossetian: 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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d "Khetag Goziumov". nbcolympics.com.
- ^ a b "Khetag Goziumov". Rio 2016 Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Gazumov, Khetag (AZE)". iat.uni-leipzig.de.
External links
Media related to Khetag Gazyumov at Wikimedia Commons
- Khetag Goziumov at United World Wrestling
- Khetag Goziumov at the International Wrestling Database
- Khetag Gazyumov at Olympics.com
- Xetaq Qazyumov at Olympedia
- Xetaq Qazyumov at InterSportStats