Ilyas Bekbulatov

{{short description|Russian freestyle wrestler}}

{{family name hatnote|idrisovich|Bekbulatov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| headercolor = Gold

| name = Ilyas Bekbulatov

| native_name = Ильяс Бекбулатов
Ильяс Идрисович Бекбулатов

| image = Wrestling at the 2015 European Games 6-Ilyas Bekbulatov.jpg

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| caption = Bekbulatov at the 2015 European Games

| nationality =

| national_team = {{RUS}}
{{UZB}}

| fullname = Ilyas Idrisovich Bekbulatov

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|08|12}}

| birth_place = Kayakent, Kayakentsky District, Dagestan ASSR, Soviet Union{{Cite web|url=https://infosport.ru/person/borba-volnaya/bekbulatov-ilyas-idrisovich|title=Bekbulatov on infosport.ru|website=infosport.ru|access-date=22 July 2023}}

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| height = 172cm

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| country = Russia (until 2019)
Uzbekistan (since 2020){{Cite web|url=https://tass.ru/sport/15361989|title=Чемпион Европы 2017 года борец Бекбулатов дисквалифицирован на четыре года из-за допинга|website=tass.ru|access-date=1 August 2022}}

| sport = Wrestling

| event = Freestyle

| collegeteam =

| club = Kayakent WC

| weight_class = 65 kg
70 kg
74 kg (currently)

| rank = International master of sport{{Cite web|url=https://msrfinfo.ru/people/20635|title=БЕКБУЛАТОВ Ильяс Идрисович|website=msrfinfo.ru|access-date=30 September 2013}}

| coach = Magomed Magomedov
Arsen Gitinov

| nationals = {{Gold1}} (2015)

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{{MedalCountry|{{UZB}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold| 2022 New Delhi|70 kg}}

{{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2015 Baku|65 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Wrestling Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2013 Tbilisi|66 kg}}

{{Medal|Gold| 2017 Novi Sad|65 kg}}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 Kaspiysk|65 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{Medal|Silver| 2016 Los Angeles|Team}}

{{Medal|Country|{{flagicon|Dagestan}} Dagestan }}

{{MedalCompetition|Russian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Kaspiysk|65 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Krasnoyarsk|66 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Krasnoyarsk|65 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Krasnoyarsk|65 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Krasnoyarsk|65 kg}}

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Ilyas Idrisovich Bekbulatov ({{langx|ru|Ильяс Идрисович Бекбулатов}}, {{langx|kum|Бекболатланы Ильяс Идрисны уланы|Bekbolatlanı İlyas İdrisnı ulanı}}; born 12 August 1990) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani freestyle wrestler, who claimed the European title at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships. He wrestles at the 74 kg category on the international circuit. In 2015, he won the gold medal at the senior Russian national championships.

Career

As a junior wrestler, he came in first at the 2008 Russian national championships, 2008 junior European championships and 2007 cadet and junior European championships{{Cite web|url=https://yoldash.ru/sport/ilyas-bekbulatov-stal-chempionom-evropy-po-volnoy-borbe/|title=В финале он досрочно выиграл у болгарского борца|website=yoldash.ru|access-date=3 May 2017}}

In 2013, he won his first senior international title at the 2013 Golden Grand Prix Ivan held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia and bronze medal at 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 2015, he won Golden Grand Prix Ivan again, in the final match he over Brent Metcalf of the USA and became the first wrestler who beat Metcalf in freestyle wrestling match, then he won national title at the 2015 Russian National Championships.

At the 2015 European Games he lost to Olympic champion Toghrul Asgarov of Azerbaijan, but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Azamat Nurykau of Belarus. In 2016, he won the silver medal at the World Cup in Los Angeles, California as a Russian team member.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/world-cup-senior-2|title=Freestyle World Cup|website=UWW.org|access-date=12 June 2016}} Since 2020 he has been representing Uzbekistan in wrestling competition. In February 2020, he earned for Uzbekistan the gold medal at the Asian Championships

Championships and accomplishments

References

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