Islam Dudaev

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Islam Lechiyevich Dudaev ({{langx|ru|Ислам Лечиевич Дудаев}}; born 15 January 1995) is a Russian-born Albanian wrestler of Chechen origin.{{Cite web|url=https://uww.org/athletes/dudaev-islam|title=DUDAEV Islam | United World Wrestling|website=uww.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-sports.org/t-spf519867.html|title=Islam Dudaev (Freestyle wrestling) : Prize list and results|website=www.the-sports.org}} He won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65{{nbsp}}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.https://uww.org/arena/weight-category/e6e1f1ee-adcc-11ec-8327-08002745f808/results.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}} He also won one of the bronze medals in the 74{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/ResultBook/GDM2022_WRE_v1.6.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704135758/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/ResultBook/GDM2022_WRE_v1.6.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2022 |access-date=4 July 2022 |website=2022 Mediterranean Games}}

Dudaev won the gold medal in the men's 65{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} Dudaev was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. 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.{{Cite web |title=2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://newdosh.media/en/news/v-cecne-olimpijskim-prizeram-vystupavsim-za-drugie-strany-podarili-kvartiry?categoryAlias=|title=Chechnya's Olympic medalists who competed for other countries were presented with apartments|website=newdosh.media}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiomarsho.com/a/nohchiychohj-a-dagestanehj-a-petarsh-lo-olimpiadan-sporthoshna---ujsh-kiysalush-bara-khechu-pachhjalkhiyn-tobanashtsa/33088290.html|title=Нохчийчохь, Дагестанехь петарш ло Олимпиадан спортхошна - уьш къийсалуш бара кхечу пачхьалкхийн тобанашца|date=August 22, 2024|website=Маршо Радио}}