Khadzhimurad Magomedov
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{{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
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{{MedalGold| 1996 Atlanta |82 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|Sofia 2001|85 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|Ankara 1999|85 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|Warsaw 1997|85 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|Budapest 1996|82 kg}}
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Khadzhimurad Magomedov (born 24 February 1974, Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR) is a Russian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.
International career
Magomedov competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the middleweight class.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=WRE "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Wrestling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907043140/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=WRE |date=7 September 2008 }} databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 9 September 2008)
Magomedov also became world champion at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships. He won a silver medal in 1999, and in 2 other appearances, 1997 and 1998, he finished in 4th place. Other notable achievements include winning the European Championships in 1997 and the World Military Games in 1999.
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Category:Sport wrestlers from Makhachkala
Category:Olympic wrestlers for Russia
Category:Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Russian male sport wrestlers
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Category:Olympic medalists in wrestling
Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen
Category:Dagestan State University alumni
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