Alikhan Lukmanovich Zhabrailov (Russian: Алихан Лукманович Жабраилов; born 14 April 1994) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen ethnicity who competes at 97 and 92 kilograms.[1] At 92, Zhabrailov was the 2020 Individual World Cup champion, a 2019 World Championship bronze medalist, the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020 silver medalist and a two–time Russian National champion (2019 and 2020). In 2021, he made the move up to 97 kilos, and has claimed the 2021 European Continental Championship and the 2021 Russian National Championship.[2] He also competed at 86 kilos earlier in his career, claiming the 2017 U23 World Championship.[3]
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Birth name | Алихан Лукманович Жабраилов | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Alikhan Lukmanovich Zhabrailov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia | 14 September 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 97 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editAt the 2017 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, he won the gold medal in the 86 kg event.[4]
In 2020, he won the gold medal in the men's 92 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[5][6]
Zhabrailov came in first at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships in the 97 kg event.[2]
In 2022, he won the silver medal in his event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[7]
He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for the Individual Neutral Athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[8], he missed these games due to the reallocations by the other NOCs.
Achievements
editYear | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2019 | World Championships | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Freestyle 92 kg |
2021 | European Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 1st | Freestyle 97 kg |
Freestyle record
editReferences
edit- ^ "Чеченские борцы завоевали золотые медали за победу в Кубке мира | Информационное агентство "Грозный-Информ"". www.grozny-inform.ru (in Russian). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b Iveson, Ali (20 April 2021). "Three Russian golds at European Wrestling Championships and Olympic champion Akgül through to final". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Алихан Жабраилов – новичок в компании искушенных фаворитов - Новости в стране, Официальный сайт Дагестанской борьбы". wrestdag.ru (in Russian). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (25 November 2017). "Georgia's Petriashvili strikes gold at Under-23 World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (17 December 2020). "Russia claim four freestyle golds as UWW Individual World Cup continues". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
External links
edit- Alikhan Zhabrailov at the International Wrestling Database