Sosruko Karalbievich Kodzokov (Russian: Сосруко Каральбиевич Кодзоков; born 17 November 1993) is a Russian-Brazilian Greco-Roman wrestler of Circassian ethnicity, who competes at 87 kilograms. 2024 Pan American champion, 2016 World cup silver medalist.[4] 2017 Russian national champion.[5]
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| Native name | Russian: Сосруко Каральбиевич Кодзоков | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Sosruko Karalbievich Kodzokov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1993 Atazhukino, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia (2012-2021)  Brazil (2023 — present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 87 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | International Master of sports[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Yarygin's martial arts palace (Moscow)[3] Olympic training center Nº 64 (Moscow) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Anzor Kardanov Sergey Shevyrev Samvel Danielyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editKodzokov was born on 17 November 1993 into a Circassian family in Atazhukino village, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia.[1] He started wrestling as a child in 2004 under his first coach Khasan Tezadov.[3]
Sport career
editHe made the European team in 2012, where he competed at the Junior European championships at 84 kilos and won the gold medal.[6] In 2013, he won the gold medal at the Junior world championships, in the final match he defeated Yousef Ghaderian of Iran.[7] During 2016, he took the bronze medal from the Ivan Poddubny grand prix, was runner-up at the World Cup as a Russian team member, bronze medalist in the senior Greco-Roman 85 kg event at the Russian national championships and placer of the Al Rosa tournament in Moscow.[8][4][9][10] In 2017, he became Russian national champion at 85 kilograms, finished with gold medal at the Al Rosa (Moscow lights) tournament and was the finalist at the Oleg Karavayev Memorial in Minsk, Belarus.[5][11][12] In 2018, he won the World Military Championship in 87 kg[13] In 2019, he finished with silver medals at the Russian National Championships and Grand Prix of Germany.[14] In 2020, he was third at the Russian cup.[15] Since 2023, he started competing for Brazil in international level. In November 2023, he took the third place at the Ivan Poddubny ranking series as a Brazilian athlete.[16] In 2024, he won the Pan American Championships, in the final match he beat american Mahmoud Fawzy.[17]
Achievements
edit- 2012 Junior European Championships — 1st;
- 2013 Junior World Championships — 1st;
- 2016, 2018 Ivan Poddubny grand prix — 3rd;
- 2016 World Cup — 2nd;
- 2016 Russian National Championships — 3rd;
- 2016 Al Rosa — 1st;
- 2017 Russian National Championships — 1st;
- 2017 Al Rosa — 1st;
- 2017 Oleg Karavayev Memorial — 2nd;
- 2018 World Military Championship — 1st;
- 2019 Russian National Championships — 2nd;
- 2019 Grand Prix of Germany — 2nd;
- 2020 Russian Cup — 3rd;
- 2023 Brazilian National Championships — 1st;
- 2023 Ivan Poddubny ranking series — 3rd;
- 2024 Pan American Championships — 1st;
Personal life
editHe has a younger brother Alikhan, that competes in Greco-Roman wrestling as well.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Борца из КБР Сосруко Кодзокова назвали лучшим спортсменом прошлого года в Москве". nalchik.bezformata.com. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "КОДЗОКОВ Сосруко Каральбиевич". minsport.gov.ru. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Сосруко Кодзоков - лучший спортсмен Москвы". nalchik.bezformata.com. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Сборная России по греко-римской борьбе - серебряный призер Кубка мира-2016". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Адам Курак, Александр Чехиркин, Сосруко Кодзоков и Муса Евлоев - чемпионы России по греко-римской борьбе-2017". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Сборная России по греко-римской борьбе победила в командном зачете чемпионата Европы среди юниоров". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Сергей Семёнов, Сосруко Кодзоков и Абуязид Манцигов - чемпионы мира среди юниоров по греко-римской борьбе". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ "Поддубный-2016: Ибрагим Лабазанов, Евгений Салеев, Валерий Гусаров и Иосиф Чугошвили победители первого дня турнира (+протоколы)". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Грозный-2016: Давит Чакветадзе защитил титул чемпиона России в категориии до 85 кг. Ибрагим Лабазанов выиграл в весе до 59 кг". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Кубок Алроса:-2016: сборная России - победитель турнира по греко-римской борьбе (ВИДЕО!)". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "ON-LINE! Кубок Алроса-2017. Сборная России по греко-римской борьбе в третьем круге победила Венгрию и одержала победу на турнире". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ "Сборная России по греко-римской борьбе - вторая на Кубке Караваева в Минске". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Russia Dominates Greco-Roman, Aliyev Tops Labazanov". uww.org. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Давит Чакветадзе, Александр Комаров и Виталий Щур - чемпионы России-2019". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Сборная Санкт-Петербурга победила в общекомандном зачете Кубка России по греко-римской борьбе. Результаты". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Результаты PWL Ranking series". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Сосруко Кодзоков победил всех "американцев"". smikbr.ru. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
External links
edit- Sosruko Kodzokov at the International Wrestling Database
- Sosruko Kodzokov at the International Wrestling Database
