Dzhabrail Gadzhiev

Dzhabrail Gadzhiradzhabovich Gadzhiev (Джабраил Гаджираджабович Гаджиев; born 18 February 2002 in Dagestan) is a Russian-born Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler of Lezgin heritage, who claimed the gold medal at the 2023 CIS Games and 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.

Background
Gadzhiev was born and raised in Akhty village, Akhtynsky District, Dagestan, Russia into a Lezgin family. He started wrestling at young age in Abdulali Ganiev's wrestling club. At the age of 17 he moved to Baku, Azerbaijan.

Career
In June 2019, he won the silver medal at the cadet European championships in Faenza, Italy. In July 2019, he earned the gold medal at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan. In July 2019, Gadzhiev claimed the gold medal for Azerbaijan team at the cadet world championships in Sofia, Bulgaria In May 2021, he won the Roman Dmitriyev's junior international tournament in Yakutsk, Russia and the U23 European championships at 65 kilos, held in Skopje, North Macedonia. In June 2021, he finished in first place at the European Junior Championships in Dortmund, Germany In August 2021, he came second at the 2021 World Junior Championships in Ufa, Russia at 70kg. In December 2021, he became a runner-up at the senior Azerbaijan national championships at 74 kilos. In 2022, Dzhabrail won the U23 European Championships for the second time at 74 kilos. In 2023, he took the gold medal at the CIS Games in Belarus.

Championships and achievements

 * 2019 Cadet European Championships — 2nd.
 * 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival — 1st.
 * 2019 Cadet World Championships — 1st.
 * 2021 U23 European championships — 1st.
 * 2021 Junior European championships — 1st.
 * 2021 World Junior Championships — 2nd.
 * 2021 Azerbaijan national championships — 2nd.
 * 2022 U23 European championships — 1st.
 * 2023 CIS Games — 1st.