Islam Magomedov

Islam Kurbanovich Magomedov (Ислам Курбанович Магомедов, Ислам МухӀаммад Къурбаназул вас); born 8 February 1991 in Makhachkala) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler of Dargin descent. He is a two-time Junior Greco-Roman World Champion and gold medalist at the 2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships. On 12 June 2015 he won gold medal at the European Games 2015, defeating Ukrainian Dimitriy Timchenko in the final. In the same year Magomedov won bronze medal at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships. Magomedov is International Master of Sports in Greco-Roman Wrestling. He competed at 2016 Summer Olympics, but lost in the quarterfinals.