Shamil Mamedov

Shamil Alievich Mamedov (Шамиль Алиевич Мамедов; born 8 February 2001) is a Russian amateur wrestler of Lezgin ethnicity, who claimed the senior world bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships. He wrestles at the 65 kg category on the international circuit. 2x Russian national champion.

Background
Shamil was born in the town of Belidzhi, Dagestan, Russia. He started wrestling at the age of 6 under his first coach, Minazhudin Kudiev. In his high school years, he moved to Makhachkala and joined the Gamid Gamidov wrestling club. Mamedov is coached by Dzhamal Aliev and Vagif Kaziev.

Age-group
In 2018, he made the cadet world team and competed at the cadet world championships in Zagreb, Croatia, but he came in fifth.

In 2021, he won the Junior Russian nationals at 65 kg and made the world team, where he came in first at the 2021 World Junior Wrestling Championships, in the final match he beat Ziraddin Bayramov of Azerbaijan.

2022
After the junior world title, On January 28, 2022, he made his senior debut at the Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022, where he placed first at 65 kg. In the final match, he was victorious against his countryman, Ramazan Ferzaliev. One month later, he earned a gold medal at the Yasar Dogu 2022, becoming winner over Olympian Morteza Ghiasi of Iran, world bronze medalist Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga from Mongolia and Russia's world champion Zagir Shakhiev. He met an Olympic bronze medalist Gadzhimurad Rashidov in the final bout of Russian tournament "Spartakiad" in Kazan, on August 26. He won the bout by scores.

2023
In the beginning of 2023 he won the Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2023, in the final he faced Gadzhimurad Rashidov again, and won in a close match. On April 26, Shamil met three-time world champion Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan at Poddubny Wrestling League 4, that was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He won the match by the score 7-2. On June 21, he took first place at the 2023 Russian National Championships that were held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan. In the final match he beat his teammate Ibragim Ibragimov by the score 8-2. On September 18, he competed at the 2023 World Championships, where he lost to his countryman Ismail Musuakev (Hungary), but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Rahman Amouzad of Iran.

2024
In April, he placed first at the Russian nationals, in the final match he over world champion Abasgadzhi Magomedov. In June, he got a quota place for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, as an independent neutral athlete.

Championships and achievements

 * 2021 Russian junior nationals — 1st;
 * 2021 World junior championships — 1st;
 * 2022 GP Ivan Yarygin — 1st;
 * 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament — 1st;
 * 2022 Russian Spartakiad — 1st;
 * 2023 GP Ivan Yarygin — 1st;
 * 2023, 2024 Russian national championships — 1st;
 * 2023 World championships — 3rd;