Sharif Sharifov

Sharif Naidhajavovich Sharifov (born 11 November 1988, in Gunukh, Charodinsky District, Dagestan) is a Russian-Azerbaijani former freestyle wrestler.¹

He won the world title at Istanbul in 2011 and the European title in 2019, and finished first at the World Championships while also taking a bronze at the European Championships earlier in his career.¹ At the London Olympics of 2012 he won the gold medal in the 84 kg event, defeating Jaime Espinal of Puerto Rico.¹ At Rio 2016 he won bronze in the 86 kg class, beating Bi Shengfeng and Zbigniew Baranowski, losing to Abdulrashid Sadulaev, and defeating Pedro Ceballos in the repechage.¹ He also took bronze at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku.¹ The Arabic article gives his origin as Avar and his residence as Makhachkala, Russia.²

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