Bekkhan Ozdoev

Bekkhan Ozdoev
Бекхан Оздоев

Personal information
Full name	Bekkhan Abdurakhmanovich Ozdoev
Nationality	Russian
Ethnicity	Ingush
Born	(1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 Ingushetia, Russia
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Greco-Roman
Coached by	S. Novakovsky, Y. Yusofov, Y, P. Voronin
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Russia European Championships 2018 Kaspiysk 87 kg Russian Championships 2018 Odintsovo 87 kg 2015 Saint Petersburg 85 kg 2014 Ramenskoye 80 kg Ivan Poddubny Memorial 2018 Krasnodar 67 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Poddubny 2018 Krasnodar 87 kg 2016 Tyumen 85 kg 2014 Tyumen 80 kg

Bekkhan Abdurakhmanovich Ozdoev (Russian: Бекхан Абдрахманович Оздоев; born 15 May, 1993 in Ingushetia)^[1] is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler of Ingush descent who wrestles in the 87kg weight category.^[2]

Early Life

Ozdoev began wrestling because he described the sport as the most courageous, the most beautiful and the most unexpectedly impressive sport. He decided to start training in greco-roman wrestling because his elder brother Khamzat, and his neighbors were also engaged in the sport. Ozdoev began wrestling under Askhab Belkharoev in the small village of Galashki, Ingushetia. After several years, Ozdoev decided to move to Rostov-on-Don to continue with education and to train wrestling where he became a successful wrestler at cadet and junior level.^[3]

2018 European Championships

Ozdoev competed at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships in Kaspiysk, Dagestan. Ozdoev faced Matuzevičius of Lithuania in Round of 32, and won by 11-2 technical fall, then faced former two-time European Championships bronze medalist Artur Shahinyan of Armenia, Ozdoev beat Shahinyan by 9-1, resulting in another technical fall. Ozdoev next faced World silver medalist Denis Kudla and won by fall. In the semi-finals, Ozdoev beat Islam Abbasov by 4-3 score. In the final match, Ozdoev faced Georgian wrestler, Robert Kobliashvili, but lost by the score of 3-2, ultimately winning the silver medal.

2018 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships

Ozdoev won gold at the 2018 Russian National Championships; defeating three former-Olympic gold championships in the process. Ozdoev firstly defeated Aleksey Mishin, an Olympic champion from the 2004 Summer Olympics, then defeated 2012 Olympic champion, Alan Khugayev. In the final match, Ozdoev defeated reigning 2016 Olympic champion Davit Chakvetadze by 10-0 tech fall, thus making Ozdoev a two-time Russian national champion and securing Ozdoev's place to wrestle at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[4]

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