Elmadi Zhabrailov

Elmadi Zhabrailov
Personal information
Born 6 September 1965 (1965-09-06) (age 53)
Khasavyurt, Russia
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Sport
Sport Freestyle wrestling
Club Dynamo Almaty[1][2]
Coached by Lukman Zhabrailov (brother)[2][3]

Elmadi Zaynaydiyevich Zhabrailov (Russian: Эльмади Зайнайдиевич Жабраилов; born 6 September 1965) is a freestyle wrestler of Chechen origin, who competed for the Soviet Union and then Kazakhstan. His elder brother Lukman prepared him for the 1992 Olympics, where Elmadi won a silver medal, losing the final bout to Kevin Jackson via a controversial decision.[4] At the next Olympics the brothers competed against each other, and Elmadi won, but placed only sixth overall.[1]

Outside Olympics, Zhabrailov won the word middleweight title in 1989, placing second in 1995, the European title in 1991, and the Asian title in 1995. After retiring from competitions he headed the federal state institution Minmeliovodhoz in Dagestan, Russia.[1]

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