Kamal Khan-Magomedov
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Full name | Kamal Haji-Kurbanovich Khan-Magomedov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Kamal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality |
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Born |
17 June 1986 (age 32) Derbent, Dagestan, USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | -66 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Sadiq Abdulov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kamal Haji-Kurbanovich Khan-Magomedov (Russian: Камал Гаджи-Курба́нович Хан-Магомедов; born 17 June 1986 in Derbent, Dagestan, Russia) is a Russian judoka[1] of Tabasaran descent.
Career
During his early career, he trained at Derbent Sports School No.3 under Sadiq Abdulov. Khan-Magomedov's introduction to the sport of judo was indirect, thinking it was karate: "In our city we did not know what judo was, we were thinking that it was karate, so we went to karate, but it was judo."[2]
Khan-Magomedov won silver in -66 kg at the 2013 European Judo Championships after being defeated by 2012 Olympics Champion Lasha Shavdatuashvili of Georgia. He then won bronze in the -66 kg final category at the 2014 World Judo Championships.
Khan-Magomedov won gold in -66 kg at the inaugural 2015 European Games defeating Frenchman Loïc Korval in the finals held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3]
He plans to set up a business after completing his career.
References
- ↑ "Kamal Khan-Magomedov, Judoka". judoinside.com.
- ↑ "Kamal Khan-Magomedov takes the European title". Judoinside.
- ↑ "Result: Russia's Kamal Khan-Magomedov races to judo gold". Sports Mole.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kamal Khan-Magomedov. |
- Kamal Khan-Magomedov Sports Bio
- Khan-Magomedov on JudoInside.com