Dzhabrail Gadzhiev

Dzhabrail Gadzhiradzhabovich Gadzhiev (Russian: Джабраил Гаджираджабович Гаджиев; born 18 February 2002[2] in Dagestan) is a Russian-born Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler of Lezgin heritage, who claimed the gold medal at the 2023 CIS Games and 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.

Dzhabrail Gadzhiev
Джабраил Гаджиев
Personal information
Full nameDzhabrail Gadzhiradzhabovich Gadzhiev
NationalityRussian
Azerbaijani
Born (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002
Akhty, Dagestan, Russia[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country Azerbaijan
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubAbdulali Ganiev's wrestling club[2]
Coached byVakhid Mamedov[1]
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  Azerbaijan
CIS Games
2023 Soligorsk74 kg
U23 European Championships
2021 Skopje70 kg
2022 Plovdiv74 kg
2024 Baku74 kg
European Junior Championships
2021 Dortmund74 kg
World Junior Championships
2021 Ufa70 kg
European Youth Olympic Festival
2019 Baku65 kg
Cadet World Championships
2019 Sofia65 kg
Cadet European Championships
2019 Faenza65 kg

Background

Gadzhiev was born and raised in Akhty village, Akhtynsky District, Dagestan, Russia into a Lezgin family.[3] He started wrestling at young age in Abdulali Ganiev's wrestling club.[2] At the age of 17 he moved to Baku, Azerbaijan.[1]

Career

In June 2019, he won the silver medal at the cadet European championships in Faenza, Italy.[4] In July 2019, he earned the gold medal at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan.[5] In July 2019, Gadzhiev claimed the gold medal for Azerbaijan team at the cadet world championships in Sofia, Bulgaria[6] In May 2021, he won the Roman Dmitriyev's junior international tournament in Yakutsk, Russia[7] and the U23 European championships at 65 kilos, held in Skopje, North Macedonia.[8] In June 2021, he finished in first place at the European Junior Championships in Dortmund, Germany[9] In August 2021, he came second at the 2021 World Junior Championships in Ufa, Russia at 70kg.[10] In December 2021, he became a runner-up at the senior Azerbaijan national championships at 74 kilos.[11] In 2022, Dzhabrail won the U23 European Championships for the second time at 74 kilos.[12] In 2023, he took the gold medal at the CIS Games in Belarus.[13]

Championships and achievements

References
  1. "Джабраил ГАДЖИЕВ: У меня есть мечта – выиграть Олимпиаду". azerisport.com. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  2. "Джабраил Гаджиев: «Я верю в себя, это очень важно»". wrestdag.ru. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  3. "Джабраил Гаджиев - чемпион Европы по вольной борьбе". flnka.ru. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  4. "EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". uww.org. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  5. Boys freestyle 65 kg results
  6. "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". uww.org. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  7. "Определились победители и призеры "Мемориала Романа Дмитриева — 2021" в Якутске". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  8. "2021 U23 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". uww.org. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  9. "2021 JUNIOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". uww.org. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  10. "2021 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". uww.org. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  11. "Шестеро чемпионов Азербайджана". azerisport.com. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  12. "U23 2022 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". uww.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  13. "Семь золотых медалей выиграли российские вольники U-23 на Играх СНГ". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
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