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Khasan Khalmurzaev

Khasan Khalmurzaev

Russian judoka (born 1993)


Khasan Magometovich Khalmurzaev (Russian: Хасан Магометович Халмурзаев; born 9 October 1993) is a Russian judoka. Khasan won the gold medal in the –81 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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At the 2017 World Judo Championships, Khalmurzaev lost the fight to Alexander Wieczerzak in the semifinals, but won the third-place match against Otgonbaataryn Uuganbaatar.[1]

Personal life

Khalmurzaev has a twin brother, Khusen, who is a judoka, too.[2][3] He also has three older sisters and an older brother. Their father died when Khasan was 14 years old.[4]

Khalmurzaev serves in the separate battalion of the Patrol-Guard Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Ingueshetia. He is a police sergeant.[5]

Khasan married Zalina in Nasyr-Kort, Ingushetia, on 17 September 2017.[6]

Awards

  • Order of Friendship (25 August 2016) — for high sports achievements at the 21st Summer Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), for his will for victory and sense of purpose.[7]
  • Medal "For Service Virtue" (MIA)[5]

References

  1. "Халмурзаев: в четвертьфинале я получил травму левой руки и не мог сжать кулак". championat.com (in Russian). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. Oleg Bogatov (25 June 2016). "Дзюдоист Халмурзаев: когда зазвучал гимн России, еле сдерживал слезы" [Judoka Khalmurzaev: I can hardly fight back my tears after hearing the Russian Hymn] (in Russian). R-Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. "Judobase.org". judobase.ijf.org. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

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