Adam Batirov
Adam Alavdinovich Batirov (Russian: Адам Алавдинович Бати́ров; born 13 January 1985 in Dagestan) is a Russian and Bahraini freestyle wrestler of Avar heritage. He is a World Cadet Championships runner-up and Cadet European Champion (2002). He thrice won the Ivan Yarygin tournament and is National Russian Freestyle wrestling Champion (2007).[1] In 2009, he won his first European Championships. At the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships he won gold, beating Kumar Vinod of India in the final match.[2][3] He is a 2018 World Championships runner-up.
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| Full name | Adam Alavdinovich Batirov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian Bahraini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 13, 1985 Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65–70 kg (143–154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia Bahrain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Shamil Umakhanov Wrestling Club (им. Шамиля Умаханова) KHK MMA Armor Functional Training Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Saigidpasha Umakhanov, Abdurakhman Mirzaev, Salim Nutsalkhanov, Ali Akhmedov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam is the younger brother of two-time Olympic Champion Mavlet Batirov. After winning 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 1, he competed for Bahrain which led to its qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4] There he lost in the first round to Ikhtiyor Navruzov from Uzbekistan.
At the World Championships 2018, he placed second, in the final match he lost to his countryman Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov by scores.
References
- "Adam bio's". wrestdag.ru. February 21, 2016.
- "Batirov Returns, Spoils Iran's Hopes for Sweep on Final Day of Asian Championships". unitedworldwrestling.org. February 21, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- "2016 Asian Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- "Adam won Qualification for Rio". russiawrestling.ru. April 25, 2016.
External links
- Adam Batirov at the International Olympic Committee
- Adam Batirov at the Olympic Channel
- Adam Batirov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)