Islambek Albiev

Islambek Tsilimovich Albiev (Russian: Исламбек Цилимович Альбиев, Chechen: СаӀид-Цилиман кӀант Альбиев Ислам-Бека; born December 28, 1988 in Chechnya)[2] is a Russian wrestler of Chechen descent, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling. Albiev is a World champion (2009) and two-time European champion (2009 and 2016).

Islambek Albiev
Исламбек Альбиев

Albiev (right) against Rasul Chunayev at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Islambek Tsilimovich Albiev
Nickname(s)	The Professor mat
Citizenship	Russian
Born	December 28, 1988 Grozny, Chechen-Ingush ASSR
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Wrestling
Rank	Grand Master of Sports
Event(s)	Greco-Roman
Club	CSKA Wrestling Club Olympic Village-80[1]
Coached by	Umatgirey Tavbulatov
Medal record Representing the  Russia Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 60 kg World Championships 2009 Herning 60 kg 2013 Budapest 66 kg European Championship 2009 Vilinius 60 kg 2016 Riga 66 kg Summer Universiade Kazan 2013 66 kg

References

1. "Olympic village-80". sport-olimp80.ru. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
2. Kommersant Daily Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)