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Khetag Gazyumov
Khetag Gazyumov at the 2016 Summer Olympics awarding ceremony2.jpg
Gazyumov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s) Mustang
Born 24 April 1983 (1983-04-24) (age 40)
Suadag, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Education Gorsky State Agrarian University
Height 180 cm
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Club Atasport
Coached by Firdovsi Umudov
Marik Tedeyev
Magomed Aliomarov
Medal record
Representing  Azerbaijan
Summer Olympics
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Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro 97 kg
Bronze 2008 Beijing 96 kg
Bronze 2012 London 96 kg
World Championships
Gold Moscow 2010 96 kg
Silver Herning 2009 96 kg
Silver Budapest 2013 96 kg
Silver Tashkent 2014 97 kg
Bronze Las Vegas 2015 97 kg
European Games
Gold Baku 2015 97 kg
European Championship
Gold Vilnius 2009 96 kg
Gold Baku 2010 96 kg
Gold Dortmund 2011 96 kg
Silver Vantaa 2014 97 kg

Khetag Gazyumov (also Gozyumov, Ossetian: Гозымты Русланы фырт Хетæг, Gozymty Ruslany fyrt Xetæg; Russian: Хетаг Русланович Гозюмов, Khetag Ruslanovich Gozyumov; Azerbaijani: Xetaq Qazümov; born 24 April 1983) is retired Russian and Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler of Ossetian origin. Competing in the 96 some kg weight category he won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 2016 Rio Games. He also won four gold and four silver medal at the European and world championships in 2009–2014 and a gold medal at the 2015 European Games.

Gazyumov took up wrestling in 1990 and started competing in 1994. He eventually developed a cardiac arrhythmia, which led to his collapse after the quarterfinal match at the 2012 Olympics.

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