Aliyev (left) at the 1960 Olympics
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Full name | Ali Zurkanaevich Aliev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ethnicity | Avar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Choh, Gunibsky District, Dagestan ASSR, Soviet Union |
29 November 1937||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 January 1995 Moscow, Russia |
(aged 57)||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Dagestan ASSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ali Zurkanaevich Aliev (Russian: Али Зурканаевич Алиев; born 29 November 1937 – 7 January 1995) was an Avar Dagestani born-Soviet Union freestyle wrestler. He won five world titles and was the first wrestler from Dagestan to win a world title in freestyle wrestling. He competed in the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and placed fourth-sixth. After his death the Russian wrestling federation has hosted the annual Ali Aliev memorial international wrestling meet at the Ali Aliev Wrestling Training Center (Sport Complex) in Kaspiysk, Dagestan.