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Full name | Kamal Haji-Kurbanovich Khan-Magomedov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Kamal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
17 June 1986 (age 30) Derbent, Dagestan, USSR |
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Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | -66 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Sadiq Abdulov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kamal Haji-Kurbanovich Khan-Magomedov (Russian: Камал Гаджи-Курба́нович Хан-Магомедов; born 17 June 1986 in Derbent, Dagestan, Russia) is a Russian judoka. of Tabasaran descent.
During his early career, he trained at Derbent Sports School No.3 under Sadiq Abdulov. Khan-Magomedov's introduction to the sport of judo was indirect, thinking it was karate: "In our city we did not know what judo was, we were thinking that it was karate, so we went to karate, but it was judo."
Khan-Magomedov won silver in -66 kg at the 2013 European Judo Championships after being defeated by 2012 Olympics Champion Lasha Shavdatuashvili of Georgia. He then won bronze in the -66 kg final category at the 2014 World Judo Championships.
Khan-Magomedov won gold in -66 kg at the inaugural 2015 European Games defeating Frenchman Loïc Korval in the finals held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
He plans to set up a business after completing his career.