Khetag Gazyumov

Khetag Gazyumov

Gazyumov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	24 April 1983 (1983-04-24) (age 33) Suadag, North Ossetia, Russia
Education	Gorsky State Agrarian University
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle
Club	Atasport
Coached by	Firdovsi Umudov Marik Tedeyev Magomed Aliomarov
Medal record Representing  Azerbaijan Summer Olympics 2008 Beijing 96 kg 2012 London 96 kg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 97 kg World Championships Herning 2009 96 kg Moscow 2010 96 kg Budapest 2013 96 kg Tashkent 2014 97 kg Las Vegas 2015 97 kg European Championship Vilnius 2009 96 kg Baku 2010 96 kg Dortmund 2011 96 kg Vantaa 2014 97 kg European Games Baku 2015 97 kg

Khetag Gazyumov (also Gozyumov, Ossetian: Гозымты Русланы фырт Хетæг, Russian: Хетаг Русланович Гозюмов, Azerbaijani: Xetaq Qazümov; born 24 April 1983) is retired Russian and Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler of Ossetian origin. Competing in the 96 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.