Zelimkhan Khadjiev | |
Birth Name: | Зелимхан Хаджиев |
Nationality: | n |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1994 |
Birth Place: | Solnichnoe village, Khasavyurtovsky District, Dagestan, Russia |
Height: | 175 cm |
Weight: | 80 kg |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Weight Class: | 74 kg |
Event: | Freestyle |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Zelimkhan Khadjiev (Russian: Зелимхан Хаджиев; born May 20, 1994, in Dagestan) is a Russian-French freestyle wrestler of Chechen heritage. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Sosuke Takatani.[1] [2]
He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[3] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[3]