Background and career
Magomed Idrisovich Ibragimov (Russian: Магомед Идрисович Ибрагимов; born 2 June 1985) is a Russian-born naturalized Uzbekistani former wrestler of Avar descent, who competes in the heavyweight freestyle division. He is the 2016 Olympic and 2018 Asian Games bronze medalist.
Ibragimov took up wrestling at age 12 in Makhachkala, Russia, and studied at the Dagestan State Pedagogical University there.
Ibragimov initially represented Russia, but in 2016 received Uzbekistani citizenship. He was selected for the 2016 Olympics in May 2016 by winning the second place at the qualification tournament in Ulaanbaatar. He won bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics, with victories over the two-time World champion Reza Yazdani (fall), 2012 Olympic medalist Valeriy Andriytsev (6-4) in the repechage rounds.
