Khadzhimurat Gatsalov

Khadzhimurat Gatsalov
Gatsalov in 2019
Personal information
Native nameХаджимурат Солтанович Гацалов
Full nameKhadzhimurat Soltanovich Gatsalov
NationalityRussian
Born (1982-12-11) 11 December 1982
North Ossetia–Alania, North Ossetian ASSR
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubCSKA Wrestling Club
American Kickboxing Academy (formerly)
Coached byVladislav Ceboev (1997–)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 96 kg
World Championships
Budapest 2005 96 kg
Guangzhou 2006 96 kg
Baku 2007 96 kg
Herning 2009 96 kg
Budapest 2013 120 kg
Moscow 2010 96 kg
Tashkent 2014 125 kg
European Championships
2003 Riga 96 kg
2004 Ankara 96 kg
2006 Moscow 96 kg
2005 Varna 96 kg
2008 Tampere 96 kg
Updated on 17 September 2008

Khadzhimurat Soltanovich Gatsalov (Russian: Хаджимурат Солтанович Гацалов, born December 11, 1982) is a Russian wrestler.

He won the gold medal in the freestyle 96 kg class in the 2004 Summer Olympics, defeating future UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier in the semi-finals. He won five world medals in the 96 kg class at the FILA Wrestling World Championships. In 2013, he moved up to the 120 kg class and won a gold medal at the FILA Wrestling World Championships. He started his senior level competitive career at 84 kg in 2002 before moving up to 96 kg and 120 kg.

In 2014, Gatsalov became Cormier's training partner ahead of Cormier's fight against Jon Jones at UFC 182.[1]

As of November 2022, Gatsalov was appointed as the head coach of the Russian National Freestyle team.[2]

References

  1. ^ UFC Presents, Bad Blood: Jones vs. Cormier
  2. ^ "Olympic champion Gatsalov named head coach of Russian freestyle wrestling team - Athletistic". athletistic.com. 2022-11-25. Retrieved 2023-05-18.