Adam Batirov
Adam Alavdinovich Batirov (Russian: Адам Алавдинович Бати́ров, Avar: ГӀалаудинил Адам Батиров; born 13 January 1985) is a Russian and Bahraini former freestyle wrestler. He is a world cadet championships runner-up and Cadet European Champion (2002). He thrice won the Ivan Yarygin tournament and was 2007 national Russian national champion. In 2009, he won his first European Championships. At the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal, where he beat Kumar Vinod of India in the final match. He is a 2018 World Championships runner-up.
Adam is the younger brother of two-time Olympic Champion Mavlet Batirov. After winning 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 1, he competed for Bahrain which led to its qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics. There he lost in the first round to Ikhtiyor Navruzov from Uzbekistan.
At the 2018 World Championships, he placed second, in the final match he lost to his countryman Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov by scores.
References
External links
- Adam Batirov at United World Wrestling
- Adam Batirov at the International Wrestling Database
- Adam Batirov at Olympics.com
- Adam Batirov at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Adam Batirov at Olympic.org (archived)
- Adam Batirov at Olympedia
- Adam Batirov on Instagram