Islam Lechiyevich Dudaev (; born 15 January 1995) is a Russian-born Albanian wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.
Career
In 2022, Dudaev won one of the bronze medals in the men's 65 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He also won one of the bronze medals in the 74kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.
Dudaev won the gold medal in the men's 65kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Dudaev was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. A month later, he earned a quota place for Albania for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.
On 22 August, the Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov presented apartments to natives of the republic, the winner and bronze medalist of the Paris Olympics Razambek Zhamalov and Islam Dudaev.
Achievements
YearTournamentLocationResultEvent 2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 3rdFreestyle 65kgMediterranean GamesOran, Algeria 3rdFreestyle 74kg 2024European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania 1stFreestyle 65kg2024 Summer OlympicsParis, France 3rdFreestyle 65kg
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