Akhmedkhan Tembotov
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_at_2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics_by_Sandro_Halank–024.jpg) Tembotov at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | Russian: Ахмедхан Анатольевич Темботов | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Akhmedkhan Anatolevich Tembotov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 2002 Atazhukino village, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia (2017—2022)  Italy (2022—present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 86kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Master of sports[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | "Mandraccio Roma" (Rome)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Anzor Tembotov[4] Ignat Grek | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Akhmedkhan Anatolevich Tembotov (Russian: Ахмедхан Анатольевич Темботов, Italian: Akhmedkhan Tembotov; born 13 September 2002[1]) is a Russian-born Italian freestyle wrestler of Circassian-Kabardian descent. 2018 Youth Olympics gold medalist.[5] 2023 senior Italian champion.[3]
Akhmedkhan was born and raised in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. He started wrestling at age of 8. In high school years, he represented the Republic of Crimea and Kabardino-Balkaria in national championships. Also, he trained in the Olympic training center No.1 in Moscow.[6][7][1][8]
Sport career
He was 2017 U16 National and U16 European champion at 85 kilos.[9][6] In 2018, he came first at the Cadet European Championships in North Macedonia[10] and claimed the 2018 Youth Summer Olympic gold medal at 80 kilograms for the Russian Federation.[5] In 2019, was runner-up at the Russian cadet championships and won the second cadet European title at 80 kilos in Rome, Italy.[11][12] In 2020, he earned the silver medal at the Matteo Pellicone ranking series international tournament.[13] In 2023, Tembotov won the senior Italian national championships at 86 kilos.[3]
