Islam Lechiyevich Dudaev (Russian: Ислам Лечиевич Дудаев; born 15 January 1995) is a Russian-born Albanian wrestler of Chechen origin.[1][2] He won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 65 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.

Islam Dudaev
Personal information
Full nameIslam Lechiyevich Dudaev
NationalityRussian
BornИслам Лечиевич Дудаев
(1995-01-15) 15 January 1995 (age 31)
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class61 kg
Event
Freestyle
ClubUmakhanov WC (им. Умаханова)
Coached byMagomed Guseinov
Achievements and titles
World finals9th (2022)
Regional finals‹See Tfd›Bronze (2022) ‹See Tfd›Gold (2024)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Albania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris65 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Bucharest65 kg
Silver medal – second place2026 Tirana65 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Budapest65 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 Oran74 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Silver medal – second place2026 Antalya70 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Bronze medal – third place2022 Krasnoyarsk65 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place2022 Veliko Tarnovo65 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Sofia65 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2022 Tirana70 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Tirana65 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Budapest65 kg
Representing  Russia
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Bydgoszcz61 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Bucharest65 kg
Ali Aliyev Tournament
Gold medal – first place2018 Kaspisk65 kg
Alexander Medved Prizes
Gold medal – first place2019 Minsk65 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Minsk65 kg
Representing Chechnya Chechnya
Russian National Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Nazran61 kg

Career

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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.[3] He also won one of the bronze medals in the 74 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[4]

Dudaev won the gold medal in the men's 65 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[5] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6] Dudaev was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8][9]

Achievements

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Year Tournament Location Result Event
2022 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Freestyle 65 kg
Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 3rd Freestyle 74 kg
2024 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 1st Freestyle 65 kg
2024 Summer Olympics Paris, France 3rd Freestyle 65 kg

References

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  1. "DUDAEV Islam | United World Wrestling". uww.org.
  2. "Islam Dudaev (Freestyle wrestling) : Prize list and results". www.the-sports.org. Archived from the original on 2022-11-05. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  3. "Freestyle - Seniors - 65 kg - Results" (PDF). uww.org. Retrieved 26 Oct 2025.
  4. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  5. "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  6. 1 2 "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  7. "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  8. "Chechnya's Olympic medalists who competed for other countries were presented with apartments". newdosh.media.
  9. "Нохчийчохь, Дагестанехь петарш ло Олимпиадан спортхошна - уьш къийсалуш бара кхечу пачхьалкхийн тобанашца". Маршо Радио. August 22, 2024.
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