Koloi Mikailovich Kartoev (Russian: Колой Микаилович Картоев; born 20 February 1990), also known as Selim Yaşar or Zelimkhan Kartoev, is a Russian-Turkish[1][2] former freestyle wrestler, junior and cadet World Champion.[3] He was a runner-up at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships and bronze medalist at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships. He won the gold medal at the Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial XLIX.[4] He is a Turkish national wrestling champion.[5] He won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, losing to Russian Abdulrashid Sadulaev in the final bout. Yaşar was a bronze medalist at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia.[6]

Selim Yaşar
Koloi Kartoev
Зелимхан Картоев
Колой Картоев
Yaşar in 2016
Personal information
Full nameKoloi Mikailovich Kartoev
National team Turkey
CitizenshipRussian
Turkish
Born (1990-02-20) 20 February 1990 (age 36)
Dolakova, Nazranovsky District, Ingushetia, Russia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
Turkey
SportWrestling
RankNumber two in the ranking UWW (in 2015,2016), International Master of Sports.
Event
Freestyle
ClubKrasnodar FS Team
RNO-Alania Wrestling Camp
Coached byAdam Barakhoev, Abdullah Magomedov, Ovik Safaryan (RUS)
Medal record

References

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  1. "YASAR Selim profile page".
  2. "Favorite of World Championships 2015: the weight category 86 kg". wrestdag.ru. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. "Kolo Kartoev is European Junior Champ". allsportinfo.ru. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  4. "Wenceslas Ziolkowski Memorial results". wrestlingua.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  5. "Ingush wrestlers defended the title in Turkey". wrestdag.ru. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  6. "Selim Yaşar, bronz madalya kazandı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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