Islambek Albiev Исламбек Альбиев | |
Fullname: | Islambek Tsilimovich Albiev |
Nickname: | The Professor mat |
Citizenship: | Russian |
Nationality: | Chechen |
Hometown: | Grozny Moscow |
Birth Date: | December 28, 1988 |
Birth Place: | Grozny, Chechen-Ingush ASSR |
Height: | 1.63m (05.35feet) |
Weight: | 66kg (146lb) |
Country: | Russia |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Event: | Greco-Roman |
Club: | CSKA Wrestling Club Olympic Village-80[1] |
Rank: | Grand Master of Sports |
Coach: | Umatgirey Tavbulatov |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Islambek Tsilimovich Albiev (ru|Исламбек Цилимович Альбиев, ce|СаӀид-Цилиман кӀант Альбиев Ислам-Бека; born December 28, 1988, in Chechnya)[2] is a Russian wrestler of Chechen descent, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling. Albiev is a World champion (2009) and two-time European champion (2009 and 2016).