Elmadi Zhabrailov

Elmadi Zaynaydiyevich Zhabrailov (Russian: Эльмади Зайнайдиевич Жабраилов; born 6 September 1965) is a freestyle wrestler of Chechen origin, who competed for the Soviet Union and then Kazakhstan. His elder brother Lukman prepared him for the 1992 Olympics, where Elmadi won a silver medal, losing the final bout to Kevin Jackson.[4] At the next Olympics the brothers competed against each other, and Elmadi won, but placed only sixth overall.[1]

Elmadi Zhabrailov

Personal information
Born	6 September 1965 (age 55) Khasavyurt, Russia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	Dynamo Almaty[1][2]
Coached by	Lukman Zhabrailov (brother)[2][3]
Medal record Representing  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona -82 kg Representing  Soviet Union World Championships 1989 Martigny -82 kg European Wrestling Championships 1989 Ankara -82 kg 1990 Poznan -82 kg 1991 Stuttgart -82 kg Representing  Kazakhstan World Championships 1995 Atlanta -82 kg Asian Championships 1995 Manila -82 kg

Outside Olympics, Zhabrailov won the word middleweight title in 1989, placing second in 1995, the European title in 1991, and the Asian title in 1995. After retiring from competitions he headed the federal state institution Minmeliovodhoz in Dagestan, Russia.[1]

References

1. Elmadi Zhabrailov. sports-reference.com
2. Эльмади Жабраилов. wsport.su (3 September 2004)
3. Dshabrailov, Elmadi (KAZ). iat.uni-leipzig.de
4. Wrestling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle Archived 6 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com