Shamil Serikov
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Shamil Serikov (5 March 1956 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR – 22 November 1989) was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.
He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the bantamweight class.[1] Serikov committed suicide in 1989.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Profile: Shamil Serikov". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ "Shamil Serikov". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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- Soviet male sport wrestlers
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- Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic medalists in wrestling
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