Elmadi Zhabrailov

Personal information
Born	6 September 1965 (1965-09-06) (age 58) Khasavyurt, Soviet Union
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 Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle 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

Elmadi Zaynaydiyevich Zhabrailov (Russian: Эльмади Зайнайдиевич Жабраилов; born 6 September 1965) is a Russian 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]

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]

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