Islam Kurbanovich Magomedov (, ); born 8 February 1991 in Makhachkala) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler of Dargin descent. He is a two-time Junior Greco-Roman World Champion and gold medalist at the 2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships. On 12 June 2015 he won gold medal at the European Games 2015, defeating Ukrainian Dimitriy Timchenko in the final. In the same year Magomedov won bronze medal at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships. Magomedov is International Master of Sports in Greco-Roman Wrestling. He competed at Olympics 2016, but lost in the quarterfinals.

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1991 births

Avar people

Living people

Russian male sport wrestlers

Sportspeople from Makhachkala

European Games gold medalists for Russia

European Games medalists in wrestling

Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games

World Wrestling Championships medalists

Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Olympic wrestlers for Russia

21st-century Russian people

European Wrestling Champions

Islam Magomedov