Ramazan Şahin

Ramazan Şahin (born Ramzan Irbaikhanov, , on 8 July 1983) is a Russian-Turkish freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. He won gold medals at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 European Championsihps, and 2008 Summer Olympics, placing fifth in 2012. From February 2019 head coach of Turkmenistan national wrestling team.

Career 
He competed for the Istanbul-based club Tekelspor, and then transferred to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.

Born in Khasavyurt  in the North Caucasian federal subject Dagestan of the Russian Federation, he emigrated in 2005 to Turkey with the help of his uncle İshak İrbayhanov, manager of the Turkey national freestyle wrestling team. In 2006, Ramazan was naturalized with the initiative of Mehmet Ali Şahin, then Minister responsible for Sports and changed his family name to Şahin in respect of his patron.

Coach career 
After the completion of his sports career was one of the coaches of the Turkish national team. 

In February 2019 he headed the national team of Turkmenistan in wrestling.

References

Category:1983 births
Category:Living people
Category:Turkish Muslims
Category:Olympic wrestlers of Turkey
Category:Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Turkey
Category:Turkish people of Chechen descent
Category:Olympic medalists in wrestling
Category:Chechen martial artists
Category:Chechen people
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:European champions for Turkey
Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Turkish male sport wrestlers