Ruslan Ashuraliyev
Ruslan Nuraliyevich Ashuraliyev (Russian: Руслан Нуралиевич Ашуралиев, 20 February 1950 – 27 November 2009) was a Russian freestyle wrestler who won world titles in 1974 and 1975 and placed second in 1973. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished third and fourth, respectively. Ashuraliyev took up wrestling in 1965 and later won five Soviet titles, in 1971, 1973–74 and 1976–77. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach, and also served two terms in the parliament of Dagestan. From 2000 until his death in 2009, he headed the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute in Makhachkala. References 1950 births 2009 deaths Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Russian male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in wrestling Sportspeople from Makhachkala Ossetian people Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Champions World Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Russian people