Besik Kudukhov

Besik Kudukhov

Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
	2012 London	60 kg
	2008 Beijing	55 kg
World Championships
	2006 Guangzhou	55 kg
	2007 Baku	55 kg
	2009 Herning	60 kg
	2010 Moscow	60 kg
	2011 Istanbul	60 kg
European Championships
	2007 Sofia	55 kg

Besik Serodinovich Kudukhov (Russian: Бесик Серoдинович Кудухов; 15 August 1986 – 29 December 2013) was a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he won bronze in his category (55 kg). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he improved to win a silver medal in the 60 kg freestyle division.

Kudukhov was born in Tskhilon, Georgia. He was an Olympic finalist in 2012 and was considered one of the most dominant wrestlers in modern wrestling history. He was a world champion four times across two weight classes winning every world championship he competed in from 2007 to 2011. He was a finalist in the 2006 World Championships in Guangzhou, China at the age of 20. He was also a European Champion in 2007.

Kudukhov died on 29 December 2013 in a car crash on a federal highway in southern Russia between Krasnodar Krai and Vladikavkaz.

External links

• sports-reference.com