Zelimkhan Khadjiev

Zelimkhan Khadjiev
Zelimkhan Khadjiev
Personal information
Birth nameЗелимхан Хаджиев
Nationality Russian
 France
Born (1994-05-20) 20 May 1994
Solnichnoe village, Khasavyurtovsky District, Dagestan, Russia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country France
SportWrestling
Weight class74 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  France
European Championships
2018 Kaspiysk74 kg
2019 Bucharest74 kg
2025 Bratislava79 kg
Grand Prix
2025 Zagreb79 kg
2025 Nice79 kg
European U23 Championships
2017 Szombathely74 kg
Junior World Championships
2014 Zagreb74 kg
Junior European Championships
2013 Skopje74 kg
Cadet European Championships
2010 Sarajevo58 kg

Zelimkhan Khadjiev (Russian: Зелимхан Хаджиев; born May 20, 1994, in Dagestan) is a Russian-French freestyle wrestler of Chechen heritage. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Sosuke Takatani.

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.