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Sosruko Kodzokov
Sosruko Karalbievich Kodzokov (Russian: Сосруко Каральбиевич Кодзоков; born 17 November 1993) is a Russian-Brazilian Greco-Roman wrestler of Circassian ethnicity, who competes at 87 kilograms. 2024 Pan American champion, 2016 World cup silver medalist.[4] 2017 Russian national champion.[5] BackgroundKodzokov was born on 17 November 1993 into a Circassian family in Atazhukino village, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia.[1] He started wrestling as a child in 2004 under his first coach Khasan Tezadov.[3] Sport careerHe made the European team in 2012, where he competed at the Junior European championships at 84 kilos and won the gold medal.[6] In 2013, he won the gold medal at the Junior world championships, in the final match he defeated Yousef Ghaderian of Iran.[7] During 2016, he took the bronze medal from the Ivan Poddubny grand prix, was runner-up at the World Cup as a Russian team member, bronze medalist in the senior Greco-Roman 85 kg event at the Russian national championships and placer of the Al Rosa tournament in Moscow.[8][4][9][10] In 2017, he became Russian national champion at 85 kilograms, finished with gold medal at the Al Rosa (Moscow lights) tournament and was the finalist at the Oleg Karavayev Memorial in Minsk, Belarus.[5][11][12] In 2018, he won the World Military Championship in 87 kg[13] In 2019, he finished with silver medals at the Russian National Championships and Grand Prix of Germany.[14] In 2020, he was third at the Russian cup.[15] Since 2023, he started competing for Brazil in international level. In November 2023, he took the third place at the Ivan Poddubny ranking series as a Brazilian athlete.[16] In 2024, he won the Pan American Championships, in the final match he beat american Mahmoud Fawzy.[17] Achievements
Personal lifeHe has a younger brother Alikhan, that competes in Greco-Roman wrestling as well.[3] References
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