Besik Kudukhov

Besik Kudukhov
Бесик Кудухов
Personal information
Full nameBesik Serodinovich Kudukhov
Nationality Russian
BornБесик Серодинович Кудухов
(1986-08-15)15 August 1986
Died29 December 2013(2013-12-29) (aged 27)
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Russian
SportWrestling
Weight class55-60 kg
Event
Freestyle
ClubSC Alany
CSKA Moscow
Coached byValentin Gozoev
Aleksey Safronov
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals (2012) (2008)
World finals (2007)

(2009)

(2010)

(2011)

(2006)
Regional finals (2007)
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
2012 London 60 kg
2008 Beijing 55 kg
World Championships
2007 Baku 55 kg
2009 Herning 60 kg
2010 Moscow 60 kg
2011 Istanbul 60 kg
2006 Guangzhou 55 kg
World Cup
2011 Makhachkala 60 kg
2010 Moscow 60 kg
2006 Sari 55 kg
2009 Tehran 60 kg
European Championships
2007 Sofia 55 kg
World Juniors Championships
2005 Vilnius 55 kg
European Cadets Championships
2003 Skopje 50 kg
Representing North Ossetia
Russian National Championships
2012 St.Petersburg 60 kg
2011 Yakutsk 60 kg
2010 Volgograd 60 kg
2009 Kazan 60 kg
2006 Nishnevartovsk 55 kg
2013 Krasnoyarsk 60 kg
Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2008 Krasnoyarsk 55 kg
2007 Krasnoyarsk 55 kg

Besik Serodinovich Kudukhov (Russian: Бесик Серoдинович Кудухов, Ossetian: Къудухты Серодины фырт Бесик; 15 August 1986 – 29 December 2013) was a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent. He won a bronze medal in the 55 kg category at the 2008 Olympics. He also won a silver medal in the 60 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.