Shamil Sharipov

Shamil Sharipov is a Russian-born Bahraini wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 125kg event at 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup.

Career

He is the brother of wrestler Magomed Sharipov. He is a trainee of the Makhachkala School of Sports and Recreation, trained by Shamil Omarov. In September 2019 he won a tournament in honour of Khizri Shikhsaidov in Buglen, beating Zelimkhan Khizriev, Rasul Magomedov and Magomedamin Dibirov on his way.
In October 2020, he lost in the final of the Russian Championship to Alan Khugaev under controversial refereeing. In December 2020, he won the individual World Cup in Belgrade, defeating Poland's Robert Baran in the finals.
On 2 February 2024, it was announced that Sharipov would compete for Bahrain.