Dauren Kurugliev

Dauren Khalidovich Kurugliev (Russian: Даурен Халидович Куруглиев; 12 July 1992) is a Russian-Greek freestyle wrestler of Lezgin ethnicity. He is the 2019 European Games gold medalist and 3x European champion.

Dauren Kurugliev
Kurugliev in 2020
Personal information
Native nameДаурен Халидович Куруглиев
Full nameDauren Khalidovich Kurugliev
NationalityLezgin
Born (1992-07-12) 12 July 1992
Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country Russia (until 2022)
 Greece (2023-present)
SportWrestling
Weight class86 kg
EventFreestyle
ClubGamid Gamidova wrestling club
Coached byGaidar Gaidarov
Achievements and titles
World finals5th (2018)
Regional finalsGold (2017)

Gold (2019)

Gold (2023)
Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Representing  Greece
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Zagreb86 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Bucharest86 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest86 kg
Representing  Russia
Individual World Cup
Gold medal – first place2020 Belgrade86 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2019 Yakutsk86 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Minsk86 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Novi Sad86 kg
Representing Dagestan Dagestan
Russian Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 Naro-Fominsk86 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Odintsovo86 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Ulan-Ude86 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place2022 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
Silver medal – second place2020 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Krasnoyarsk74 kg

Sport career

Kurugliev won junior titles including the Russian Junior National Championships in 2011 and the North Caucasian Federal District championships in 2011 and 2013.[1] He competed in the World Cup 2015 in Los Angeles, California and won all three wrestling matches there; he defeated three-time NCAA All-American champion of the Penn State Nittany Lions Wrestling Ed Ruth from the United States (by fall), Usukhbaatar Purevee of Mongolia and Aleksandr Gostiev of Azerbaijan. After competing in the American World Cup, he lost in the second round of the 2015 Russian Freestyle Wrestling Championships and so quit his participation there. On 5 July 2015, he lost in the final of the Ali Aliyev Memorial, losing there to Shamil Kudiyamagomedov of Russia.[2]

In 2020, he won the gold medal in the men's 86 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4] Since 2023 he started representing Greece in international level and won two European Championships in 2023 and 2024.[5][6]

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[7] He was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[7]

Championships and accomplishments
  • 2011 Russian Junior Nationals Champion
  • 2012 Golden Grand-Prix Ivan Yarygin Bronze Medalist – 84 kg
  • 2013 Heydar Aliyev Memorial 5th – 84 kg
  • 2013 Ramzan Kadyrov & Adlan Varayev Cup Silver Medalist – 84 kg
  • 2013 Intercontinental Cup 5th – 84 kg
  • 2014 Heydar Aliyev Memorial 10th – 86 kg
  • 2014 Golden Grand-Prix Ivan Yarygin 8th – 86 kg
  • 2014 Memorial Ali Aliyev 10th – 86 kg
  • 2014 Intercontinental Cup Bronze Medalist – 86 kg
  • 2014 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling 5th – 86 kg
  • 2015 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin Bronze Medalist - 86 kg
  • 2015 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup 4th – 86 kg
  • 2015 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling 11th – 86 kg
  • 2015 Ali Aliyev Memorial runner-up – 86 kg
  • 2015 Ramzan Kadyrov & Adlan Varayev Cup winner – 86 kg
  • 2015 Intercontinental Cup winner – 86 kg
  • 2016 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin Bronze Medalist – 86 kg
  • 2017 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin Gold Medalist – 86 kg
  • 2017 Yasar Dogu gold medalist – 86 kg
  • 2017 European Championships Gold Medalist – 86 kg
  • 2019 European Games Gold medalist – 86 kg
  • 2023 European Championships Gold Medalist – 86 kg
  • 2024 European Championships Gold Medalist – 86 kg

References
  1. "Dauren Kurugliev". wrestdag.ru. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. "Ali Aliyev memorial results". wrestdag.ru. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. Shefferd, Neil (18 December 2020). "Russia close UWW Individual Championships in style with four more golds on final day". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. "Даурен Куруглиев в шаге от третьего «золота» на чемпионатах Европы". riadagestan.ru. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  6. "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  7. "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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