Bilyal Makhov
He originally won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 120 kg category but was upgraded to joint gold medallist with Komeil Ghasemi of Iran in 2020, when retesting of samples revealed both finalists had used illegal substances.[1] On 25 April 2015, it was announced that Makhov had signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to compete in the heavyweight division.Makhov decided to continue to wrestle in the hope to medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] After the 2016 Summer Olympics, Makhov did not fight in the UFC due to long-term health issues caused by a mercury poisoning he had suffered in 2008.[3] The first wrestler in 42 years to win a medal at the same world championships in both freestyle and Greco-Roman (the last person to accomplish this was Jan Karlsson in 1973).
2016 Summer OlympicsRussianNalchikKabardino-BalkariaWrestlingFreestyleGreco-Romanfreestyle wrestlingRussiaOlympic Games2012 London120 kgWorld Championships2007 Baku2009 Herning2010 Moscow2011 Istanbul2015 Las Vegas2010 BakuGreco-Roman wrestling2014 TashkentKabardianRussian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships2012 Summer Olympicsmen's 120 kgKomeil GhasemiUltimate Fighting Championshipheavyweight divisionRio de JaneiroAli Aliyev MemorialJan Karlsson2015 Russian National ChampionUnited World WrestlingSherdogOlympics.comOlympediaAleksandr MedvedSoslan AndiyevBruce BaumgartnerDavid GobejishviliMahmut DemirDavid MusulbesArtur TaymazovBakhtiyar AkhmedovGhasemiTaha AkgülGable StevesonGeno PetriashviliLadislau ȘimonSalman HashimikovAlireza SoleimaniAndreas SchröderZekeriya GüçlüAlexis RodríguezStephen NealAydın PolatçıAleksey ShemarovKhadzhimurat GatsalovAmir Hossein ZareShota LomidzePetar IvanovJózsef BallaZaza TurmanidzeMirabi ValiyevAndrey ShumilinMarek GarmulewiczKura KuramagomedovAli IsaevFatih Çakıroğlu