Ramazan Şahin

Ramazan Şahin (born Ramzan Irbaikhanov, Russian: Рамзан Ирбайханов, on 8 July 1983) is a Russian-Turkish freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent.^[3] He won gold medals at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 European Championships, and 2008 Summer Olympics, placing fifth in 2012. From February 2019 head coach of Turkmenistan national wrestling team.

Ramazan Şahin
Рамзан Ирбайханов

Şahin with coaches at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Ramzan Irbaikhanov
Full name	Ramzan Ismailovich Irbaikhanov
Nationality	Russian Turkish
Born	(1983-07-08) 8 July 1983 (age 41)[1][2] Makhachkala, Russia[2]
Height	1.70 m (5.6 ft)[1][2]
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Club	Istanbul BB SK
Coached by	Isac Irbaykhanov (from 1995) Adem Bereket (from 2006)[1]
Now coaching	Turkmenistan
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Turkey Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 66 kg World Championships 2007 Baku 66 kg European Championships 2008 Tampere 66 kg 2007 Sofia 66 kg

Career

He competed for the Istanbul-based club Tekelspor,^[4] and then transferred to İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.^[5]

Born in Khasavyurt in the North Caucasian federal subject Dagestan of the Soviet Union, he emigrated in 2005 to Turkey with the help of his uncle İshak İrbayhanov, manager of the Turkey national freestyle wrestling team.^[6] In 2006, Ramazan was naturalized with the initiative of Mehmet Ali Şahin, then Minister responsible for Sports and changed his family name to Şahin in respect of his patron.^[7]

Coach career

After the completion of his sports career was one of the coaches of the Turkish national team.

In February 2019 he headed the national team of Turkmenistan in wrestling.^[8]