Salman Alkhazurovich Hashimikov (Russian: Салман Алхазурович Хасимиков), also spelled Hasimikov or Khasimikov (4 May 1952 – 28 May 2025), was a Soviet heavyweight wrestler. A Chechen from Russia, he won two European and four World Championship gold medals in freestyle wrestling (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983). He had also won European and World gold as a Junior in 1970–71. After an unsuccessful business career, Salman spent five years as a professional wrestler in Japan at New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). There he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Big Van Vader in May 1989.
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4 May 1953 (age 72) Kazakhstan
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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