Acting for the Greek team, the native of Dagestan Dauren Kurugliev won bronze medal in the freestyle wrestling competition at the Olympic Games (in the weight category up to 86 kg.) In the match for third place, Kurugliev defeated Miles Amin from San Marino by a score of 5-4.

It is worth noting that another native of Dagestan Zhavrail Shapiyev, performing for Uzbekistan, lost to Aaron Brooks from the United States with a score of 0-5 in the duel for the bronze medal.