Bilyal Makhov

Russian wrestler

ビリャル・マホフ · 빌랼 마호프

Born

20 September 1987, Nalchik

Citizenship

Russia

Sport

freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling

Discipline

wrestling

Occupation

amateur wrestler

Height

201 cm (6 ft 7 in)

Weight

120 kg (265 lb)

Team / club

CSKA Moscow

Bilyal Valerievich Makhov (Russian: Билял Валерьевич Махов, Kabardian: Махуэ Билал Валерий и къуэ; born 20 September 1987 in Nalchik) is a Russian freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestler. He was the Russian champion in 2007 and 2010, European champion in 2010 and World champion in 2007, 2009 and 2010 in Men's Freestyle 120 kg wrestling and bronze medalist in 130 kg Greco-Roman Wrestling at the World Championships in 2014 and 2015. In 2015, he won the Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships.

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. In September 2021, Makhov was himself banned for four years after an anti-doping violation.

Competitions

Awards and honours

• Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords

External links

• Wikipedia
• Sherdog
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q861864 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.