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Islam Matsiev

Russian judoka

이슬람 마치예프

Born
10 December 1973, Starye Atagi
Citizenship
Russia
Sport
judo
Occupation
judoka
Height
168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight
66 kg (146 lb)

Islam Matsiev (born 10 December 1973) is a Russian judoka. At the European Championships in judo, in May 2002 in Slovenia, the bronze medal was won by Matsiev, participating in the weight category 66 kg.

Matsiev has always stressed that he is not the first Chechen who has achieved great results in judo. Example to consider themselves to be Bashir Varaev, who is fourfold European Champion, three-time world championship medalist, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Seoul.

When Bashir Wara conquered the height of World Judo, Matsiev did only the first steps in the sport. He began studying judo at age 10, a student of the Class 4 rural school in Old Atagi. Post-secondary education has decided that the future life will be closely linked with the sport. Enrolled in the Chechen Pedagogical Institute, the department of physical education. Military service was held in Moscow - in the Central Army Sports Club (CSKA).

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1996 Summer Olympics1996
2000 Summer Olympics2000

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q15092025 (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.