Ramazan Şahin (also formerly Ramazan İrbayhanov) (July 8, 1983) is Turkish

Turkey

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 freestyle wrestler of Chechen

Chechen people

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 origin, who has won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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. Member of the Istanbul-based club Tekelspor

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, he is 1.7 m (5.6 ft) tall and weighs 66 kg (145.5 lb).

Born in Makhachkala

Makhachkala

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  in the North Caucasian federal subject Dagestan

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 of the Russian Federation

Russia

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, he emigrated in 2005 to Turkey with the help of his uncle İshak İrbayhanov, manager of the Turkey national freestyle wrestling team. 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.