Bakhtiyar Akhmedov
Bakhtiyar Shakhabutdinovich Akhmedov is a Russian wrestler of Kumyk descent.
Akhmedov competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in 120 kg category. In the finals, he lost to Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan and was awarded silver medal. However, Taymazov was later stripped of his medal due to a positive doping test, thus Akhmedov was awarded gold.