[1] In the gold-medal match at the 2015 European Games he defeated Soner Demirtaş of Turkey by technical fall (10–0).
In the rematch of the 2016 Russian Nationals, he beat the three-time world champion Denis Tsargush and won the Olympic Team Trials.
After his win over Bekzod Abdurakhmonov of Uzbekistan in the opening round, he beat Jordan Burroughs of United States in the quarterfinals.
He lost his final match to the Iranian wrestler Hassan Yazdani and was awarded the silver medal.
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