About Salman Hashimikov

Salman Alkhazurovich Hashimikov, also spelled Hasimikov (Russian: Салман Хасимиков) (born 4 May 1953), is a prominent Soviet retired heavyweight wrestler. A Chechen from Russia, he won two European and four World Championship gold medals in freestyle wrestling (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983). He had also won European and World gold as a Junior in 1970–71. After an unsuccessful business career, Salman spent five years as a professional wrestler in Japan at New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). There he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from Big Van Vader in May 1989.