Rustam Kazakov

{{Short description|Soviet wrestler (born 1947)}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalCountry | the {{URS}} }} {{MedalSport | Men's wrestling}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold| 1972 Munich |57 kg}} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Rustem Kazakov''' (born 2 January 1947) is a former Soviet wrestler of Crimean Tatar heritage, Olympic Champion, born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR and affiliated with VS Tashkent.

He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the ''bantamweight'' class. He is also two times world champion in 1969 and 1971. <ref name=sports-ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/rustam-kazakov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203142930/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/rustam-kazakov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2013 | title=Profile: Rustem Kazakov |publisher=sports-reference.com |accessdate=11 March 2009}}</ref>

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