2024-25 Wrestling Roster

Robert Blakley
Isabel de Oliveira

Shamil Kalmatov

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  • High School Secondary School #58
  • Weight 125 LBS

Biography

2024-25: Earned two wins on the season, a decision over Clarion’s Mason Prinkey on 11/10 and a major decision over Shawn Ryncarz of Morgan State at the Southern Scuffle on 1/4.

2023-24 (Junior) - Wrestled in eight duals at 125 pounds, winning three including a pin of Bucknell's Grayson McLellan on Jan. 21... Totaled three pins for the season along with a win by major decision... Has 16 career victories and five career falls.

2022-23 (Sophomore) - Won five bouts and has 10 career wins... Went 2-2 at the 2023 Messiah Open, including a pin, taking fourth place overall... Helped prepare teammate Jack Maida for the NCAA Championships... Was profiled in the American, the University's alumni magazine, for coming to DC from Kyrgyzstan.

2021-22 (Freshman) - Earned his first collegiate win in an extra match vs. Hofstra’s Mario Biancamano, surging to a 12-1 major-decision victory... Went 2-2 at the Reno Tournament of Champions.

Before AU - Was the Cadet Kyrgyzstan National Champion and Asian Cadet Championships bronze medalist... Competed for the Izabek Wrestling Academy... Candidate of the master of sports in wrestling.

Personal - Majoring in computer science... Father, Daniyar, was a soccer player and won many international tournaments along with a national tournament among government agencies... Brother Aidin is also a wrestler and a champion of Bishkek.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    133 lbs
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    0 lbs
  • 2023-24Junior

    0 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    0 lbs