Khadzhimurat Akkayev at 13 years of age.

Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkayev (Russian: Хаджимурат Магомедович Аккаев) (born March 27, 1985 in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria)^[1] is aRussian weightlifter.

He competed in the men's 94 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he won a silver medal.^[1] He is 178 cm/5 ft 10 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the 94 kg category, with a total of 402 kg.^[2]

Akkayev has moved up into −105kg weight category as a replacement for Dmitry Lapikov and Dmitry Klokov. He won the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships in Kazan, with a total of 425kg

He became the 2011 World Champion in Paris, beating his compatriot by 2kg with a total of 430kg.