Magomed Musaev is a Russian-Kyrgyzstani heavyweight freestyle wrestler of Ingush origin. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and placed seventh and ninth, respectively. Musaev won silver medals at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games.
The European Wrestling Championships is the second oldest international wrestling competition of the modern world and the main wrestling championships in Europe. It predates World Wrestling Championships and other regional wrestling championships and is second only to the wrestling events at the Olympics. From its inception in 1898 till 1927 only Greco-Roman wrestling was contested. Since 1929 separate freestyle wrestling events were held as well. Since 1970 the two Olympic wrestling styles were contested together during the same unified events. Since 1973 Sambo wrestling was included into the championships programme along with GR and freestyle wrestling. Since 2014 associated traditional wrestling styles recognized globally by UWW were incorporated into the annual championships schedule.
Abdulrashid Bulachevich Sadulaev is a Russian freestyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms and formerly competed at 86 kilograms. Sadulaev is widely regarded as the most dominant active freestyle wrestler in the world.
Shamil Magomedovich Kudiyamagomedov is a retired Russian/naturalized Italian amateur wrestler of Avar heritage, who claimed the European senior title (2016), Russian national champion (2013), Italian national champion (2018), silver medalist of Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan. International Master of Sports in Freestyle Wrestling.
Gadzhimurad Gazigandovich Rashidov is a Russian freestyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms. He is the 2019 World Champion and the 2020 and three-time Russian National Champion. 2020 Summer Olympics bronze medalist at 65 kg.
The men's freestyle 97 kg is a competition featured at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018, and was held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on 28 January.
Zaurbek Kazbekovich Sidakov is a Russian freestyle wrestler, who competes at 74 kilograms. Sidakov is the reigning Olympic champion in the 74 kg and a three-time World Champion, claiming his titles in 2018 and 2019 and 2023.
Anastasia Nichita is a Moldovan freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the 59 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a three-time gold medalist in the 59 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships. Nichita also represented Moldova at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Magomedrasul Musayevich Idrisov is a Russian freestyle wrestler. He won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 61 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Khanum Elshad-Kysy Velieva is a Russian freestyle wrestler. She is a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a two-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships. In 2021, she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Solomiia Vynnyk is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. In 2020, at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy, she won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event. In the final, she lost against Olga Khoroshavtseva of Russia.
Anhelina Lysak is a freestyle wrestler. She represented Ukraine until 2020 and she represents Poland as of April 2021. She won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a three-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.
Alikhan Lukmanovich Zhabrailov is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen ethnicity who competes at 97 and 92 kilograms. At 92, Zhabrailov was the 2020 Individual World Cup champion, a 2019 World Championship bronze medalist, the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2020 silver medalist and a two–time Russian National champion. In 2021, he made the move up to 97 kilos, and has claimed the 2021 European Continental Championship and the 2021 Russian National Championship. He also competed at 86 kilos earlier in his career, claiming the 2017 U23 World Championship.
Turan Bayramov is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler who competes at 70 kilograms, and 74 kilograms. Bayramov claimed a silver medal from the 2021 European Championships (70kg), was the 2019 U23 World Champion and the 2018 Cadet World and Youth Olympic Champion, as well as a medalist at multiple high level age-group competitions.
Irina Rîngaci is a Moldovan freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 65 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway. She is the first female wrestler representing Moldova to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships. Rîngaci is also a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the European Wrestling Championships.
Shamil Zubairov is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 92 kilograms. In 2018, Zubairov went on to become the World and European Champion in the U23 level. In 2019, he once again medaled at the U23 European Championship.
Abubakr Abakarov is a Russian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 86 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.
Ibragim Sharaputtinovich Ibragimov is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Lak ethnicity, who claimed gold medal at the 2023 U23 World Championships. In 2022, he became a Russian national champion at 65 kilos.
Shamil Musaevich Musaev is a Russian mixed martial artist, who currently fights in the Welterweight division. He is European MMA champion (2016) & world MMA champion (2017) while serving as a member of the Russian national team during these tournaments. He is also the youngest ever winner of Season 4 of "Mix Fighters" series.
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