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Muszukajev Iszmail

Personal information
Birth name	Исмаил Тимурович Мусукаев
Full name	Ismail Timurovich Musukaev
National team	Hungary
Born	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31) Khasanya, Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Sport
Country	Russia (2012–2018)  Hungary (2019–present)
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	65 kg
Event	Freestyle
Club	Ferencvárosi TC
Coached by	Yusup Azhoev Sheme Shemeev
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	5th(2020) 5th(2024)
World finals	(2023) (2019) (2022)
Regional finals	(2022)
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Hungary World Championships 2023 Belgrade 65 kg 2019 Nur-Sultan 65 kg 2022 Belgrade 65 kg European Championships 2022 Budapest 65 kg 2024 Bucharest 70 kg Individual World Cup 2020 Belgrade 65 kg Representing  Russia European U23 Championships 2015 Walbrzych 57 kg World Junior Championships 2013 Sofie 55 kg Representing Kabardino-Balkaria Russian National Championships 2018 Odinzevo 61 kg 2015 Kaspiisk 57 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 Krasnoyarsk 61 kg 2015 Krasnoyarsk 57 kg Ali Aliev Tournament 2016 Makhachkala 61 kg 2015 Kaspisk 57 kg 2013 Makhachkala 55 kg 2012 Makhachkala 55 kg 2018 Kaspisk 65 kg

Ismail Timurovich Musukaev (Russian: Исмаил Тимурович Мусукаев, Hungarian: Muszukajev Iszmail Timurovics; born 28 January 1993) is a Russian-born Hungarian freestyle wrestler. A world champion and European champion, Musukaev represented Hungary at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France in the men's 65 kg event.

Career

He was the runner-up at the Russian nationals in 2015 at 57 kg.

At the Russian nationals 2016 at the end of the 57 kg quarterfinal wrestling match between Lebedev and Musukaev the referees awarded the victory to Viktor Lebedev. However, after the match the Russian Championships wrestling commission considered mistakes of the referee and awarded the victory to Ismail Musukaev (4-2). Even so, Lebedev remained in the semifinals.

After the incident, the Dagestani team walked out, along with others, including many Chechens.

At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's freestyle 65 kg event.

At the Russian nationals 2018 he placed 2nd at 61 kilos, in the final match he lost to Magomedrasul Idrisov.

In 2020, he won the silver medal in the men's 65 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

He won one of the bronze medals in the 65 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

He was the runner-up at the Ivan Yarygin Grand-prix in 2015 and in 2018.

September 19, 2023 Ismail Musukaev won a gold medal in the 65 kg weight category at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade. In the final, he defeated Sebastian Rivera of Puerto Rico in dominating fashion.

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 70 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.

Achievements

References

1. "Fradistának is szoríthatunk a világbajnokságon" (in Hungarian). Fradi.hu. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
2. "Исмаил Мусукаев меняет спортивное гражданство - Новости в стране, Официальный сайт Дагестанской борьбы". Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
3. "Incident on the Russian Nationals 2016". sakhalife.ru. 27 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
4. "Two wrestlers fought on the Russian Nationals 2016". hysia.ru. 27 May 2015.
5. "Controversial bout Lebedev-Musukaev decided with the participation of heads of Dagestan and Yakutia". news.ykt.ru. 27 May 2015.
6. "Russian Freestyle Wrestling Championships suspended due to the protest of Dagestan team". matchtv.ru. 27 May 2015.
7. "2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 65 kg – Report" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
8. "Чемпионат России по вольной борьбе-2018" (in Russian). wrestrus.ru.
9. Shefferd, Neil (18 December 2020). "Russia close UWW Individual Championships in style with four more golds on final day". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
10. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
11. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
12. "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 RESULTS".
13. "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

External links

• Iszmail Muszukajev at the International Wrestling Database
• Iszmail Muszukajev at Olympedia

• Living people
• 1993 births
• Russian male sport wrestlers
• Hungarian male sport wrestlers
• World Wrestling Championships medalists
• Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Olympic wrestlers for Hungary
• European Wrestling Champions
• Sportspeople from Nalchik
• 21st-century Russian sportsmen
• 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen