David Vladimirovich Musulbes (russian: Давид Владимирович Мусульбес, also

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Musuľbes, born 28 May 1972 in Ordzhonikidze,

North Ossetian ASSR The North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( os, Цӕгат Ирыстоны Автономон Советон Социалистон Республикӕ, Tsagât Ireštone Âvtonomon Šovêton Šotsiâlišton Rêšpublika; russian: ...

) is a retired Russian wrestler of Georgian origin who competed for Russia and later represented

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

. He is the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

winner in freestyle 130 kg, the 2001 and 2002 World Champion in freestyle 120 kg. In 2007, he gained Slovak citizenship and represented Slovakia at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, winning the bronze medal in freestyle 120 kg. After

Artur Taymazov Artur Taymazov ( os, Таймазты Барисы фырт Артур; russian: Артур Борисович Таймазов; born 20 July 1979) is an Ossetian- Uzbek-Russian wrestler and politician. He was Uzbekistan's most decorated Olympi ...

, who defeated Musulbes in semifinals, was positively tested for banned substance in his urine sample and disqualified, Musulbes moved to second place and silver medal. Musulbes lives in Moscow, where he is the director of the Moscow Secondary Special Olympic Reserve School No. 1.

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* * * * 1972 births Living people Russian male sport wrestlers Slovak male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Russia Olympic wrestlers of Slovakia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Slovakia Olympic medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Vladikavkaz World Wrestling Championships medalists {{Russia-wrestling-bio-stub