Ismail Timurovich Musukaev (russian: Исмаил Тимурович Мусукаев, hu, Muszukajev Iszmail Timurovics; born 28 January 1993) is a Russian

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

Balkar The Balkars ( krc, Малкъарлыла, Malqarlıla or Таулула, , 'Mountaineers') are a Turkic people of the Caucasus region, one of the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria. Their Karachay-Balkar language is of the Ponto-Casp ...

heritage, who has been representing

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

since 2019. He represented Hungary at the

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in Tokyo, Japan 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 Viktor Nikolaevich Lebedev (russian: Виктор Николаевич Лебедев; born March 10, 1988, in Tomponskiy Ulus) is a Russian freestyle wrestler from the Sakha Republic, two time World Champion, multiple international tournaments ...

. 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 The Chechens (; ce, Нохчий, , Old Chechen: Нахчой, ''Naxçoy''), historically also known as ''Kisti'' and ''Durdzuks'', are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group of the Nakh peoples native to the North Caucasus in Eastern Europe. "Europ ...

. At the

2019 World Wrestling Championships The 2019 World Wrestling Championships were held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 14 September to 22 September 2019. The tournament served as qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the top six wrestlers from each category earned their NOCs a qu ...

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 Magomedrasul Musayevich Idrisov (russian: Магомедрасул Мусаевич Идрисов, born 8 July 1996) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. He won the silver medal in the men's freestyle 61 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Champion ...

. In 2020, he won the silver medal in the men's 65 kg event at the

2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup The inaugural 2020 Individual World Wrestling Cup was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 12–18 December 2020. It was a replacement event for the 2020 World Championships, which should have taken place in the same location, but since some criteria wer ...

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

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia ...

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Musukaev, Ismail Living people 1993 births Russian male sport wrestlers Hungarian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Hungary European Wrestling Champions Sportspeople from Nalchik 21st-century Russian people 21st-century Hungarian people