Remzi Musaoğlu (born 25 January 1965) is a wrestler from

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

who has wrestled for both:

and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. He wrestled only in the bantamweight division (57 kg). Remzi Musaoğlu won a silver medal at the 1984 Espoir (promising youth) European Championship under the name of Remzi Musov in the boy's freestyle 52 kg. At the 1984 Junior European Championship Remzi Musov held the gold medal in the boy's freestyle 56 kg. Domestically Remzi Musov beat a strongest wrestlers, such as the three-time European champion and the World Championships medalist Stefan Ivanov, the 1986 European champion and the World Championships medalist Georgi Kalchev, the 1986 world super championship's winner Alben Kumbarov and the 1984 Espoir European champion Rumen Pavlov. He won Bulgarian champion title in 1987, 1988, 1989. He competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

under the name of Valentin Ivanov (

). In 1990 he emigrated to

and was immediately one of the best Turkish freestyle wrestlers in the bantamweight division. At the 1990 Grand Prix of Germany he won the first international medal for

, Remzi Musaoğlu became the 1990 Grand Prix of Germany bronze medalist (he defeated

Alejandro Puerto Alejandro Puerto Díaz (born October 1, 1964) is a retired male wrestler from Cuba and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. Puerto competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona where he won a gold medal in the men's freestyle wrestling ...

). At the

1991 Yasar Dogu Tournament The Yasar Dogu Tournament 1991, was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey between 15 and 17 January 1991. This tournament was held as 19th. This international tournament includes competition includes competition in men's freestyle wrestling. ...

Remzi Musaoğlu won the gold medal, he beat Metin Topaktaş and Ahmet Ak (the 1989 European champion, the 1990 World Cup champion and the 1987 World Championships medalist). Already in 1991, he became the European vice-champion in Stuttgart, where he was obviously even cheated out of the European title here. In the German professional magazine Der Ringer, No. 5/1991, page 13, it is said about this: "To make a long story short: Soviet man

Bagavdin Umakhanov Bagautdin Umakhanov (born 2 June 1971 in Khasavyurt) is a Russian former wrestler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred ...

received the title as a gift because Remzi Musaoğlu of Turkey was deprived of several points by an incompetent referee (in the final)." He lost at the 1992 European Championship to

in the finals with a score of 5-3, the points were counted correctly. He competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

(

). Remzi Musaoğlu defeated

Kendall Cross Kendall Duane Cross (born February 24, 1968) is an American freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach and Olympic Games, Olympic gold medalist. He won the gold medal at the Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgi ...

of USA 7–3 in the 4-th match. At the 1993 European Championships Remzi Musaoğlu held the gold medal, he defeated the 1991 World Champion and the 1992 Olympic Games silver medalist

Sergey Smal Sergey Smal (born 30 September 1968) is a Belarusian former wrestler, born in Rechytsa, who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also know ...

.Video. 1993 European Championship, final 57 kg, Remzi Musaoğlu df. Sergey Smal 5-3.
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* 1965 births Living people Turkish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Turkey Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics People from Kardzhali {{Turkey-wrestling-bio-stub