Iszmail_Muszukajev
Ismail Musukaev
Hungarian freestyle wrestler
Ismail Timurovich Musukaev (Russian: Исмаил Тимурович Мусукаев, Hungarian: Muszukajev Iszmail Timurovics; born 28 January 1993) is a Russian-born Hungarian freestyle wrestler.[2] World and European champion. He represented Hungary at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in the men's 65 kg event.
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 65 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ferencvárosi TC[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 5th(2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals |  (2023)
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| Regional finals | 5th(2020)
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Medal record
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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.[3][4][5]
After the incident, the Dagestani team walked out, along with others, including many Chechens.[6]
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.[7]
At the Russian nationals 2018 he placed 2nd at 61 kilos, in the final match he lost to Magomedrasul Idrisov.[8]
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.[9][10]
He won one of the bronze medals in the 65 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[11]
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.[12]
He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 70 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[13]
| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 2019 | World Championships | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Freestyle 65 kg |
| 2020 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 5th | Freestyle 65 kg |
| 2022 | World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Freestyle 65 kg |
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Freestyle 65 kg | |
| 2024 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 3rd | Freestyle 70 kg |
- "Fradistának is szoríthatunk a világbajnokságon" (in Hungarian). Fradi.hu. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- "Incident on the Russian Nationals 2016". sakhalife.ru. 27 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- "Two wrestlers fought on the Russian Nationals 2016". hysia.ru. 27 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
- "Controversial bout Lebedev-Musukaev decided with the participation of heads of Dagestan and Yakutia". news.ykt.ru. 27 May 2015.
- "Russian Freestyle Wrestling Championships suspended due to the protest of Dagestan team". matchtv.ru. 27 May 2015.
- "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.
- "Чемпионат России по вольной борьбе-2018" (in Russian). wrestrus.ru.
- 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.
- "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- Iszmail Muszukajev at the International Wrestling Database
- Iszmail Muszukajev at Olympedia
