Musa Gilaniyevich Evloev (Russian: Муса Гиланиевич Евлоев, IPA: [mʊˈsa ɪ̯ɪˈvɫo(ɪ̯)ɪf]; born 31 March 1993) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 97 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2] He is also a two-time world champion and two-time national champion, having won in 2016 and 2017. Internationally, Evloev won silver at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France, losing to Artur Aleksanyan from Armenia. That year he also won the 2017 Wrestling World Cup in Tehran, Iran.[3]
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| Native name | Муса Гиланиевич Евлоев | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Musa Gilaniyevich Evloev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1993 Nesterovskaya, Ingushetia, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sparta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | F. P. Avakov, V. V. Khromov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, now in the 97 kg division, defeating Bulgarian Kiril Milov, 7–2 and at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships he won gold medal again, in the final match he beat Artur Aleksanyan.[citation needed]
In 2020, he won the gold medal in the 97 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4] In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's 97 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.[5]
Evloev was barred from participating in the qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics after being photographed standing near a poster reading "No to Nazism".[6]
References
edit- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (3 August 2021). "Trio of world champions add Olympic gold on second night of wrestling finals at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ Evloev, Musa (RUS)
- ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Updates (19 March 2024). "Russian champion wrestler barred from Olympics qualifier – sport official - The Press United". The Press United | International News Analysis, Viewpoint. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
External links
edit- Musa Evloev at the International Wrestling Database
- Musa Evloev at United World Wrestling
- Musa Evloev at Olympics.com
- Musa Yevloyev at Olympedia
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