David Vladimirovich Musulbes (Russian: Давид Владимирович Мусульбес, also transliterated Musuľbes, born 28 May 1972 in Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR)[1] is a retired Russian wrestler of Georgian origin who competed for Russia and later represented Slovakia.
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| Full name | David Vladimirovich Musulbes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 May 1972 (age 52) Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He is the 2000 Summer Olympics winner in freestyle 130 kg,[2] the 2001 and 2002 World Champion in freestyle 120 kg.
In 2007, he gained Slovak citizenship and represented Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal in freestyle 120 kg. After Artur Taymazov, 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.[3]
Musulbes lives in Moscow, where he is the director of the Moscow Secondary Special Olympic Reserve School No. 1.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Slováci pod olympijskými kruhmi". rozhlas.sk. 4 August 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Musuľbes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Artur Taymazov and Besik Kudukhov Stripped of Olympic Medals". theopenmat.com. 29 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Давид Мусульбес назначен на должность директора ГБПОУ "МССУОР № 1" Москомспорта". Moscow Department of Sport and Tourism (in Russian). 10 February 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
External links
edit- David Musulbes at the International Wrestling Database
- David Musulbes at Olympics.com
- David Musulbes at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- David Musulbes at Olympedia
- David Musulbes at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)
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