Azamat Arturovich Tuskaev (russian: Тускаев, Азамат Артурович; born 21 January 1994, in
Chikola), 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 ...
of
Ossetian descent. Tuskaev won his first Ivan Yarygin Gran Prix in 2020, which allowed him to enter the
2020 European Wrestling Championships
The 2020 European Wrestling Championships was held in Rome, Italy between 10 and 16 February 2020.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
References
External linksOfficial ...
held in
Rome, Italy
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. Tuskaev would wrestle at 57 kg and also win the gold medal
- controlling and mostly dominating former European-champion and World Silver medalist Atli in the process.
Early life
Tuskaev originally wanted to become a professional football player; although, his dad took Tuskaev to start wrestling in his home of Chikola, seeing as Khadzhimurat Gatsalov, Boris Makoev and Amiran Kardanov had all started their wrestling careers in Chikola. Thus began Tuskaev's career, where he has wrestled in tournaments such as: European Championships, Sassari Ranking Series Tournament; World Cup; Russian National Championships and the Alania tournament.
References
1994 births
Living people
People from North Ossetia–Alania
Russian male sport wrestlers
European Wrestling Championships medalists
European Wrestling Champions
Sportspeople from North Ossetia–Alania
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