Musa Gilaniyevich Evloev ( rus, Муса Гиланиевич Евлоев, , 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

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held in Tokyo, Japan. 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

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, losing to Artur Aleksanyan from

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. That year he also won the 2017

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. He won the

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, now in the 97 kg division, defeating Bulgarian Kiril Milov, 7–2 and at the

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he won gold medal again, in the final match he beat Artur Aleksanyan. In 2020, he won the gold medal in the 97 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's 97 kg event at the

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held in Rome, Italy. Evloev was barred from participating in the qualifying tournament for the

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after being photographed standing near a poster reading " No to Nazism".

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