Musa Murtasaliev

Musa Murtasalijew (born May 26, 1988 ) is an Armenian wrestler . He was runner-up in free style European welterweight in 2011 .

Career

Musa Murtasalijew is of Dagestan origin and began wrestling as a teenager in Makhachkala in 2001, concentrating on free style. He is a student, but lives from wrestling. In the early years of his career, he started for Russia. Only one result is known from this period. He took 5th place in the welterweight division at the "Shamil Umakhanov" memorial in Chassavyurt in 2008.

Since he had very strong competition in Russia, he decided to start for Armenia in 2011. He has been trained by Araik Bagdadhian since then. He made his first start for Armenia in February 2011 at the renowned "Yasar Dogu" memorial in Istanbul. He won this welterweight tournament from Ruslan Valiev, Russia and Kachaber Chubeschti, Slovakia. In March 2011 he competed at the European Championships in Dortmund, where he reached the final with victories over Alberto Martinez Navarro, Spain, Kiril Tersiew , Bulgaria and Dawit Chutishvili, Georgia, in which he was defeated by Denis Zargusch from Russia. But winning the European Championship silver medal was a great success for him. At the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul he won over Oleg Motsalin, Greece and Yunieski Blanco Mora, Cuba. But then he lost to Əşrəf Əliyev from Azerbaijan. Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 13th place.

In 2012 he had to realize that it is not so easy to stay in the top international group of wrestlers. At the European Championships in Belgrade he still came 8th after victories over Marius Lucian Atofanin, Romania and Miroslaw Dikun, Great Britain and a defeat against Aleksandr Qostiyev from Azerbaijan. In two subsequent Olympic qualifying tournaments, however, he did not succeed in qualifying for participation in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

At the end of 2012, Musa Murtasalijew moved from world champion to middleweight division. In February 2013 he managed a remarkable tournament victory in Kiev, where he was able to relegate István Veréb from Hungary and the former world champion Ibragim Aldatow from Ukraine to the places.

At the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi he was able to convince again and fight his way into the final with victories over Michael Bodnar, Slovakia, Ibragim Aldatow and Piotr Janulow, Moldova. In this he lost to the defending champion and local hero Dato Marsagishvili . At the World Championships in Budapest that year he failed to win a medal. After victories over Piotr ianulow, Moldova and Marco Riesen, Switzerland, he lost against Ibragim Aldatow , Ukraine and against István Veréb , Hungary and only came in 11th place.

In 2014 he was back at the European Championships, which took place in Vantaa / Finland. He wrestled in the new weight class up to 86 kg and won there over Rene Matejov, Slovakia and Timofei Xenidis, Greece, then lost to Murad Gaidarow from Belarus, then fought his way to the consolation round with a victory over Alexander William Dolly from Ireland an EM bronze medal.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2008	5.	"Shamil Umakhanov" Memorial in Chassavyurt	Welter	Winner: Salimchan Parangajew ahead of Akhmed Alagomedow, both Russia
2011	1.	"Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul	Welter	before Ruslan Valiev, Russia and Kachaber Chubeschti, Slovakia
2011	2.	EM in Dortmund	Welter	after victories over Alberto Martinez Navarro, Spain, Kiril Tersiew, Bulgaria and Dawit Chuzishvili, Georgia and a defeat against Denis Zargusch, Russia
2011	3.	"Ali-Aliyev" Memorial in Kaspisk	Welter	behind Makhach Murtasalijew , Russia and Əşrəf Əliyev , Azerbaijan
2011	3.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	Welter	behind Jordan Burroughs , USA and Alibek Akbajew, Russlan
2011	13.	World Cup in Istanbul	Welter	after victories over Oleg Motsalin, Greece and Yunieski Blanco Mora, Cuba and a defeat against Əşrəf Əliyev
2012	8th.	EM in Belgrade	Welter	after victories over Marius Atofanin, Romania and Miroslaw Dikun, Great Britain and a defeat against Aleksandr Qostiyev, Azerbaijan
2012	4th	Olympic qualification tournament in Taiyuan / China	Welter	behind Pürewdschawyn Önörbat , Mongolia, Gábor Hatos , Hungary and Zhang Chongyao, China
2012	12.	Olympic qualification tournament in Helsinki	Welter	Winner: Narasingh Pancham Yadav, India ahead of Oleg Motsalin
2012	7th	"Alexander Medved" Prize in Minsk	medium	Winner: Murad Gaidarow , Belarus ahead of Chabib Abdullajew, Russia
2012	1.	"Stjepan-Sargisjan" Memorial in Vanazdor	Welter	before Hassan Tahmasebi, Iran and Ruslan Valiyev
2013	23.	"Ivan Yarigin" Golden Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk	medium	Winner: Ansor Urischew before Magomed Ibragimow IV and Bechan Kurkijew, all Russia
2013	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	medium	before István Veréb, Hungary and Ibragim Aldatow, Ukraine
2013	2.	EM in Tbilisi	medium	after victories over Michael Bodnar, Slovakia, Ibragim Aldatow and Piotr Ianulow, Moldova and a defeat against Dato Marsagishvili, Georgia
2013	11.	Universiade in Kazan	medium	Winner: Gheorghita Stefan, Romania ahead of Schamil Kadijamagomedow, Russia
2013	11.	World Cup in Budapest	medium	after victories over Piotr Ianulow, Moldova and Marco Riesen, Switzerland and defeats against Ibragim Aldatow and István Veréb, Hungary
2014	5.	Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow Memorial in Sofia	up to 86 kg	behind Gamsat Osmanow, Azerbaijan, Firat Birinci, Turkey, Radoslaw Marcinkewicz, Poland and J. Fajardo, Puerto Rico
2014	3.	EM in Vantaa / Finland	up to 86 kg	after victories over Rene Matejov, Slovakia and Timofei Xenidis, Greece, a defeat against Murad Gaidarow, Belarus and a victory over Alexander William Dolly, Ireland

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Welter weight, weight class up to 74 kg, middle weight, up to 84 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013); Since January 1, 2014, a new weight classification has been in effect by the world wrestler association FILA

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Musa Murtasalijew at the Institute for Applied Training Science