2022 Senior World Championships

All The Transfers At The World Championships

All The Transfers At The World Championships

Take a look at the guys who aren't currently representing countries that they would have during their childhood.

Sep 9, 2022 by JD Rader
All The Transfers At The World Championships

My friend Jon Kozak wrote "2022 Senior Worlds College Fan Guide - Men's Freestyle" which is a similar piece of content that includes several of the same names. This list differs in that it includes a lot of Russian wrestlers who never attended college in the US and excludes wrestlers who were born and/or raised in a country and then moved to the US for school. 

All of the following athletes were all born in and predominantly reside/train in different countries than they currently compete for. For one reason or another, they decided to represent their current countries at the World Championships. It should be noted that an athlete must have a passport of the country they are representing. If there are any others please contact jd.rader@flosports.tv

WEIGHTNAMEFORMER COUNTRYCURRENTLY REPRESENTING
57 kgZelimkhan AbakarovRussiaAlbania
57 kgDarian CruzUSAPuerto Rico
61 kgJoey SilvaUSAPuerto Rico
65 kgStevan MicicUSASerbia
65 kgSebastian RiveraUSAPuerto Rico
65 kgIsmail MusukaevRussiaHungary
65 kgGadzhimagomed AliyevRussiaBahrain
70 kgRamazan RamazanovRussiaBulgaria
70 kgIlyas BekbulatovRussiaUzbekistan
70 kgJosh FinesilverUSAIsrael
74 kgMitchell FinesilverUSAIsrael
74 kgTaimuraz SalkazanovRussiaSlovakia
74 kgFrank ChamizoCubaItaly
74 kgKhetik TsabolovRussiaSerbia
74 kgMalik AmineUSASan Marino
79 kgYakub ShikhdzhamalovRussiaRomania
79 kgGadzhimurad OmarovRussiaAzerbaijan
79 kgAkhsarbek GulaevRussiaSlovakia
86 kgTaimuraz FrievRussiaSpain
86 kgAbubakr AbakarovRussiaAzerbaijan
86 kgAkhmed MagamaevRussiaBulgaria
86 kgBoris MakoevRussiaSlovakia
86 kgMyles AmineUSASan Marino
92 kgOsman NurmagomedovRussiaAzerbaijan
92 kgGeogriy RubaevRussiaMoldova
97 kgMagomedgadzhi NurovRussiaNorth Macedonia
97 kgMagomedkhan MagomedovRussiaAzerbaijan
97 kgBatyrbek TsakulovRussiaSlovakia
97 kgVladislav BaitsaevRussiaHungary
125 kgMagomedgadzhi NurasulovRussiaSerbia
125 kgAzamat KhosonovRussiaGreece
125 kgYoussif HemidaUSAEgypt