Ruslan Basiev
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Armenia
| ||
| Men's Freestyle Wrestling | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2006 Guangzhou | 120 kg |
| European Championship | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2009 Vilnius | 120 kg |
Ruslan Basiev (born 20 June 1979) is a former Armenian and Russian Freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent.
Biography
Ruslan Basiev was born on June 20, 1979. He took up freestyle wrestling in 1995 under the guidance of Aslan Gabaraev. Basiev won a bronze medal at the 2005 Russian Championships in Krasnodar. In 2006, he defected to the Armenian national freestyle wrestling team. That same year, Basiev won a bronze medal at the 2006 FILA Wrestling World Championships in Guangzhou. He won a silver medal at the 2009 European Wrestling Championships in Vilnius. Basiev became an Armenian Champion in 2010 and 2011.[1] He was unable to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2012, the head coach of the Armenian freestyle wrestling team Araik Baghdadyan thanked him for his performances in the national team and said that Ruslan will not compete for the national team anymore. Basiev returned to his native Dagestan.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Руслан БАСИЕВ стал чемпионом Армении второй год подряд (in Russian). osetiasportivnaya.ru. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ↑ Արայիկ Բաղդադյան. Ռուսլան Բասիեւից սպասելիքներ այլեւս չկան (in Armenian). sport.news.am. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ Араик Багдадян: «Руслан Басиев за Армению больше не выступит» (in Russian). sport.news.am. Retrieved 13 February 2013.