Aliaksandr Hushtyn Explained

Aliaksandr Hushtyn
Birth Name:Аляксандр Сяргеевіч Гуштын
Full Name:Aliaksandr Siarheyevich Hushtyn
Birth Date:1993 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Svislach, Belarus
Height:187cm (74inches)
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:97 kg
Event:Freestyle
Worlds:5th (2021)

Aliaksandr Siarheyevich Hushtyn (Belarusian: Аляксандр Сяргеевіч Гуштын; born 16 August 1993) is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler. He is a three-time silver medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. He represented Belarus at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus and he won a bronze medal in the men's 97kg event.[1]

Career

Hushtyn competed in the boys' 76kg event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore without winning a medal.[2] He finished in 5th place.[2] He competed in the men's 86kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the same year, Hushtyn also competed in the men's 86kg event at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships held in Las Vegas, United States where he was eliminated in his first match by Armands Zvirbulis of Latvia.[3] A year later, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event at the 2016 World University Wrestling Championships held in Çorum, Turkey.[4]

In 2017, Hushtyn initially won one of the bronze medals in the 97kg event at the European Wrestling Championships; this became a silver medal after the original winner of the silver medal, Anzor Boltukayev from Russia, was disqualified and deprived of the medal due to doping.[5] [6] In 2018, he did win the silver medal in the 97kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Russia. He repeated this with the silver medal in the 97kg event at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[7] [8]

Hushtyn represented Belarus at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China and he won the silver medal in the 97kg event.[9] In the final, he lost against Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian of Iran. In 2020, Hushtyn won the silver medal in the men's 97kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10] [11] In the final, he lost against Abdulrashid Sadulaev of Russia.[11] In March 2021, he qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[12] [13] He was eliminated in his first match in the men's 97kg event.

Two months after the Olympics, Hushtyn lost his bronze medal match in the men's 97kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[14] [15]

Hushtyn lost his bronze medal match in the men's 97kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[16] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for the Individual Neutral Athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[17] [18]

Major results

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2017European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia2ndFreestyle 97 kg
2018European ChampionshipsKaspiysk, Russia2ndFreestyle 97 kg
2019European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania2ndFreestyle 97 kg
European GamesMinsk, Belarus3rdFreestyle 97 kg
Military World GamesWuhan, China2ndFreestyle 97 kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 European Games Wrestling Results. United World Wrestling. 4 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Boys' freestyle 76 kg. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120525044846/http://www.singapore2010.sg/public/docroot/results/INF__WRM276000C75______________________00016000_PENG20100817191918000.pdf. 25 May 2012. 25 May 2012. 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
  3. Web site: 2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200530151426/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_09_lasvegas_1.pdf. 30 May 2020. 30 May 2020.
  4. Web site: Freestyle Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024104817/https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/2016_WUC_Wrestling_results.pdf. 24 October 2020. 24 October 2020. 2016 World University Wrestling Championships.
  5. Web site: Boltukaev Suspended for Anti-Doping Violation . United World Wrestling . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190719133531/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/boltukaev-suspended-anti-doping-violation . 19 July 2019 . 14 February 2018.
  6. Web site: 2017 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. 15 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201215230213/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf. 15 December 2020.
  7. News: Etchells. Daniel. Azerbaijan take lead in freestyle standings after first day of finals at European Wrestling Championships. 9 April 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 9 April 2020.
  8. Web site: 2019 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412162932/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  9. Web site: Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20191112134942/https://results.wuhan2019mwg.cn/file/RESULTS-7th%20CISM%20Military%20World%20Games-%E6%80%BB%E6%88%90%E7%BB%A9%E5%86%8C.pdf. 12 November 2019. 2019 Military World Games. dead. 14 February 2020.
  10. News: Shefferd. Neil. 18 December 2020. Russia close UWW Individual Championships in style with four more golds on final day. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 19 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218224649/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102178/russia-close-uww-champs-with-more-golds. 18 December 2020.
  11. Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf. 18 December 2020. 18 December 2020. United World Wrestling.
  12. News: Shefferd. Neil. 18 March 2021. Twelve wrestlers secure Tokyo 2020 places on first day of United World Wrestling European Olympic Games qualifier. InsideTheGames.biz. 19 March 2021.
  13. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
  14. News: Houston. Michael. 5 October 2021. Double Olympic champion Sadulaev wins gold on fourth day of Wrestling World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 6 October 2021.
  15. News: 6 October 2021. Belarus' Aliaksandr Hurshtyn 5th at World Wrestling Championships 2021. BelTA. 6 October 2021.
  16. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  17. News: Khalatyan . Rafael . 8 April 2024 . Azerbaijan secures full freestyle wrestling team for Paris 2024 . 17 April 2024 . InsideTheGames.biz.
  18. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.

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