Transfers at the 2023 World Championships

Saturday is the day that the 2023 World Championships kick off. In college wrestling (and college sports), one of the hottest topics is the transfer portal. This isn’t necessarily a new phenomenon for international wrestling as transfers have been relatively prevalent for some time now. While researching for previews, we’ve looked through the entries and found wrestlers slated to compete at the World Championships who have transferred at some point during their international careers. 

Those transfers are below and sorted by weight class and style. Each wrestlers has the current country they represent first and their previous country second (first/second). 
 

57 kg Men’s Freestyle

Zelimkhan Abakarov (Albania/Russia)

Darian Cruz (Puerto Rico/USA)

Levan Metreveli Vartanov (Spain/Georgia)

61 kg Men’s Freestyle

Stevan Micic (Serbia/USA)

Nikolai Okhlopkov (Romania/Russia)

Georgii Okorokov (Australia/Russia)

Joey Silva (Puerto Rico/USA)

 

65 kg Men’s Freestyle

Khamzat Arsamerzouev (France/Azerbaijan)

Islam Dudaev (Albania/Russia)

Josh Finesilver (Israel/USA)

Austin Gomez (Mexico/USA)

Iszmail Muszukajev (Hungary/Russia)

Colin Realbuto (Italy/USA)

Sebastian Rivera (Puerto Rico/USA)
 

70 kg Men’s Freestyle

Victor Voinovich (Serbia/USA)
 

74 kg Men’s Freestyle

Cesar Alvan (Brazil/USA)

Malik Amine (San Marino/USA)

Magomedrasul Asluev (Bahrain/Russia)

Arsalan Budazhapov (Kyrgyzstan/Russia)

Hetik Cabolov (Serbia/Russia)

Frank Chamizo (Italy/Cuba)

Mitch Finesilver (Israel/USA)

Shane Jones (Puerto Rico/USA)

Murad Kurammagomedov (Hungary/Russia)

Tajmuraz Salkazanov (Slovakia/Russia)

Iakub Shikhdzhamalov (Romania/Russia)

Anthony Valencia (Mexico/USA)

Anthony Wesley (Cape Verde/USA)
 

79 kg Men’s Freestyle

Zaur Efendiev (Serbia/Russia)

Akhsarbek Gulaev (Slovakia/Russia)

Ahmad Magomedov (North Macedonia/Russia)
 

86 kg Men’s Freestyle

Abubakr Abakarov (Azerbaijan/Russia)

Myles Amine (San Marino/USA)

Matt Finesilver (Israel/USA)

Taimuraz Friev (Spain/Russia)

Rakhim Magamadov (France/Russia)

Boris Makoev (Slovakia/Russia)

Ethan Ramos (Puerto Rico/USA)

Javrail Shapiev (Uzbekistan/Russia)

Noel Torres (Mexico/USA)
 

92 kg Men’s Freestyle

Ermak Kardanov (Slovakia/Russia)

Akhmed Magamaev (Bulgaria/Russia)

97 kg Men’s Freestyle

Ahmed Bataev (Bulgaria/Russia)

Vlagyiszlav Bajcajev (Hungary/Russia)

Ben Honis (Italy/USA)

Magomed Ibragimov (Uzbekistan/Russia)

Max Lacey (Costa Rica/USA)

Magomedgadji Nurov (North Macedonia/Russia)

125 kg Men’s Freestyle

Abraham Conyedo Ruano (Italy/Cuba)

Giorgi Meshvildishvili (Azerbaijan/Georgia)

Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov (Serbia/Russia)

Jonovan Smith (Puerto Rico/USA)
 

60 kg Greco-Roman

Ibrahim Bunduka (Sierra Leone/USA)

Marat Garipov (Brazil/Kazakhstan)

Ildar Hafizov (USA/Uzbekistan)

63 kg Greco-Roman

Abu Amaev (Bulgaria/Russia)

Georgi Tibilov (Serbia/Russia)
 

67 kg Greco-Roman

Nestor Almanza (Chile/Cuba)
 

72 kg Greco-Roman

Ali Arsalan (Serbia/Iran)

Ibrahim Ghanem (France/Egypt)

Zaur Kabaloev (Italy/Russia)
 

82 kg Greco-Roman

Aker Schmid Al Oabidi (Austria/Iraq)

Idris Ibaev (Germany/Russia)
 

87 kg Greco-Roman

Alex Bjurberg Kessidis (Sweden/Greece)

Semen Sergeevich (Bulgaria/Ukraine)
 

97 kg Greco-Roman

Rustam Assakalov (Uzbekistan/Russia)

Mihail Kajaia (Serbia/Georgia)

Nikoloz Kakhelashvili (Italy/Georgia)

130 kg Greco-Roman

Yasmani Acosta Fernandez (Chile/Cuba)

Eduard Soghomonyan (Brazil/Armenia)

50 kg Women’s Freestyle

Mariya Stadnik (Azerbaijan/Ukraine)

53 kg Women’s Freestyle

Sztalvira Orsus (Hungary/Russia)
 

57 kg Women’s Freestyle

Anhelina Lysak (Poland/Ukraine)

Sandra Paruszewski (Germany/Poland)
 

62 kg Women’s Freestyle

Alexis Gomez (Mexico/USA)

Elis Manolova (Azerbaijan/Bulgaria)