Ruslan Gadzhiyevich Karaev (; born February 29, 1960) was a retired Soviet freestyle wrestler.
Ruslan Karaev won USSR titles in 1985 (he defeated the 1980 European champion Gurgen Bagdasaryan), 1986, 1987 and 1990, placing second in 1982, where he grappled with the gold medalist Anatoly Beloglazov at 5-5 in the final, 1988 with wins over the 1986 World Champion Khazar Isayev, and third in 1983.″Без оглядки на табло″, Советский спорт, 1983 №168, July 23 1983, (in Russian). ″на Спартакиаде... чемпионские титулы не будут оспаривать С. Андиев (свыше 100 кг), С. Белоглазов (57 кг) и М. Харачура (68 кг). Без них заключительные матчи кажутся пресноватыми... То ли молодежь переросла признанных мастеров, то ли они сдали настолько, что пропустили вперед менее умелых, но более молодых?″[аt Spartakiad... S. Andiev (over 100 kg), S. Beloglazov (57 kg), and M. Kharachura (68 kg) will not be grappling for champion titles. Without them, the final matches seem the bit bland.... Have the younger athletes surpassed the established masters, or have the veterans declined to such an extent that they have been overtaken by less skilled but younger competitors?]″Смена караула″, Советский спорт, June 25, 1985, (in Russian). ″Финалист в весовой категории 57 кг 30-летний Гурген Багдасарян из Еревана сдал свои чемпионские полномочия 25летнему студенту сельхозинститута из Махачкалы Руслану Караеву. Сдал непросто, боролся яростно, однако Караев оказался более гибким тактиком.″[30-year-old Gurgen Baghdasaryan from Yerevan, a finalist in the 57 kg weight class, relinquished his title to Ruslan Karayev, a 25-year-old agricultural institute student from Makhachkala. He did not give it up easily—he fought fiercely—but Karayev proved to be the more tactically flexible wrestler.] He was also the Wrestling World Cup champion in 1988, 1989. In 1990, Ruslan Karaev went 3-0, and received the silver medal at the World Cup, picking up win against the current European champion and eventual gold medalist Ahmet Ak along the way.Video. Кубок мира-1988 Толидо США 57 кг Руслан Караев (СССР)-Кевин Даркус (США).Video. The 1989 World Cup. Charlie Heard (USA) v/s Ruslan Karaev (USSR). Ruslan Karaev won the gold medal at the Tbilisi International Tournament in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (one American coach summed up the Tbilisi International Tournament as "probably five times as tough" as the Olympics). He placed second at the European Championships in 1983, 1986. He won the 1980 European Junior Championships (Karaev beat the reigning Senior Balkans champion Georgi Kalchev) and 1982 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament. Ruslan Karaev defeated such the strongest opponents as the Olimpic champion Sergei Beloglazov, 1984 Olimpic silver medalist Barry Davis, 1988 Olimpic bronze medalist Noh Kyung-Sun, 1992 Olympic champion Alejandro Puerto and so on.″Тбилисский турнир″, Wrestinfo, April 2, 2020, (in Russian). ″Караев Руслан: Я ни разу не проигрывал братьям Белоглазовым ни на контрольных и на соревнованиях.″[Ruslan Karayev: I never lost to the Beloglazov brothers, neither at the tests nor at the competitions.]The Soviet national team won four straight matches in.... UPI ARCHIVES. Retrieved Sep 3, 2023.Video. Матчевая встреча СССР-США 1987 Ереван Армянская ССР 57 кг Руслан Караев (СССР)-Барри Дэвис (США).″1989 World Cup″, International Wrestling Database. ″1. Karaev Rouslan USSR 2. Heard Charles United States of America 3. Puerto Diaz Alejandro Cuba 4. Nor Kyung-Sun Korea″″1989 World Cup″, International Wrestling Database. ″1. Kim, Jong-Shin Korea 2. Karamtshakov Sergey USSR″Video. 3x Soviet National Champ Champ Ruslan Karaev takes on 1992 Olympic & 1990 & 1994 World Champion Alejandro Puerto of Cuba at the 1988 World Cup in Toledo, OH..
Ruslan Karaev was born in Sergokala, Dagestan, he graduated from Dagestan State Agrarian University in 1983.
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External links КАРАЕВ Руслан Гаджиевич at infosport.ru