Aliaksandr Hushtyn


Aliaksandr Hushtyn is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler. He is a three-time silver medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. In 2019, he represented Belarus at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus and he won a bronze medal in the men's 97 kg event.

Career

In 2010, he competed in the boys' freestyle 76 kg event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore without winning a medal. He finished in 5th place.
In 2017, he initially won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the 2017 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. In 2018, he did win the silver medal in the 97 kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Russia. In 2019, he repeated this with the silver medal in the 97 kg event at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.
In 2019, he represented Belarus at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China and he won the silver medal in the 97 kg event. In the final he lost against Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian of Iran.

Major results

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