By Seth Petarra

With the UWW men's freestyle world championships right around the corner, it's time to look at the international transfers entered in the field. In total, there are 32 transfers competing in Paris on August 21-26. We're breaking them down by where they transferred from and by their current country as well as adding relevant information such as their biggest placements and wins.

See a full list of the entries here. 

For reference, Dagestan, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, the Tuva Republic, and the Sakha Republic are all part of Russia. We will consider South Ossetia as a separate entity, despite the ongoing feud between Georgia and Russia as to its official status. South Ossetia is listed as South Ossetia and not associated with either Russia or Georgia.

In one special case, Georgi Ketoev (ARM), is classified as North Ossetian, even though he was born in Tbilsi, Georgia, in 1986, which at the time was still part of the of the U.S.S.R. Ketoev is of Ossetian descent, and he lived and trained in North Ossetia while competing for Russia up until 2013.

Dagestan

57kg: Asadulla Lachinov (BLR ) -- 2015 World 7th
61kg: Hossein Shakbanov (BLR) -- 2011 Cadet world runner-up at 58kg
65kg: No. 9 (70kg) Adam Batirov (BRN) --  2011 World 5th
65kg: No.7 (70 kg) Magomedmurad Gadzhiev (POL) -- 2016 European champion
70kg: Azamat Nurikov (BLR) -- 2014, 2015 World 5th place
70kg: No.13 Gadjimurad Omarov (AZE) -- 2017 U-23 European champion
74kg: No. 18 Ali Shabanov (BLR) -- Two-time World bronze medalist (2013, 2014)
74kg: Gamid Dzhalilov (TJK) --  2017 President Cup of Buryatia runner-up
97kg: No. 3 Magomed Ibragimov (UZB) -- 2016 Olympic bronze medalist

North Ossetia

74kg: Taimuraz Friev (ESP) -- 2011 World 5th (84kg)
86kg: No. 5 Alexander Gostiev (AZE) -- Two-time European runner-up (2016. 2017)
86kg: Boris Makoev (SVK) -- 2013 NYAC Invitational runner-up
97kg: No. 8 Aslanbek Alborov (AZE) -- 2017 Ali Aliyev Champ, 2017 Yasar Dogu champ, beat No. 2 Kyle Snyder at the World Cup
97kg: Georgi Ketoev (ARM) -- 2007 World champ, 2008 Olympics bronze
125kg: Soslan Gagloev (SVK) -- 2015 Dan Kolov champ.

South Ossetia

125kg: No. 4 Alan Zasieiev (UKR) -- 2013 World runner-up

Ingushetia

74kg: No. 6 Muslim Evloev (KGZ) -- 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games champion
86kg: No. 8 Selim Yasar (TUR) -- 2016 Olympic runner-up, 2015 World runner-up, 2014 World bronze
97kg: Magomed Musaev (KGZ) -- Three-time Asian Championships runner-up (2011, 2015, 2016)

Tuva Republic

57kg: No.18 Nurislam Sanayev (KAZ) -- 2015 World 5th
61kg: Cengizhan Erdogan (TUR) -- Three-time European champion (2010, 2011, 2013)

Sakha Republic

57kg: Vladimir Egorov (MKD)

Cuba

70kg: No. 4 Frank Chamizo (ITA) -- 2015 World champ, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, 2010 World bronze

France

57kg: Chakir Ansari (MAR) -- 2017 African Championships gold

Ukraine

57kg: Yuri Holub (ISR) -- 2017 City of Sassari Tournament champion
61kg: Vladimir Dubov (BUL) -- 2013 World runner-up, 2015 World bronze
61kg: Iuri Siemakin (FRA) -- 2016 World 5th

United States

65kg: Dave Habat (SLO) -- 2017 European Championships bronze medalist
74kg: No. 4 Bekzod Abdurakhmanov (UZB) -- 2014 World bronze medalist, beat No. 1 Jordan Burroughs at 2016 Olympics
74kg: Nestor Taffur (COL) -- 2017 Pan-Am Championships runner-up

Georgia

57kg: Givi Davidovi (ITA) -- 2012 Georgian National runner-up
57kg: Levan Metrevelli Vartanov (ESP) -- 2016 Grand Prix of Spain bronze
125kg: No.7 Levan Berianidze (ARM) -- 2010 World bronze medalist
125kg: Davit Modzmanishvili (UZB) -- 2012 Olympic runner-up, 2011 world bronze

Moldova

61kg: Ivan Guidea (MDA) -- 2016 European Championships bronze medalist, beat No. 1 (57kg) Suleyman Atli (TUR) at 2016 Olympics

Of the 32 transfers, there are 12 ranked guys and 18 world or Olympic medals. Of the transfers, Russia accounts 21 of them. Georgia has four, and the United States and Ukraine contribute another three each. South Ossetia, Cuba, Moldova, and France make up for the remaining transfers with one each.