[2] He competed in the World Cup 2015 in Los Angeles, California and won all three wrestling matches there; he defeated three-time NCAA All-American champion of the Penn State Nittany Lions wrestling Ed Ruth from the United States (by fall), Usukhbaatar Purevee of Mongolia and Aleksandr Gostiev of Azerbaijan.

[3] In 2020, he won the gold medal in the men's 86 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

[10] The exclusion of Russia from all sporting events, as a counter-measure to the country's invasion of Ukraine, deprived many prominent Russian athletes of the opportunity to take part in European competitions.

[11] The Greek federation changed his sports citizenship and the wrestler was able to compete and win gold medals at the Men's European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb in April 2023 and in Bucharest in 2024.

submitted the relevant application to the Minister of the Interior, Niki Kerameus, on 7 July 2023, asking her to recommend positively to the President of the Republic, that Kurougliev be declared an honorary Greek citizen.