Magomedgasan Abushev

Soviet wrestler

Magomedgasan Abushev
Abushev in 2020
Personal information
Born (1959-11-10) 10 November 1959 (age 64)
Karabudakhkent, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubDynamo Makhachkala
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 62 kg
European championships
Gold medal – first place 1980 Prievidza 62 kg
Abushev (left) at the 1980 Olympics versus Augustine Atasie of Nigeria

Magomedgasan Mingazhutdinovich Abushev (Kumyk: Muhammadhasan Abuş; born 10 November 1959) is a Kumyk retired featherweight freestyle wrestler from Dagestan. Competing for the Soviet Union he won gold medals at the 1980 Olympics and 1980 European Championships.[1]

Abushev took up wrestling in 1971, and won world junior titles in 1977 (flyweight) and 1979 (featherweight). He won his only Soviet title in 1984 as a lightweight. Earlier in 1981 he graduated in economics from the Dagestan State University and after retiring from wrestling became a businessman in Dagestan. From 1994 to 1998 he worked at the Derbent Oil Depot, and in 1998–2003 was the deputy head of the cognac-producing company Dagvino. In 2003 he became an auditor of the Accounts Chamber of Dagestan.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Magomedgasan Abushev. sports-reference.com

External links

  • Magomedgasan Abushev at the International Wrestling DatabaseEdit on Wikidata
  • Magomedgasan Abushev at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
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  • 1904: 61.33 kg
  • 1908: 60.3 kg
  • 1920–1936: 61 kg
  • 1948–1960: 62 kg
  • 1964–1968: 63 kg
  • 1972–1996: 62 kg
  • 2000: 63 kg
  • 2004–2012: 60 kg
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  • 61 kg: 1929–1937
  • 62 kg: 1946–1961
  • 63 kg: 1962–1967
  • 62 kg: 1969–1995
  • 63 kg: 1997–2001
  • 60 kg: 2002–2013
  • 61 kg: 2014–present
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