Magomedgasan Abushev
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Born | (1959-11-10) 10 November 1959 (age 64) Karabudakhkent, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Makhachkala | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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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- ^ a b Magomedgasan Abushev. sports-reference.com
External links
- Magomedgasan Abushev at the International Wrestling Database
- Magomedgasan Abushev at Olympedia
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- 1904:
Benjamin Bradshaw (USA)
- 1908:
George Dole (USA)
- 1920:
Charles Ackerly (USA)
- 1924:
Robin Reed (USA)
- 1928:
Allie Morrison (USA)
- 1932:
Hermanni Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1936:
Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
- 1948:
Gazanfer Bilge (TUR)
- 1952:
Bayram Şit (TUR)
- 1956:
Shozo Sasahara (JPN)
- 1960:
Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR)
- 1964:
Osamu Watanabe (JPN)
- 1968:
Masaaki Kaneko (JPN)
- 1972:
Zagalav Abdulbekov (URS)
- 1976:
Yang Jung-mo (KOR)
- 1980:
Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)
- 1984:
Randall Lewis (USA)
- 1988:
John Smith (USA)
- 1992:
John Smith (USA)
- 1996:
Tom Brands (USA)
- 2000:
Murad Umakhanov (RUS)
- 2004:
Yandro Quintana (CUB)
- 2008:
Mavlet Batirov (RUS)
- 2012:
Toghrul Asgarov (AZE)
- 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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