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 in 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 November 1959 Karabudakhkent, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Makhachkala | |||||||||||||||||
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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 edit
- ^ a b Magomedgasan Abushev. sports-reference.com
External links edit
- Magomedgasan Abushev at the International Wrestling Database
- Magomedgasan Abushev at Olympedia
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