Magomedgasan Abushev

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]

Magomedgasan Abushev

Abushev in 2020
Personal information
Born	(1959-11-10) 10 November 1959 Karabudakhkent, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	Dynamo Makhachkala
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 62 kg European championships 1980 Prievidza 62 kg

Abushev (left) at the 1980 Olympics versus Augustine Atasie of Nigeria

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]