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
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

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

  1. Magomedgasan Abushev. sports-reference.com
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