Ismail Abilov
Medal record
Men’s freestyle wrestling
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 82 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1974 Istanbul 90 kg
Silver medal – second place 1975 Minsk 82 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Teheran 82 kg
European Wrestling Championships
Gold medal – first place 1975 Ludwigshafen 82 kg
Gold medal – first place 1977 Bursa 82 kg
Gold medal – first place 1980 Prievidza 82 kg

Ismail Abilov-Nizamoğlu (Bulgarian: Исмаил Абилов, born 9 June 1951 in Lopushna, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion.[1]

He became Olympic champion in 1980 in the freestyle middleweight class.[2]

He has received two silver medals and one bronze medal at the FILA Wrestling World Championships.

Ismail Abilov-Nizamoğlu has received three gold medals and one silver medal at the European Wrestling Championships (at the 1977 European Wrestling Championship he defeated the 1975 World Champion and two-time Olimpic Bronze Medalist Adolf Seger).

Olympic results

1980 (as a Men's freestyle 82 kg)

Round Opponent Сountry Results Penalties Time
1 Sören Claeson Sweden Won by Fall (TF) 0 4:01
2 Vasile Ţigănaş Romania Won by Fall (TF) 0 0:46
3 Günter Busarello Austria Won by Fall (TF) 0 7:25
4 Abdula Memedi Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Won by Fall (TF) 0 4:19
5 Magomedkhan Aratsilov Soviet Union Won by Points (8-4) 1
Final István Kovács Hungary Won by Fall (TF) 0 1:48

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ismail Abilov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. ^ "1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union –Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine– databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 8, 2008)

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Olympic Champions in freestyle middleweight
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