Zagalav Abdulbekov

Zagalav Abdulbekov
Medal record

Representing Soviet Union
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
	1972 Munich	Featherweight
World Championships
	1971 Sofia	62 kg
	1973 Tehran	62 kg

Zagalav Abdulbekovich Abdulbekov (Russian: Загалав Абдулбекович Абдулбеков; born 19 December 1945 in Karata, Dagestan ASSR) is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He is also twice world champion in freestyle wrestling.

Olympics

Abdulbekov competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the featherweight class.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 9 January 2009)
↑ "Profile: Zagalav Abdulbekov". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 9 January 2009.

Olympic Champions in freestyle featherweight

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)

−61.33 kg (1904) −60.3 kg (1908) −61 kg (1920–1936) −63 kg (1948–1968) −62 kg (1972–1996) −63 kg (2000) −60 kg (2004–2012)

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