Ismail Abilov

Bulgarian freestyle wrestler

Ismail Abilov
Medal record
Men’s freestyle wrestling
Representing Bulgaria
Olympic Games
	1980 Moscow	82 kg
World Championships
	1974 Istanbul	90 kg
	1975 Minsk	82 kg
	1973 Teheran	82 kg
European Championships
	1975 Ludwigshafen	82 kg
	1977 Bursa	82 kg
	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	Results	Penalties	Time
1	Sören Claeson	Won by Fall (TF)	0	4:01
2	Vasile Ţigănaş	Won by Fall (TF)	0	0:46
3	Günter Busarello	Won by Fall (TF)	0	7:25
4	Abdula Memedi	Won by Fall (TF)	0	4:19
5	Magomedkhan Aratsilov	Won by Points (8-4)	1
Final	István Kovács	Won by Fall (TF)	0	1:48

References

^ 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.
^ "1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union –Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine– databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 8, 2008)