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Saypulla Absaidov
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 68 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1981 Skopje68 kg

Saypulla Atavovich Absaidov (Kumyk: Sayfullah Absaid Atawnu ulanı; born 14 July 1958 ) is a former wrestler of Kumyk descent and Olympic champion and World Champion 1981 in Freestyle wrestling who competed for the USSR. He was born in Tarki, Dagestan ASSR.

Olympics

Absaidov competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the lightweight class.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 13 September 2008)
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