Ismail Abilov-Nizamoğlu (, born 9 June 1951 in Lopushna, Bulgaria) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

and Olympic champion. He became Olympic champion in 1980 in the freestyle middleweight class."1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union –Wrestling"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 8, 2008) He has received two silver medals and one bronze medal at the

FILA Wrestling World Championships The World Wrestling Championships for Greco-Roman wrestling (men, since 1904) and freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wr ...

. 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)

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* 1951 births Living people Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Bulgaria Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in wrestling People from Varna Province World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub