Saypulla Atavovich Absaidov (; born 14 July 1958 ) is a former

wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat spo ...

of Kumyk descent and Olympic champion and World Champion 1981 in

Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling ...

who competed for the USSR. He was born in

Tarki Tarki ( kum, Таргъу, Tarğu; russian: Тарки́) formerly also spelled Tarkou and also known as Tarku, is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of Sovetsky City District of the City of M ...

Dagestan ASSR The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic av, Дагъистаналъул Автономияб Советияб Социалистияб Жумгьурият az, Дағыстан Мухтар Совет Сосиалист Республи ...

Olympics

Absaidov competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

where he received a gold medal in

, the ''lightweight'' class."1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 13 September 2008)

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* 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Makhachkala Kumyks Soviet male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Russian male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Shohrat Order Recipients of the Tereggi Medal Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-wrestling-bio-stub