Ismail Abilov



Ismail Abilov-Nizamoğlu (Исмаил Абилов, born 9 June 1951 in Lopushna, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion.

He became Olympic champion in 1980 in the freestyle middleweight class.

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)