Fargat Akhatovich Mustafin (born September 7, 1950) is a Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler, Honored Master of Sport of the USSR (1974), and bronze medalist at the 1976 Olympic Games in the bantamweight division. A native of the selo of Maloye Rybushkino in Krasnooktyabrsky District of Gorky Region (according to other sources, of Moscow), he is Tatar by ethnicity.[1] After the end of his athletic career he moved into coaching and was awarded the title of Honored Coach of Russia (2000).[2]
Sports career
He competed for the Armed Forces sports club (Moscow) and trained under Georgy Vershinin.[2] He was a member of the USSR national team from 1974 to 1981.[2]
At the USSR championships he won four times: in 1972, 1973, and 1974 in the bantamweight division, and in 1981 in the lightweight division; he took silver in 1975 and bronze in 1980.[2] At the international level he won gold at the 1974 World Championships in Istanbul and at the 1975 World Championships in the bantamweight division, and silver at the 1977 World Championships in Gothenburg.[2][1] At the European Championships he won gold in 1974 and in 1976 in Leningrad, silver in 1975 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein and in 1977 in Bursa, and bronze in 1981.[2][1] At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal he took third place in the weight class up to 57 kg.[1]
Coaching career
After finishing his athletic career, Mustafin worked as a coach-instructor in combat sports (Greco-Roman wrestling section) at the CSKA Youth Sports School of the Olympic Reserve (SDYuShOR) in Moscow, and also with the Russian national team.[2][1] His daughters, Aliya Mustafina (born 1994) and Natalya Mustafina, also became athletes: Aliya is a two-time Olympic champion and multiple world champion in artistic gymnastics.[1]
Awards
- Honored Master of Sport of the USSR (1974)[2]
- Medal "For Labor Valor" (1976)[2]
- Honored Coach of Russia (October 2, 2000)[2]
Connection to the Nizhny Novgorod Land
Mustafin was born in the selo (a larger village) of Maloye Rybushkino in Krasnooktyabrskiy District — a Tatar selo in the south of Nizhny Novgorod Region, known for its Muslim community.[2][1] Nizhny Novgorod publications have turned to his biography in the context of the history of this selo.[1]
Sources
- megawiki.ru — Mustafin, Fargat Akhatovich — Megawiki
- sport-strana.ru — Mustafin Fargat Akhatovich — Sport-strana.ru