Refat Ablaev, a native of the city of Eski Qırım, managed to achieve brilliant results in sports in exile in Uzbekistan. He was one of the strongest classical style wrestlers, at the same time he was engaged in freestyle wrestling, sambo and national wrestling Kuresh. He is a two-time USSR champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, an honorary master of sports and an honored coach of the USSR. One of his most famous students is Olympic champion Rustem Kazakov.
