Nikola Stanchev
Bulgarian wrestler (1930–2009)
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Olympic Games | ||
1956 Melbourne | Middleweight |
Nikola Nikolov Stanchev (Bulgarian: Никола Николов Станчев, 11 September 1930 – 12 July 2009) was a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler.
He was born in Tvarditsa, Burgas province.
Club: Chernomoretz Burgas
He was the 1956 Olympic Games middle weight freestyle wrestling champion - the first Bulgarian Olympics gold medal[1] - and silver medal winner at the World championship in Istanbul the same year.
Notes
- ^ Former wrestler Stanchev dies
External links
- Nikola Stanchev at databaseOlympics.com
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- 1908 Stanley Bacon (GBR)
- 1920 Eino Leino (FIN)
- 1924 Fritz Hagmann (SUI)
- 1928 Ernst Kyburz (SUI)
- 1932 Ivar Johansson (SWE)
- 1936 Émile Poilvé (FRA)
- 1948 Glen Brand (USA)
- 1952 David Tsimakuridze (URS)
- 1956 Nikola Stanchev (BUL)
- 1960 Hasan Güngör (TUR)
- 1964 Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
- 1968 Boris Gurevich (URS)
- 1972 Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1976 John Peterson (USA)
- 1980 Ismail Abilov (BUL)
- 1984 Mark Schultz (USA)
- 1988 Han Myung-woo (KOR)
- 1992 Kevin Jackson (USA)
- 1996 Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)
- 2000 Adam Saitiev (RUS)
- 2004 Cael Sanderson (USA)
- 2008 Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)
- 2012 Sharif Sharifov (AZE)
- 2016 Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 2020 David Taylor (USA)
- 1908: 73 kg
- 1920: 75 kg
- 1924–1960: 79 kg
- 1964–1968: 87 kg
- 1972–1996: 82 kg
- 2000: 85 kg
- 2004–2012: 84 kg
- 2016–present: 86 kg
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