Valentin Raychev
Bulgarian freestyle wrestler
Raychev (bottom) at the 1980 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 20 September 1958 (1958-09-20) (age 65) Sofia, Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Levski Sofia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Valentin Raychev (Bulgarian: Валентин Райчев; born 20 September 1958) is a retired welterweight freestyle wrestler from Bulgaria. He won an Olympics gold medal in 1980 and silver medals at the world and European championships in 1981.[1][2]
References
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- 1904 Charles Ericksen (NOR)
- 1924 Hermann Gehri (SUI)
- 1928 Arvo Haavisto (FIN)
- 1932 Jack van Bebber (USA)
- 1936 Frank Lewis (USA)
- 1948 Yaşar Doğu (TUR)
- 1952 William Smith (USA)
- 1956 Mitsuo Ikeda (JPN)
- 1960 Douglas Blubaugh (USA)
- 1964 İsmail Ogan (TUR)
- 1968 Mahmut Atalay (TUR)
- 1972 Wayne Wells (USA)
- 1976 Jiichiro Date (JPN)
- 1980 Valentin Raychev (BUL)
- 1984 David Schultz (USA)
- 1988 Kenny Monday (USA)
- 1992 Park Jang-soon (KOR)
- 1996 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
- 2000 Brandon Slay (USA)
- 2004 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
- 2008 Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
- 2012 Jordan Burroughs (USA)
- 2016 Hassan Yazdani (IRI)
- 2020 Zaurbek Sidakov (ROC)
- 1904: 71.67 kg
- 1924–1936: 72 kg
- 1948–1960: 73 kg
- 1964–1968: 78 kg
- 1972–1996: 74 kg
- 2000: 76 kg
- 2004–present: 74 kg
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