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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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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