Atanas Komchev
Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | ||
Representing  Bulgaria | ||
Olympic Games  | ||
 | 1988 Seoul | 90 kg |
| World Championships | ||
 | 1982 Katowice | 90 kg |
| 1983 Kiev | 90 kg |
| 1986 Budapest | 90 kg |
 | 1985 Kolbotn | 90 kg |
| 1987 Clermont-Ferrand | 90 kg |
Atanas Slavchev Komshev (Bulgarian: Атанас Славчев Комшев, 23 October 1959 – 12 November 1994) was a Bulgarian wrestler and Olympic champion.
He became Olympic champion in 1988 in the Greco-Roman light heavyweight class.[1] He received three silver medals and two bronze medals in the FILA Wrestling World Championships. Komchev was in an automobile accident on 2 November 1994 and died 10 days later, on 12 November.
References
- ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea –Wrestling" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine– databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 8, 2008)
External links
- Atanas Komchev at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Atanas Komchev at Olympics.com
- Atanas Komchev at Olympedia
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- 1908
Verner Weckman (FIN) - 1912 no winner
- 1920
Claes Johanson (SWE) - 1924 Carl Westergren (SWE)
- 1928
Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY) - 1932 Rudolf Svensson (SWE)
- 1936 Axel Cadier (SWE)
- 1948 Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)
- 1952
Kelpo Gröndahl (FIN) - 1956
Valentin Nikolayev (URS) - 1960
Tevfik Kış (TUR) - 1964
Boyan Radev (BUL) - 1968
Boyan Radev (BUL) - 1972 Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1976 Valery Rezantsev (URS)
- 1980
Norbert Növényi (HUN) - 1984
Steve Fraser (USA) - 1988
Atanas Komchev (BUL) - 1992
Maik Bullmann (GER) - 1996
Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)
- 1908: 93 kg
- 1912–1928: 82.5 kg
- 1932–1960: 87 kg
- 1964–1968: 97 kg
- 1972–1996: 90 kg
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