Prodan Gardzhev
Bulgarian freestyle wrestler
 Gardzhev (right) at the 1965 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 8 April 1936 Rosenovo, Burgas Region, Bulgaria[1] |
| Died | 5 July 2003 (aged 67) Burgas, Bulgaria |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling |
| Club | Chernomorets Burgas |
Prodan Stoyanov Gardzhev (Bulgarian: Продан Стоянов Гарджев, 8 April 1936 – 5 July 2003) was a Bulgarian middleweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1964 and a bronze in 1968. Gardzhev held the world title in 1963 and 1966 and placed third in 1965.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Prodan Gardzhev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Prodan Gardzhev. iat.uni-leipzig.de
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- Prodan Gardzhev at Olympedia
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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
World Champions in freestyle middleweight (86 kg) | |
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