Atanas Komchev
Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler
Medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
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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