Nikola Stanchev
Bulgarian wrestler (1930–2009)
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
Representing  Bulgaria | ||
Olympic Games  | ||
 | 1956 Melbourne | Middleweight |
Nikola Nikolov Stanchev (Bulgarian: Никола Николов Станчев, 11 September 1930 – 12 July 2009) was a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler.
He was born in Tvarditsa, Burgas province.
Club: Chernomoretz Burgas
He was the 1956 Olympic Games middle weight freestyle wrestling champion - the first Bulgarian Olympics gold medal[1] - and silver medal winner at the World championship in Istanbul the same year.
Notes
- ^ Former wrestler Stanchev dies
External links
- Nikola Stanchev at databaseOlympics.com
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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
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