Atanas Komchev
Atanas Komtschew ( Bulgarian Атанас Комшев; born October 23, 1959 in Devetinzi, Prov Burgas, . † November 12, 1994 ) is a former Bulgarian wrestler.
Career
Atanas Komtschew grew up in his birthplace. At age 10 he began to struggle. As a teenager, he was already one of the best Bulgarian wrestlers his age group. At 18, he joined the Bulgarian People's Army and came to the Central Sports Club of the Army CSKA Sofia. He worked over the years with many trainers together. Most of all he has but to thank Stefan Angelov, which led him to start his career in the top. Atanas weighed as an adult about 90 kg and competed in the light heavyweight class. He wrestled exclusively in the Greco- Roman style. As an army officer he could devote himself fully to the rings.
In 1978 he won the first Bulgarian Championship light heavyweight and 1979 he was first used internationally at the Balkan Games, finishing equal 2nd place. At the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 he was not yet used. There Stoyan Ivanov wrestled for Bulgaria.
At the European Championships 1981 in Gothenburg but he was there again and were also present from a good figure, even if it still gave no medal with fifth place. He defeated the Swedish superstar Frank Andersson the Finn and Manni. But he proved that the future you can count on him.
At the European Championships in 1982 in the domestic Varna he won his first international medal in the light heavyweight behind Igor Kanygin from the USSR and Frank Andersson, both wrestlers, with whom he should deliver many heated battles still. At the World Championships the same year in Katowice, he was behind Andersson, but before Kanygin second winner.
1983 occupied Atanas Komtschew both at the European Championships in Budapest and at the World Championships in Kiev into second place. Both times he lost in the final against Igor Kanygin on which he has not yet passed. At the European Championships in 1984 in Jönköping him then for the first time achieved a victory over Kanygin. Winning the European Champion title was the reward. Because of the boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles by the socialist countries of him start playing these games was unfortunately installed. Too bad that politics was then discharged on the backs of athletes.
In 1985, he was only used at the World Championships in Kolbotn / Norway. He finished in third place. It won there, surprisingly, a new man, the American Michael Houck.
1986 he succeeded at the European Championships in Athens again winning the title. On the way, he also defeated the German junior wrestler Roger Gries of Moembris -Königshofen. In the final of the Austrian Franz Pitschmann Komtschew gave a valiant fight and was defeated narrowly on points. At the World Championships the same year in Budapest Atanas Komtschew lost the final, surprisingly, the newcomer Andrzej Malina from Poland.
At the European Championships 1987 in Tampere Atanas had in the final against the Soviet athlete Vladimir Popov no chance, he was defeated by the well at the World Championships in Clermont -Ferrand.
In the Olympic year 1988, he decided not to participate in the European Championship in order to specifically prepare for the Olympic Games in Seoul can. A measure that was worth it, because he defeated all opponents in Seoul, also Popov, and became Olympic champion.
After the Olympic victory in 1988 he fared like many other wrestlers before him, he did not win any international medal more. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, he came, moved up to the heavyweight division, even only on the 11th Place.
Overall, his career was with eleven winning medals at major international championships but very successful. About beam from the Olympic victory in 1988.
The results of all international championships in which Atanas Komtschew participated are to be seen in the following section.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =, GR = Greek -Roman style, Hs = light heavyweight, S = Heavy weight, then up to 90 kg or 100 kg body weight)
Bulgarian Championships
Atanas Komtschew won ten times the Bulgarian Championship light heavyweight or heavyweight.
Swell
- Journal The Ringer
- Website of the Institute for Applied Training Science of the University of Leipzig