Zhivko Vangelov

Schiwko Wangelow Atanasov ( Bulgarian Живко Вангелов Атанасов; born 7 July 1960 Nova Zagora ) was a Bulgarian wrestler. He won at the 1988 Olympics, a silver medal and was also twice each world and European champions in the Greek -Roman style, each featherweight.

Career

Schiwko Wangelow began in 1972 as a teenager in Haskovo with the rings. He concentrated on the Greco- Roman style. During his military service he was a member of the sports club Trakija Plovdiv. According to the same community service, he completed a sports studies at the National Sports Academy " Vasil Levski " in Sofia and became a member of the Sport Club Levski Spartak Sofia. There he was trained by none other than the multiple world champion Alexandar Tomow.

His international career began in 1981 with wrestlers taking part in the World Youth Championship ( age group espoir ) in Vancouver. He finished there in spring weight behind Anatoli Tainkin, Soviet Union, and Bernd Gabriel, Germany, 3rd place. In 1982, he was also the Grand Prix of Germany at Freiburg at the start and won there before Piotr Michalik, Poland, Anatoly Tainkin and Bernd Gabriel.

In 1983 he was Bulgarian featherweight champion for the first time. In April this year, he was then employed at the European Championships in Budapest, where she won the featherweight before Uta Constantin, Romania, Alexander Litvinov, Soviet Union, and Günter Reichelt, DDR, the title. At the World Championships this year in Kiev, he won a bronze medal behind Hannu Lahtinen, Finland, and Günter Reichelt.

Less well it ran for him at the 1984 European Championship in Jonkoping, because he finished there behind Kamandar Madschidow, Soviet Union, Günter Reichelt, Constantin Uta and Boguslaw Klozik, Poland only the 5th Place. At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, he was unable to attend because of the boycott these Games through them socialist states. In 1985, he started only at the World Championships in Kolbotn / Norway. He succeeded to become the first world champion. He pointed Boguslaw Klozik, GheorЖghe Savu, Romania and Arpad Sipos, Hungary, to the places.

Also in 1986 Schiwko Wangelow was just in the World Cup at the start. In Budapest, but he could not defend his title. He won a bronze medal behind Kamandar Madschidow and Boguslaw Klozik. For the most successful year of his career then was 1987. Initially it was in Tampere European champion before Vasily Woschni, Soviet Union and Jeno Bodi, Hungary and then in August 1987 in Clermont- Ferrand also world champion again before Kamandar Madschidow, Shigeki Nishiguchi, Japan and Boguslaw Klozik.

In 1988, he was then at the Olympic Games in Seoul in the finals of the featherweight against his old rival Kamandar Madschidow. He lost that fight but on points and won the silver medal.

Then Schiwko Wangelow ended his active wrestler 's career. Since the political changes in Bulgaria in the 1990s, he has been an independent businessman and had temporarily held some offices in the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation.

International success

Notes

  • OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
  • All competitions in griecvhisch -Roman style
  • Featherweight, weight category up to 62 kg body weight

Swell

  • Journal The Ringer
  • Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "
July 7 Weight class (boxing) Aleksandar Tomov 1983 World Wrestling Championships 1985 World Wrestling Championships 1986 World Wrestling Championships Hugo Dietsche 1987 World Wrestling Championships Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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