Anton Botev (born May 25, 1986) is an amateur Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's super heavyweight category. He is a member of Neftçi Wrestling Club in
Baku, and is coached and trained by Timershan Kalimulin.
Botev represented his current nation
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where he competed for in
men's 120 kg class. He first defeated Georgian-born Uzbek wrestler and former heavyweight silver medalist
David Saldadze in the qualifying round, before losing out his next match to Sweden's
Jalmar Sjöberg, who was able to score five points in two straight periods, leaving Botev without a single point.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
Russian male sport wrestlers
Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
1986 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Omsk
Azerbaijani people of Russian descent
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