Borislav Novachkov ( bg, Борислав Новачков; born 29 November 1989) is a Bulgarian American

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. Competing for Bulgaria in the 65 kg division he won a bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships. He was eliminated in the second bout at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

.Novachkov, Borislav (BUL)
. iat.uni-leipzig.de Novachkov qualified for the

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in the 65 kg freestyle class by winning a last-chance qualifier in Turkey. He wrestled collegiately at

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California or California State Polytechnic Univ ...

, where he won Pac-12 titles in 2010 and 2011 and was a three-time All-American (seventh in 2010, runner-up in 2011, third in 2012). He wrestled for Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, CA where he was a two-time CIF California state champion. He also won two Central Coast Section Championships after finishing 2nd as a sophomore. Novachkov moved from Bulgaria to

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, as an 8th grader, but was enrolled in high school a year early in order to keep him at the same school as his elder brother Filip Novachkov. Filip is also a California State Wrestling Champion and NCAA Qualifier for Cal Poly. Boris holds dual citizenship in the United States and Bulgaria, but chose to compete for his birth country.Sepulveda, Tom (8 May 2016
Former Cal Poly wrestling standout Novachkov headed to the Olympics
sanluisobispo.com Novachkov studied biokinetics at the

California Polytechnic State University California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California or California State Polytechnic Univ ...

, where he was named Male Athlete of the Year in 2011. Together with his brother he runs the company Bulgarian Muscle, which provides wrestling training and medical services. In 2012 he also started working as an assistant wrestling coach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He currently trains at Stanford University at the California Regional Training CenterBorislav Stefanov Novachkov
. nbcolympics.com He now trains and helps run the wrestling program at odyssey fitness in the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri and fights professionally in mma and is currently 2-1 in his mma career.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Novachkov, Borislav 1989 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of Bulgaria European Games competitors for Bulgaria Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cal Poly Mustangs athletes Bulgarian male sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists People from Radnevo