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Enyu Valchev Dimov (; 4 January 1936 – 15 February 2014) was a lightweight freestyle wrestler from Bulgaria. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a bronze, gold and silver medal, respectively. At the World championships, he won gold in 1962, silvers in 1959 and 1969 and bronze in 1967, while finishing fourth in 1965, fifth in 1966 and sixth in 1963. At the European Championships Valchev won gold medals in 1968 and 1969 and a bronze in 1967.Valchev-Dimov, Eniu (BUL)
. iat.uni-leipzig.de In 1962 Valchev was selected as Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year. After finishing his wrestling career, Valchev worked as a coach, and was the head coach of the Bulgarian junior team until his retirement in 1990. In 2005 he was elected to the
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1936 births 2014 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Bulgaria Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in wrestling People from Radnevo Sportspeople from Stara Zagora Province World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics 21st-century Bulgarian people 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub