Georgi Raykov ( bg, Георги Райков) (October 18, 1953 – August 12, 2006) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

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. He was born in

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. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1980. He won silver medals at the 1978 and

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* 1953 births 2006 deaths Sportspeople from Sofia Olympic wrestlers of Bulgaria Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Bulgarian people 21st-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-wrestling-bio-stub