Georgi Vangelov (born 29 July 1993) is a Bulgarian

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 ...

. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the

European Wrestling Championships The European Wrestling Championships is the second oldest international wrestling competition of the modern world and the main wrestling championships in Europe. It predates World Wrestling Championships and other regional wrestling championships ...

. He also represented Bulgaria at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2016, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the

held in Riga, Latvia. In 2020, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 61 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. He lost his bronze medal match in the men's 57 kg event at the

held in Tokyo, Japan. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 61 kg event at the

2022 European Wrestling Championships The 2022 European Wrestling Championships was held from 28 March to 3 April 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. Belarusian and Russian wrestlers did not compete at the event after a ban as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Competition schedule ...

held in Budapest, Hungary. He lost his bronze medal match in the 61kg event at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Personal life

Vangelov is married and has a daughter.

Achievements

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vangelov, Georgi Living people 1993 births People from Radnevo Bulgarian male sport wrestlers European Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Bulgaria Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Bulgaria 20th-century Bulgarian people 21st-century Bulgarian people