Ivan Ivanov (; born August 24, 1986, in
Sofia
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) is an amateur Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category. Ivanov qualified for the
men's 120 kg class at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, after placing third from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in
Novi Sad, Serbia
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. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out to France's
Yannick Szczepaniak, with a classification point score of 1–3.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
Bulgarian male sport wrestlers
1986 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Bulgaria
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sport wrestlers from Sofia
21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen
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