Venelin Venkov ( bg, Венелин Венков; born April 21, 1982, in
Oryahovo
Oryahovo ( bg, Оряхово ) is a port city in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is located in a hilly area on the right bank of the Danube, just east of the mouth of the river Ogosta, a few more kilometres downstream from ...
,
Vratsa) is an amateur Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's featherweight category. He won a silver medal for his division at the 2006 European Wrestling Championships in
Moscow, Russia
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, losing out to Armenia's
Roman Amoyan
Roman Amoyan ( hy, Ռոման Ամոյան, born 3 September 1983) is an Armenian retired Greco-Roman wrestler of Yazidi-Kurdish descent. He is an Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World Championships medalist, and two-time European Champion. A ...
. He is also a member of Slavia Litex Wrestling Club in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
, and is coached and trained by Bratan Tzenov.
Venkov represented
Bulgaria
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's 55 kg class. Unfortunately, he lost the qualifying round match by a
fall (a score of 0–5) to Iran's
Hamid Sourian
Hamid Sourian Reihanpour ( fa, حمید سوریان ریحانپور; born 24 August 1985) is a retired Iranian wrestler. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Greco-Roman wrestlers of all time. Sourian is 2012 Summer Olympic games gol ...
.
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References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
1982 births
Living people
People from Oryahovo
Sportspeople from Vratsa Province
Olympic wrestlers for Bulgaria
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Bulgarian male sport wrestlers
20th-century Bulgarian people
21st-century Bulgarian people
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