Mihail Ganev
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Nationality | Bulgarian | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria | January 5, 1985|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sport wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Mihail Petrov Ganev (Bulgarian: Михаил Петров Ганев) (born January 5, 1985) is a male freestyle wrestler from Bulgaria.
He won a junior world championship in the 74 kg weight class in 2005.
In his first senior level international competition, he participated in the 74 kg weight class at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou, China. There he upset the legendary Russian wrestler Buvaisar Saitiev in the round of sixteen, but went on to lose to Ibragim Aldatov from Ukraine, and eventually placed 5th.
He won the gold medal in the 84 kg weight class in men's freestyle at the 2010 World Wrestling Championships held in Moscow.
See also
List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
External links
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