Miroslav Gochev

Miroslav Gochev
Personal information
Full name Miroslav Angelov Gochev
Nationality  Bulgaria
Born (1973-04-09) 9 April 1973
Burgas, Bulgaria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Style Freestyle
Club Slavia Litex
Coach Miho Dukov

Miroslav Angelov Gochev (Bulgarian: Мирослав Ангелов Гочев; born April 9, 1973 in Burgas) is a retired amateur Bulgarian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category.[1] Gochev has claimed a bronze medal in the 76-kg division at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships in Wrocław, Poland, picked up a silver at the 2001 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and later represented his nation Bulgaria at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2] Throughout his sporting career, Gochev trained full time as a member of the wrestling squad for Slavia Litex Sports Club in Sofia under his personal coach Miho Dukov.

Gochev qualified for the Bulgarian squad, as a 31-year-old veteran, in the men's 84 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving an allocated berth from the International Federation of Associated Wrestling (FILA).[3] Facing against two Olympic medalists from Sydney four years earlier, Gochev opened an astonishing 4–2 victory over Macedonia's Mogamed Ibragimov, but could not push South Korean wrestler Moon Eui-Jae off the mat, and suffered a defeat by a 5–9 score at the end of the round-robin. Finishing second in the prelim pool and twelfth overall, Gochev's performance was not enough to advance him to the quarterfinals.[4][5]

References

  1. "Miroslav Gochev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. Abbott, Gary (30 August 1997). "Kolat wins silver medal at Freestyle World Championships in Russia". USA Wrestling (The Mat). Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  3. Abbott, Gary (18 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 84 kg/185 lbs. in men's freestyle". USA Wrestling (The Mat). Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  4. "Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 84kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  5. "Катастрофа за борците" [Disaster for wrestlers] (in Bulgarian). Standart. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

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