Atanas Slavchev Komshev (, 23 October 1959 – 12 November 1994) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

and Olympic champion. He became Olympic champion in 1988 in the Greco-Roman light heavyweight class."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea –Wrestling"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 8, 2008) He received three silver medals and two bronze medals in the

FILA Wrestling World Championships The World Wrestling Championships for Greco-Roman wrestling (men, since 1904) and freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wr ...

. Komchev was in an automobile accident on 2 November 1994 and died 10 days later, on 12 November.

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* * * 1959 births People from Karnobat Sportspeople from Burgas Province Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria 1994 deaths Olympic medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Road incident deaths in Bulgaria 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub