Nikolay Borislavov Gergov (; born March 17, 1978, in

Oryahovo Oryahovo ( ) 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 where the Jiu flows i ...

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) is an amateur Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's welterweight category. He defeated South Korea's Kim Min-Chul for a gold medal in the 66 kg division at the

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, in addition to his bronze from the

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. He is also a two-time Olympian, a double European wrestling champion, and a member of Slavia Litex Wrestling Club in

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, under his personal coach Bratan Tzenov. Because of his further successes in wrestling, Gergov was selected as one of eleven athletes for the Bulgarian Sports Personality Award in 2007. Gergov made his official debut for the

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, where he placed second in the preliminary pool of the men's 66 kg class, against South Korea's Kim In-Sub and Hungary's Levente Füredy. At the

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, Gergov competed for the second time in the men's 66 kg class. He defeated Turkey's

Şeref Eroğlu Şeref Eroğlu (born 25 November 1975, in Kahramanmaraş) is a Turkish Sport wrestling, wrestler. He won 6 times in Europe (1994-1996-1998-2001-2002-2003) and once in the World (1997). At the 2004 Athens Olympics, he competed at 66 kg and w ...

, and Russia's Sergey Kovalenko in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the semi-final match to Kyrgyzstan's

Kanatbek Begaliev Kanatbek Kubatovich Begaliev (born 14 February 1984 in Talas, Kyrgyz SSR) is a Kyrgyz wrestler who won the silver medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. After Athens 2004 where he was at 11t ...

, with a classification point score of 1–3. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Gergov automatically qualified for the bronze medal bout, where he was defeated by Ukraine's Armen Vardanyan, with a three-set technical score (4–1, 1–2, 6–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.

References

External links

Profile – International Wrestling Database
1978 births Living people People from Oryahovo Sportspeople from Vratsa Province Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Bulgaria Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Bulgarian people 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-wrestling-bio-stub