Osman Duraliev (; 15 January 1939 – 25 April 2011) was a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler with Turkish origin. Between 1967 and 1972 he won ten silver medals at major international competitions, including the

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

and

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

. In eight of them he lost the final to

Aleksandr Medved Aleksandr Vasilyevich Medved (16 September 1937 – 2 September 2024) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler of Russian ethnicity who competed for the Soviet Union and was named "one of the greatest wrest ...

. He came close to winning at the 1971 World Championships in Sofia, where he led the match 4:3 with 43 seconds left. Yet Medved equalized the score and won the title because of his lower body weight. In 1989 Duraliev immigrated to Turkey, where he died aged 72.

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* 1939 births 2011 deaths Sportspeople from Razgrad Bulgarian people of Turkish descent Olympic wrestlers for Bulgaria Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in wrestling Bulgarian Turks in Turkey Bulgarian emigrants to Turkey World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-wrestling-bio-stub