Serafim Ivanov Barzakov ( bg, Серафим Иванов Бързаков; born July 22, 1975, in
Kolarovo) is a male freestyle
wrestler
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from
Bulgaria
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. He participated in
Men's freestyle 66 kg at the
2008 Summer Olympics,
Men's freestyle 66 kg at the
2004 Summer Olympics,
Men's freestyle 63 kg at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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and
Men's freestyle 57 kg at the
1996 Summer Olympics.

He won a silver medal at
Men's freestyle 63 kg at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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.
He won a gold medal on
1998 FILA Wrestling World Championships
The following is the final results of the 1998 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Tehran, Iran. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Gävle, Sweden and Women's competition were held in Poznań, Poland.
M ...
(''63kg'') and
2001 FILA Wrestling World Championships
The following is the final results of the 2001 World Wrestling Championships. Freestyle competition were held in Sofia, Bulgaria and Greco-Roman competition were held in Patras, Greece.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyl ...
(''63kg'').
He is also a silver medalist of
2003 FILA Wrestling World Championships
The following is the final results of the 2003 World Wrestling Championships. The Freestyle Competition was held in New York City, United States, while the Greco-Roman Competition was held in Créteil, France
France (), officially th ...
(''66 kg'') and
2005 FILA Wrestling World Championships
The 2005 World Wrestling Championships were held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary
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(''66 kg'').
External links
Wrestler bio on beijing2008.com
Living people
1975 births
People from Petrich
Olympic wrestlers of Bulgaria
Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Bulgarian male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Macedonian Bulgarians
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Blagoevgrad Province
20th-century Bulgarian people
21st-century Bulgarian people
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