Rusi Petrov
Bulgarian wrestler (1944–2023)
Rusi Petrov (Bulgarian: Руси Петров; 26 April 1944 – August 2023) was a Bulgarian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 1971, at the World Wrestling Championship he won gold in Men's freestyle, 90 kg category.
Petrov died in August 2023, at the age of 79.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rusi Petrov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Почина легендата в борбата Руси Петров". Vesti. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
External links
- Rusi Petrov at the International Wrestling Database
- Rusi Petrov at Olympedia
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World Champions in freestyle light heavyweight (92 kg)
- 1951:
Yaşar Doğu (TUR) - 1954:
August Englas (URS) - 1957:
Petko Sirakov (BUL) - 1959:
Gholamreza Takhti (IRI) - 1961: Gholamreza Takhti (IRI)
- 1962:
Aleksandr Medved (URS) - 1963: Aleksandr Medved (URS)
- 1965: Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
- 1966: Aleksandr Medved (URS)
- 1967: Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
- 1969: Boris Gurevich (URS)
- 1970: Gennady Strakhov (URS)
- 1971:
Rusi Petrov (BUL) - 1973: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1974: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1975: Levan Tediashvili (URS)
- 1977: Anatoly Prokopchuk (URS)
- 1978:
Uwe Neupert (GDR) - 1979: Khasan Ortzev (URS)
- 1981: Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)
- 1982: Uwe Neupert (GDR)
- 1983: Petr Naniev (URS)
- 1985:
Bill Scherr (USA) - 1986: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1987: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1989: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1990: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1991: Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
- 1993: Melvin Douglas (USA)
- 1994:
Rasoul Khadem (IRI) - 1995: Rasoul Khadem (IRI)
- 2018: J'den Cox (USA)
- 2019: J'den Cox (USA)
- 2021: Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)
- 2022: Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)
- 2023:
Rizabek Aitmukhan (KAZ)
- 1951–1961 : 87 kg
- 1962–1967 : 97 kg
- 1969–1995 : 90 kg
- 2018–present : 92 kg
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