Georgi Markov (wrestler)
Bulgarian wrestler (born 1946)
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 | 1972 Munich | Featherweight |
Georgi Markov (Bulgarian: Георги Мърков, born April 5, 1946) is a retired Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler. He was born in 1946, in Gorno Vyrshilo, Pazardzhik province.
Markov was a European Champion and a World Champion, but is probably best-known for winning an Olympic gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
At the 1984 European Championships, in Jönköping, Markov disabled an intruder with a gun who attempted to disrupt the games.[1][2]
He was awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa.
References
External links
- Georgi Markov at databaseOlympics.com
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- 1912
Kaarlo Koskelo (FIN) - 1920
Oskari Friman (FIN) - 1924 Kalle Anttila (FIN)
- 1928
Voldemar Väli (EST) - 1932
Giovanni Gozzi (ITA) - 1936
Yaşar Erkan (TUR) - 1948
Mehmet Oktav (TUR) - 1952
Yakiv Punkin (URS) - 1956 Rauno Mäkinen (FIN)
- 1960 Müzahir Sille (TUR)
- 1964
Imre Polyák (HUN) - 1968
Roman Rurua (URS) - 1972
Georgi Markov (BUL) - 1976
Kazimierz Lipień (POL) - 1980
Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) - 1984
Kim Weon-kee (KOR) - 1988 Kamandar Madzhidov (URS)
- 1992 Mehmet Akif Pirim (TUR)
- 1996
Włodzimierz Zawadzki (POL) - 2000 Varteres Samurgashev (RUS)
- 2004
Jung Ji-hyun (KOR) - 2008 Islambek Albiev (RUS)
- 2012
Omid Norouzi (IRI)
- 1912–1920: 60 kg
- 1924–1928: 62 kg
- 1932–1936: 61 kg
- 1948–1960: 62 kg
- 1964–1968: 63 kg
- 1972–1996: 62 kg
- 2000: 63 kg
- 2004–2012: 60 kg
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