Alexandar Nanew

Alexandar Nanew (born November 9, 1958 ) is a former Bulgarian wrestler . He was European champion in 1986 and 1987 in free style middleweight.

Career

Alexandar Nanew began at the age of 14 years in 1972 with the rings . After initial successes in the junior sector and joining the army, he became a member of the Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA) Sofia , where coach Jantscho Patrikow trained him to become an excellent freestyle wrestler. Even as a junior he was one of the European elite freestyle wrestlers and took 3rd place in the welterweight division at the European Junior Championships in Poznań in 1976.

Alexandar Nanew also made the transition from junior to senior level seamlessly, as he immediately won the silver medal at the 1977 World Championships in Lausanne at the age of nineteen . He won over Stanley Dziedzic from the USA on points and was defeated by Mansoor Barzegar from Iran on points, who in turn lost to Dziedzic. In the final statement, Dziedzic had the best point ratio of these three wrestlers and won ahead of Nanew and Barzegar.

In 1978, Alexandar Nanew came 4th at the World Cup after losing to Peter Marta from the USSR and Leroy Kemp from the USA. He then won a medal again at the 1979 European Championships in Bucharest , namely the bronze one. At this championship he also defeated the German top wrestler Martin Knosp from Urloffen .

In 1980 he came at the European Championships in Prievidza only on the 5th place and was not nominated by the Bulgarian Wrestling Association for the Olympic Games in Moscow . From Bulgaria started in Moscow in the welterweight Valentin Rajtschew , who promptly became Olympic champion there. Alexandar Nanew was used again at the world championships in 1982 and 1983 and at the European championship in 1983 in the welterweight division, but could not occupy any top positions there.

From 1985 he was then one weight class higher, in the middleweight division. Relieved of the burden of training, he then achieved one success after another in the years up to 1988. First he was runner- up in 1985 in Budapest behind Mark Schultz from the USA, then he won the 1986 European championship in Athens and again the runner-up world championship in Budapest. In 1987 he became European champion again in Tampere and again vice world champion in Seoul . Alexandar Nanew finished his career with a 3rd place at the 1988 European Championships in Manchester . The reasons why he did not compete in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul are not known.

After finishing his active wrestling career, Alexandar Nanew moved to the coaching office.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = free style, We = welterweight, Wed = middleweight, back then up to 74 kg or 82 kg body weight)

• 1976, 3rd place , European Junior Championships in Poznań , F, We, behind Georgi Makarasaschwili, USSR a . Peter Syring , GDR ;

• 1977, 6th place , EM in Bursa , F, We, with a victory over Janos Kocsis, Hungary a . Defeats against Peter Marta , USSR a. Reşit Karabacak , Turkey ;

• 1977, 2nd place , World Championships in Lausanne , F, We, with victories over Suehira Fujita, Japan , Peter Tschan, Switzerland , Günter Busarello , Austria , Risto Kirov , Yugoslavia a . Stanley Dziedzic , USA a . Defeats against Jamtsyn Dawaadschaw , Mongolia a . Mansoor Barzegar , Iran (1st Dziedzic, 2nd Nanew, 3rd Barzegar);

• 1978, 4th place , World Cup in Mexico City , F, W, with victories over Dschamtsyn Dawaadschaw , Sevket Algar, Turkey, Kiro Ristov, Marc Mongeon, Canada u. Defeats against Peter Marta u. Leroy Kemp , USA;

• 1979, 3rd place , EM in Bucharest , F, We, with victories over Ruedi Marro, Switzerland, Ryszard Scigalski, Poland , Emilian Christian, Romania a . Martin Knosp , FRG a . a loss to Abanal Muslimov, USSR;

• 1979, 6th place , World Championships in San Diego , F, We, with victories over Clive Llewellyn, Canada a. In Mon Ko, North Korea u. Defeats to Nikolai Petrenko , USSR a. Leroy Kemp;

• 1980, 5th place , EM in Prievidza , F, We, with victories over Philippe Mathis, France , Kiro Ristov u. Ryszard Scigalski et al. Defeats against Dan Karabín , Czechoslovakia a . Georgi Makarasachwili;

• 1982, 7th place , World Championships in Edmonton , F, We, behind Leroy Kemp, Dan Karabin, Juri Vorobjew , USSR, Takashi Kikuchi, Japan, Hossein Mohebbi , Iran u. Istvan Feher, Hungary ;

• 1983, 6th place , EM in Budapest , F, We, behind Saban Sejdi , Yugoslavia , Pekka Rauhala , Finland, Wladimir Dschugutow , USSR, Krystian Rajman, Poland a. Burhan Sabanciuglo, Turkey ;

• 1983, 7th place , World Championships in Kiev , F, We, behind David Schultz , USA, Taram Magomedow , USSR, Martin Knosp, Pekka Rauhala, Dan Karabin i. Damdingiin Bajaraa , Mongolia;

• 1984, 2nd place , World Cup in Toledo / USA , F, We, behind Wladimir Dschugutow u. before Raul Cascaret Fonseca , Kuba , Leroy Kemp u. Marc Mongeon;

• 1985, 1st place , Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Aschaffenburg , F, Wed, in front of Andrzej Radomski, Poland, Peter Franz , GDR a. Thomas Mittermüller , FRG;

• 1985, 2nd place , World Championships in Budapest , F, Wed, behind Mark Schultz u. before Alexander Tambowzew, USSR, Reiner Trik , FRG, Serge Marcel, Canada a . Cedo Nikolovski, Yugoslavia;

• 1986, 1st place , EM in Athens , F, Wed, ahead of Vagati Kazibekow , USSR, Jozef Lohyňa , Czechoslovakia, Gheorghe Mitu, Romania a. Jouni Ilomäki, Finland ;

• 1986, 2nd place , World Cup in Budapest, F, Wed, behind Wladimir Modosjan , USSR a. before Jozef Lohyna, Reiner Trik, Gheorghe Mitu u. Alcide Legrand , France;

• 1987, 1st place , EM in Tampere , F, Wed, in front of Wladimir Modosjan, Jozef Lohyna, Ion Matu, Romania, Necmi Gençalp , Turkey a. Costas Avramis, Greece;

• 1987, 2nd place , World Championships in Seoul , F, Wed, behind Mark Schultz u. before Wladimir Modosjan, Andrzej Radomski, Reiner Trik u. Necmi Gencalp;

• 1988, 3rd place , EM in Manchester , F, Wed, behind Juri Vorobiew, USSR a. Hans Gstöttner , GDR a. before Andrzej Radomski, Josef Lohyna u. Iglesias Francisco, Spain

swell

• 1) Div. Issues of the trade journal "Der Ringer" from 1976 to 1988,
• 2) International Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web links

• Profile of Alexandar Nanew at the Institute for Applied Training Science