Dimitar Dobrew

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Dimitar Dobrew ( Bulgarian Димитър Добрев ; born April 14, 1931 in Ezerche , Razgrad Oblast ; † April 1, 2019 ) was a Bulgarian wrestler .

Career

Dimitar Dobrew started wrestling in 1948. After his first regional successes, where his great talent for wrestling could be seen, he came to Sofia . As a member of a Bulgarian security body, he was able to devote himself fully to the sport of wrestling and soon belonged to the best Bulgarian wrestlers in the Greco-Roman style. In 1951 he was in the Bulgarian national relay, which fought an international match against the GDR , and won over Huth, Berlin , on points.

At the 1955 World Championships in Karlsruhe , he first started at an international championship. In the middleweight division he took a good 5th place. He won two fights, but lost to the more experienced wrestlers Gyula Gurics from Hungary and Horst Hess from Dortmund , who even shouldered him with a hip pull.

Dobrew had made further great strides by the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne . He won his first three fights there, lost only to Giwi Kartosia from the USSR and won the silver medal. At the 1958 World Championships in Budapest, he lost again to Giwi Kartosia and ended up in 4th place. At this World Cup he defeated the two German wrestlers Horst Hess from the FRG and Lothar Metz from the GDR, who both finished in 2nd and 3rd place before him.

The 1960 Olympic Games in Rome were the highlight of his career . With five clear wins, Dimitar Dobrew became Olympic middleweight champion ahead of Lothar Metz from Rostock , who started for the all-German team.

At the 1961 World Cup in Yokohama , he was not at the start. At the 1962 World Cup in Toledo in the United States , however, he was back at the start and finished fourth after a weight class reassignment in the welterweight division. Although he did not lose a fight, he had to retire after the 4th round because of two draws and reaching 6 fault points.

The following year he made 6th place at the World Championships in Helsingborg . He had won his first three fights on points, but retired because of a loss to the Soviet champion Anatoly Kolessow .

His wish to qualify for his third Olympic Games in 1964 did not come true. He then resigned from wrestling and trained as a trainer. After that he worked for a long time as a lecturer at the Bulgarian Sports University and coach of the wrestling team at this school in Sofia.

The results of the international championships and some other tournaments in which Dimitar Dobrew participated can be found in the following section.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greek-Roman style, We = welterweight, Mi = middleweight, then from 1962 up to 78 kg or up to 1961 up to 79 kg body weight)

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personal data
SURNAME Dobrew, Dimitar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Ezerche , Razgrad Oblast
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 2019