Krassimir Kochev

Krassimir Simeonow Kotschew (born May 4, 1974 in Petritsch , Blagoevgrad Oblast ) is a former Bulgarian wrestler . He was runner- up in 2001 in the free style light heavyweight division.

Career

Krassimir Kochev began wrestling as a teenager in 1986. He concentrated on the free style. After initial successes in the national junior division, he started for the top Bulgarian clubs Levski Sofia and Slawia Litex Sofia . At a height of 1.88 meters, he usually started as an adult in light heavyweight (up to 96/97 kg body weight), but did not shy away when it became necessary within the Bulgarian national team, also in super heavyweight or heavyweight (up to 130/120 kg body weight) ) to start. During his career he has had many coaches. In the national team he trained z. B. also Simeon Schterew . Since 2001 he has also fought in the German Bundesliga. He already played for 1. Luckenwalder SC , KSV Köllerbach and RWG Mömbis-Königshofen .

The international wrestling career of Krassimir Kochev began in 1991 at the Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Istanbul . He just missed a medal with a 4th place in the weight class up to 88 kg body weight. In 1993 he took part in a European championship for the first time among seniors. Here he took 4th place behind Arawat Sabejew from Germany , Oleksij Netschypurenko from Ukraine and Ali Kayalı from Turkey .

He then won his first medal at an international championship at the European Junior Championship (Espoirs) in 1994 in Kourtane / Finland. He took 2nd place in the heavyweight division behind Eduard Tohojew from Ukraine.

In the following years Krassimir Kochev started regularly at almost all world and European championships that took place without winning a medal. He could not qualify for participation in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . But he was at the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney at the start. There he finished in the heavyweight division after a loss to Alexis Rodríguez Valera from Cuba and with a victory over Dolgorsürengiin Sumjaabadsar from Mongolia but only the 12th place.

From 2001 onwards, Krassimir Kochev achieved significantly better results at the international championships. At the European Championships in 2001 in Budapest , he came in the light heavyweight division with three wins on a good 4th place. He missed the jump on the podium with defeats against Eldari Luka Kurtanidze from Georgia a . Aljaksandr Schamarau from Belarus . At the world championship of the same year in Sofia he achieved the greatest success of his career in the light heavyweight division. He was won over Žarko Kočev, Macedonia , Johannes Roussow, Great Britain , Kang Dong-guk, South Korea a . Zoltán Farkas , Hungary and one defeat against Giorgi Gogschelidze , Russia Vice World Champion .

Krassimir Kochev won another medal at the 2003 World Cup, which took place in New York . With four wins and one defeat in the semifinals against Alireza Heidari from Iran with another victory over Tüwschintöriin Enchtujaa from Mongolia, he won a bronze medal in the World Cup . At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he was at the start again. He met there but after a victory over Alexei Krugnjakow from Kyrgyzstan on Mogamed Ibragimov from Macedonia, against whom he lost and had to retire. This left him only 17th place.

At the end of his international career, Krassimir Kotschew even won a heavyweight medal at the European Championships in Varna in 2005 . He won there over Josip Matković from Croatia , Marek Mikulski from Poland and Nico Schmidt from Germany. He lost against Yekta Yılmaz Gül from Turkey and finished in 3rd place.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1991	4th	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Istanbul	up to 88 kg body weight	behind Ahmet Doğu , Turkey , Nándor Gelenesi , Hungary a . Aslan Chagurow, USSR
1993	4th	EM in Istanbul	Heavy	behind Arawat Sabejew , Germany , Oleksij Netschypurenko , Ukraine a . Ali Kayalı , Turkey
1994	2.	Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Kourtane / Finland	Heavy	behind Eduard Tohojew, Ukraine, in front of Alan Batirow, Russia a. Dirk Winterfeldt, Germany
1994	11.	World Cup in Istanbul	Heavy	behind Arawat Sabejew, Germany, in front of Davud Məhəmmədov , Azerbaijan u. David Musuľbes , Russia
1995	11.	EM in Freiburg in Üechtland	Semi-difficult	Winner: Macharbek Chadarzew , Russia ahead of Eldari Luka Kurtanidze , Georgia a . Sagid Murtasalijew , Ukraine
1995	23.	World Cup in Atlanta	Semi-difficult	Winner: Rasoul Khadem , Iran ahead of Macharbek Chadarzew u. Melvin Douglas , USA
1996	9.	EM in Budapest	Heavy	Winner: Marek Garmulewicz , Poland ahead of Milan Mazáč , Slovakia a . David Musuľbes
1997	6th	EM in Warsaw	Heavy	with defeat against Sven Thiele , Germany, you over Silvio Rüfenacht, Switzerland u. Defeats against Aydın Polatçı , Turkey a. Jurij Schobitko, Ukraine
1997	14th	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	Heavy	with a victory over Oleg Naniew , Ukraine a. Losses against Alexis Rodríguez Valera , Cuba a . David Musuľbes
1998	9.	EM in Bratislava	Heavy	with a victory over Efstathios Topalidis, Greece a . Defeats against Aydın Polatçı u. Aleksi Modebadze , Georgia
1998	11.	World Cup in Tehran	Semi-difficult	with victories over Jurijs Janovics, Latvia a . Soslan Frajew , Uzbekistan a . Defeats to Melvin Douglas a. Islam Bairamuchow , Kazakhstan
1999	14th	EM in Sofia	Heavy	after defeats against Yuri Evseitschik , Israel a . Heorhij Saldadze , Ukraine
2000	9.	Olympic qualification tournament in Leipzig	Semi-difficult	Winner: Wadym Tassoew , Ukraine ahead of Heiko Balz , Germany a. Aljaksandr Schamarau
2000	6th	EM in Budapest	Semi-difficult	with victories over Ahmet Doğu u. Dan Karabin jun., Czech Republic a . a loss to Sagid Murtasaliev, Russia
2000	12.	OS in Sydney	Heavy	after a loss to Alexis Rodríguez Valera u. a victory over Dolgorsürengiin Sumjaabadsar , Mongolia
2001	4th	EM in Budapest	Semi-difficult	with victories over Thomas Tonn, Germany, Ričardas Pauliukonis, Lithuania a . Zoltán Farkas , Hungary a. Defeats to Eldari Luka Kurtanidze , Georgia a. Aljaksandr Shamarau, Belarus
2001	2.	World Cup in Sofia	Semi-difficult	with victories over Žarko Kočev, Macedonia , Johannes Roussow, Great Britain , Kang Dong-guk, South Korea a . a loss to Giorgi Gogschelidze , Russia
2002	9.	EM in Baku	Semi-difficult	after a defeat against Zoltán Farkas u. a victory over Juri Schmatow, Germany
2002	18th	World Cup in Tehran	Semi-difficult	with a victory over Koo Hak-ja, South Korea u. a loss to Giorgi Gogschelidze
2003	12.	EM in Riga	Semi-difficult	after a defeat against Chadschimurad Gazalow , Russia a. a victory over Rolf Scherrer , Switzerland
2003	3.	World Cup in New York	Semi-difficult	with victories over Peter Pecha, Slovakia, Igor Praporshchikov, Australia , Radovan Valach, Austria a . Bartłomiej Bartnicki , Poland, a loss to Alireza Heidari , Iran u. a victory over Tüwschintöriin Enchtujaa , Mongolia
2004	6th	EM in Ankara	Semi-difficult	after a defeat against Rüstm Ağayev, Azerbaijan a. Wins over Peter Pecha u. Tamasi Gogschelidze, Georgia
2004	17th	OS in Athens	Semi-difficult	after defeats against Aleksei Krupnjakow , Kyrgyzstan a . Mogamed Ibragimov , Uzbekistan
2005	3.	EM in Varna	Heavy	with victory over Josip Matković, Croatia , defeat against Yekta Yılmaz Gül , Turkey a. Victories over Marek Mikulski, Poland a. Nico Schmidt , Germany
2005	19th	World Cup in Budapest	Heavy	after a loss to Aleksi Modebadze , Georgia

Note: all competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, super heavyweight, up to 130 kg until 1996, then abolished, heavyweight, up to 1996 up to 100 kg, from 1997 to 2001 up to 130 kg, since 2002 up to 120 kg body weight, light heavy weight, up to 1996 up to 90 kg, from 1997 to 2001 up to 97 kg, since 2002 up to 96 kg body weight

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• Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Krassimir Kochev at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Krassimir Kochev in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )