Nikola Dinew

Nikola Dinew Nikolow , Bulgarian Никола Динев Николов , (born October 18, 1953 in Nova Sagora ; † June 1, 2019 ) was a Bulgarian wrestler . He was multiple world and European champion in the Greco-Roman style in super heavyweight.

Career

Nikola Dinew started wrestling as a teenager. With a height of 1.84 m and a weight of approx. 130 kg he was a fully grown super heavyweight. After his initial successes he was delegated to Stara Sagora and concentrated fully on the Greco-Roman. Style, but had the bad luck that just at the time when he wrestled in Bulgaria with Aleksandar Tomov reaped another Superschwergewichtler was available, the somewhat older than he and already enormous success before Nikola Dinew reached the top. Nikola Dinew therefore had to fight hard for every starting place at an international championship against Alexandar Tomow, or he was only used when Tomow was injured or renounced.

Nikola Dinew made his first appearance in an international championship at the 1975 European championship in Ludwigshafen am Rhein . He was there with victories over Zygmunt Andrecki from Poland , Roman Codreanu from Romania and Oleksandr Koltschynskyj from the Soviet Union shortly before winning the title when he was shouldered by the Hungarian outsider János Rovnyai and had to make do with 2nd place.

In the 1976 Olympic year, Alexandar Tomow occupied the starting positions at the international championships in the Greco-Roman style of super heavyweight. Nikola Dinew was used in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal in free style. At first he got along well in this style and won u. a. via the two German representatives Heinz Eichelbaum and Roland Gehrke . But he lost in the decisive fights against József Balla from Hungary and Soslan Andijew from the Soviet Union and came in 5th place. After that, he never started again in a free style championship.

1977 was Nikola Dinew's year. He started at the European Championships in Bursa and won the European Championship there in a superior manner. He defeated u. a. again the Soviet champion Alexander Kolchinski and the strong Romanian Victor Dolipschi and retaliated against János Rovnyai for the defeat suffered in 1975 with a shoulder victory. He then also triumphed at the World Championships in Gothenburg that same year , where he won ahead of Alexander Koltschinski, Arne Robertsson from Sweden and Einar Gundersen from Norway .

In 1978 Nikola Dinew was only used at the World Cup in Mexico City . There he met his old rivals Alexander Kolchinsky and Roman Codreanu after two wins . In both fights, the wrestlers were disqualified for being passive, which led to Alexander Kolchinsky becoming world champion and Nikola Dinew taking 2nd place in the final accounts based on the results achieved previously.

1979 was again a "Tomow" year, i. H. Nikola Dinew was not used. But he started again at the 1980 European Championships in Prievidza . He and Roman Codreanu were disqualified again because of passivity, but he defeated Yevgeny Artyuchin from the USSR and won the European Championship because of this victory. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , Alexandar Tomov was used anyway. Tomow lost there in the final against Alexander Kolchinsky and had to let him win the Olympic gold. He then resigned, clearing the way for Nikola Dinew.

Nikola Dinew made use of this fact back in 1981 and became vice world champion in Oslo . He defeated the new Swedish star Tomas Johansson and Yevgeni Artjuchin again, but lost to Refik Memišević from Yugoslavia. He did not take part in the European Championships that year.

In 1982 he won both titles again. First he was European champion in Varna ahead of Prvoslav Ilić from Yugoslavia and Yevgeny Artjuchin and then he also won the World Cup in Katowice in front of Refik Memišević from Yugoslavia, Cándido Mesa from Cuba and Awtandil Maisuradse from the USSR.

In 1983 Nikola Dinew succeeded in defending his title at the European Championships in Budapest, ahead of József Nagy from Hungary and Yevgeny Artyuchin. At the 1983 World Cup in Kiev , however, he had to beat Yevgeny Artyukhin in the final for the first time and came in "only" second behind him. But he left top wrestlers like Cándido Mesa, József Nagy and Refik Memišević behind.

In 1984 Nikola Dinew was surprised by Alexandar Tomow. This celebrated a comeback after three years of wrestling abstinence and defeated Dinew at the Bulgarian championship. Nikola Dinew was therefore not used at the European Championships in Jönköping . Alexandar Tomow promptly won the European Championship there. At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles but could not Nikola Dinew still participate Aleksandar Tomov, because these games were boycotted by Bulgaria. This fact hit Nikola Dinew hard. In 1985 he was therefore not at the start of any international championships. In 1986, however, he jumped in for the injured new Bulgarian champion Rangel Gerowski at the European Championships in Athens and won the European Championship for the third time in front of Nikolai Makarenko from the USSR and Tomas Johansson.

After that, Nikola Dinew ended his international wrestling career, where he never had the opportunity as a multiple world and European champion, in Greco-Roman. Compete for an Olympic medal in style.

International success

(WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style, SS = super heavyweight, at that time over 100 kg body weight)

• 1974, 3rd place , "Nikola Petrow" tournament in Pleven , GR, SS, behind Alexandar Tomow , Bulgaria a . Oleksandr Kolchynskyj , Soviet Union ;
• 1974, 2nd place , Balkan Games of Juniors (Espoirs) in Gorna Oriahovitza / Bulgaria, GR, SS, behind Boris Stipetic, Yugoslavia a . in front of Mustafa Sezer, Turkey ;
• 1975, 2nd place , EM in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , GR, SS, with victories over Zygmunt Andrecki , Poland , Alexander Koltschinski, USSR a. Roman Codreanu , Romania a . a loss to János Rovnyai , Hungary ;
• 1976, 1st place , Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Aschaffenburg , GR, SS, ahead of Richard Wolff , FRG , Victor Dolipschi , Romania, Zygmunt Andrecki, Poland a. Yevgeny Artyukhin , USSR;
• 1976, 5th place , OS in Montreal , F, SS, with victories over Einar Gundersen, Norway , Heinz Eichelbaum , FRG a. Roland Gehrke , GDR a . Defeats against József Balla , Hungary a. Soslan Andijew , USSR;
• 1977, 1st place , EM in Bursa , GR, SS, with victories over Einar Gundersen, Klaus Zindel, GDR, Alexander Koltschinski, János Rovnyai and Victor Dolipschi;
• 1977, 1st place , World Championships in Gothenburg , GR, SS, ahead of Alexander Koltschinski, Arne Robertsson , Sweden , Einar Gundersen, János Rovnyai u. William Lee, USA ;
• 1978, 1st place , "Werner-Seelenbinder" tournament in Leipzig , GR, SS, before Kovacs, Hungary a. Klaus Zindel;
• 1978, 2nd place , World Cup in Mexico City , GR, SS, with victories over Antonio Rodriguez, Mexico a . Einar Gundersen, in the battles Dinew against Alexander Koltschinski a. Dinew versus Roman Codreanu, Romania the wrestlers were disqualified for passivity;
• 1979, 2nd place , Spartakiade of the USSR in Moscow , GR, SS, behind Alexander Kolchinski a. in front of Evgeni Artjuchin, Alexei Selenko a. Avtandil Maisuradze , all USSR (Dinew was invited as a guest wrestler);
• 1980, 1st place , EM in Prievidza , GR, SS, with victories over Jewgeni Artjuchin, Marek Galinski, Poland a. Prvoslav Ilic , Yugoslavia , in the fight against Roman Codreanu, both wrestlers were disqualified for being passive;
• 1981, 2nd place , World Championships in Oslo , GR, SS, with victories over Ron Carlisle, USA, Arturo Diaz, Cuba, Tomas Johansson , Sweden a. Yevgeny Artjuchin et al. a loss to Refik Memišević , Yugoslavia;
• 1982, 1st place , EM in Varna , GR, SS, ahead of Prvoslav Ilic, Jewgeni Artjuchin, Romanowski, Poland a. János Rovnyai;
• 1982, 1st place , World Championship in Katowice , GR, SS, ahead of Refik Memišević, Cándido Mesa , Cuba, Awtandil Maissuradse, William Lee u. János Rovnyai;
• 1983, 2nd place , tournament in Klippan / Sweden, GR, SS, behind Jewgeni Artjuchin u. before Roman Wrocławski , Poland a. Tomas Johansson;
• 1983, 1st place , EM in Budapest , GR, SS, before József Nagy , Hungary, Jewgeni Artjuchin, Roman Codreanu, Prvoslav Ilic u. Antonio La Penna, Italy ;
• 1983, 2nd place , World Championships in Kiev , GR, SS, behind Yevgeny Artjuchin u. in front of Cándido Mesa, József Nagy, Refik Memišević u. Henryk Tomanek , Poland;
• 1984, 2nd place , World Cup in Seinäjoki / Finland , GR, SS, behind Igor Rostorozki , USSR a. before Ron Carlisle, Khalil, Egypt a . Virtanen, Finland;
• 1986, 1st place , EM in Athens , GR, SS, ahead of Nikolai Makarenko, USSR, Tomans Johansson, Roman Wrocławski, László Tóth , Hungary a. Ioan Grigoraș , Romania

swell

• Journal Der Ringer , numbers 6/7/1977, pages 5/7, 11/1977, page 13, 9/1978, page 7, 5/1980, page 9, 9/1981, page 7, 9/1982, page 11 , 9/1983, page 9, 10/1983, page 6 and 5/1986, page 9,
• International Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web links

• Profile of Nikola Dinew at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Nikola Dinew in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Short portrait of Nikola Dinew (Bulgarian)