Terwel Pulew

Terwel Pulew medal table
Terwel Pulew
Boxing
Bulgaria
Olympic games
bronze	2012	Heavyweight
European championships
silver	2010	Heavyweight
silver	2011	Heavyweight
bronze	2015	Heavyweight

Terwel Wenkow Pulew (internationally known under the English spelling Tervel Venkov Pulev ; Bulgarian Тервел Венков Пулев ; born January 10, 1983 in Sofia ) is a Bulgarian boxer . Pulew was a silver medalist at the 2010 and 2011 European Championships and a bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games .

Amateur career

In the youth (U17) and junior area (U19) Pulew took part in world and European championships, but could not win any medals. In 2001 he played his first Bulgarian championships in middleweight (-75 kg) and won the silver medal.

Pulew played his first international championships in 2005 at the world championships , but starting in the light heavyweight division (-81 kg), he was eliminated in the first fight against the 2004 Olympic third -party and later bronze medalist at the world championships in Oʻtkirbek Haydarov , Uzbekistan (30:15). The 2006 European Championships were not crowned with success for him either, as he was eliminated in the first fight against the future European Champion Artur Beterbijew , Russia (38:22).

In 2008 Pulew took part in the European Olympic qualification tournament in Pescara , but did not get beyond the round of 16 in the heavyweight division (-91 kg).

At the 2009 World Championships , Pulew lost his second fight against Osmay Acosta , Cuba (11: 2) after beating Abdul Walid, Afghanistan (17: 1 ). The following year he won his first international medal at the 2010 European Championships . After victories and a. in the quarter-finals over Stjepan Vugdelija, Croatia (5: 3), and in the semi-finals over József Darmos , Hungary (AB 2nd), Pulew reached the final, which he lost to Yegor Mechonzew , Russia (10: 1), and thus the Won silver medal.

In 2011 he was able to repeat this success, this time failing in the final to Teymur Məmmədov , Azerbaijan (AB 3rd). In the same year Pulew also took part in the World Championships , but was eliminated in the round of 16 against eventual world champion Oleksandr Ussyk , Ukraine (AB 2nd).

To qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games , Pulew took part in the 2012 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Trabzon , which he won. At the Olympic Games, Pulew reached the semi-finals after winning the round of 16 over Wang Xuanxuan , China (10: 7), and in the quarter-finals over Yamil Peralta , Argentina (13:10), the semi-finals, which he beat Oleksandr Ussyk , Ukraine (21: 5) , lost and thus won the Olympic bronze medal.

At the European Championships in Minsk in 2013 Pulew was eliminated in the first fight. He fared better at the 2015 European Championships . Here he reached the semi-finals again, which he lost to Yevgeny Tishchenko , Russia (3-0), and thus won a bronze medal.

Professional career

Pulew made his professional debut on December 3, 2016 in Sofia .

family

Tervel Pulews father is the former Bulgarian heavyweight champion Wenko Pulew and his brother is the 2008 European Champion in super heavyweight kubrat pulev .

Web links

• Terwel Pulew in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )