Wenelin Wenkow

Wenelin Wenkow (born April 21, 1982 in Orjachowo ) is a Bulgarian wrestler . In 2006 he was runner-up in the Greco-Roman style bantamweight European champion .

Career

Wenelin Wenkow started wrestling as a teenager in 1995. After his first major successes in the junior sector, he became a member of the renowned capital city club Slavia-Litex Sofia . He concentrates entirely on the Greco-Roman style and was or is trained by Blagoi Danow, Todor Zdrawkow, Stojan Dobrew and Bratan Tsenow. He is a sports student and currently makes a living from wrestling. He has been wrestling in the German Bundesliga since 2006. Initially for 1. Luckenwalder SC and from the 2009/10 season for KSV Köllerbach .

In his debut on the international wrestling mat he was the same very successful because it was found in 2000 in Sofia vice European champion in the junior flyweight behind the Russians Sergei Petrov. At the Junior World Championships of the same year in Nantes he came in 9th place with victories over Alexei Wakulenko from Ukraine and Jan Hocko from the Czech Republic and a defeat against Tibor Olah from Hungary .

After a disappointing 16th place at the 2001 Junior World Flyweight Championships in Tashkent , he won another medal at the 2002 Junior European Flyweight Championships in Subotica when he finished 2nd behind the Armenian Armen Antonjan.

As a senior, Wenelin Wenkow failed to qualify for participation in the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 and at the 2004 European Championships in Haparanda , after defeats to Rowshan Bajramow from Azerbaijan and Bayram Özdemir from Turkey, he only came in 16th place. He didn't fare much better at the 2005 World Cup in Budapest . Here he retired in the bantamweight division after a defeat against Kwang Su Cha from North Korea after the first round and only finished 21st place.

2005 was a very successful year for Wenelin Wenkow. He was first runner-up in the European bantamweight championship in Moscow . He defeated Anders Nyblom from Denmark , Alexei Schaipak from Belarus , Bayram Özdemir and Rowshan Bajramow . Only in the final he was defeated by Roman Amojan from Armenia on points. At the World Championships in Guangzhou he finished an excellent 5th place, where he lost after three victories in the semifinals against Hamid Soryan Reihanpour from Iran and in the battle for the bronze medal against Lindsey Durlacher from the United States.

Wenelin Wenkow also managed a good placement at the 2007 European Championships in Sofia . He came here with three wins and losses against Zaur Kuramagomedow from Russia and Vugar Ragimow from Ukraine on the 5th place. At this year's World Cup in Baku he disappointed, because he lost in his first fight against Anders Nyblom and only came in 30th.

At the Bulgarian championship in 2008 Wenelin Wenkow won the bantamweight before Alexandar Kostadinow and Radoslaw Palchew and at the Olympic Games in 2008 he was allowed to start with a "wild card", although he was not actually qualified for it. He lost his first fight against Hamid Soryan Reihanpour in Beijing again and was eliminated and only finished 17th.

In some press reports, Wenelin Wenkow was named as a bronze medalist at the Beijing Olympics in free style bantamweight. But there is a mistake here with his compatriot Radoslaw Velikow .

At the Bulgarian championship in 2009 Wenelin Wenkow won again in the bantamweight division in front of Radoslaw Palchew and Petar Georgiew, but was not used at the European championships in Vilnius and at the world championships in Herning / Denmark. In 2010 he was back at the World Cup in Moscow. He won there with victories over Arsenic Eraliew, Kyrgyzstan, Mohamed Bouterfassa, Algeria a. Jani Haapamäki , Finland and defeats to Hamid Soryan Reihanpour , Iran and Roman Amojan , Armenia placed 5th in the bantamweight division.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2000	2.	Junior European Championship in Sofia	To fly	behind Sergei Petrow, Russia , in front of Alexei Wakulenko, Ukraine a . Jan Hocko , Czech Republic
2000	9.	Junior World Championships in Nantes	To fly	with victory over Alexei Wakulenko, defeat against Tibor Olah , Hungary a . Victory over Jan Hocko
2001	16.	Junior World Championships in Tashkent	To fly	with defeat against Ässet Imanbajew , Kazakhstan , victory over Giora Yanover, Israel a . Loss to Matti Kettunen, Finland
2002	3.	"Petko Sirakow-Ivan Iliev" Memorial in Sofia	To fly	behind Stojan Chobanow, Bulgaria a. Miroslaw Chekensky, Romania
2002	2.	Junior European Championship in Subotica	To fly	in the back Armen Antonjan, Armenia , in front of Emin Bashirov, Azerbaijan
2003	12.	"Ivan Petrov" Memorial in Sofia	Bantam	Winner: Bayram Özdemir , Turkey ahead of Ercan Yildiz, Turkey
2004	11.	"Nikola Petrow" Memorial in Varna	Bantam	Winner: Dennis Hall , USA ahead of Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan , Germany
2004	15th	Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent	Bantam	Winner: Masatoshi Toyota, Japan ahead of Gaidar Mamedalijew, Russia
2004	16.	EM in Haparanda	Bantam	after defeats against Rowshan Bajramow , Azerbaijan a. Bayram Özdemir, Turkey
2005	21st	World Cup in Budapest	Bantam	after losing to Kwang Su Cha, North Korea
2006	2.	EM in Moscow	Bantam	with a victory over Anders Nyblom , Denmark , Alexei Schaipak, Belarus , Bayram Özdemir and Rowshan Bajramow u. a loss to Roman Amojan , Armenia
2006	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	behind Rowshan Bajramow, Irakli Chochua, Georgia , Hamid Soryan Reihanpour , Iran u. Gawid Abdullaev, Azerbaijan
2006	5.	World Cup in Guangzhou / China	Bantam	with victories over Elgin Elwais, Palau u. Jorge Cardoso, Venezuela , a defeat against Hamid Soryan Reihanpour, a victory over Vugar Ragimow , Ukraine u. a loss to Lindsey Durlacher , USA
2007	1.	"Nikola Petrov" Memorial in Sofia	Bantam	in front of Maxim Mordowin, Russia, Soryan Hamid Raihanpour u. Virgil Munteanu, Romania
2007	5.	EM in Sofia	Bantam	with victory over Igor Chessa, Italy , defeat against Zaur Kuramagomedow , Russia, victories over Thomas Rönningen, Norway a . Alexander Schalesny, Belarus and a loss to Vugar Ragimow
2007	30th	World Cup in Baku	Bantam	after a loss to Anders Nyblom
2008	4th	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	Bantam	behind Asset Iamanbajew, Azerbaijan, Samuel Hazewinkel , USA a. Yerncu Ramazanow, Kazakhstan
2008	13.	EM in Tampere	Bantam	after a loss to Ivan Gusow, Belarus
2008	17th	OS in Beijing	Bantam	after losing to Hamid Soryan Reihanpour, Iran
2009	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely	Bantam	behind Kohei Hasegawa, Japan, Mariusz Łoś , Poland, Spencer Thomas Mango , USA a. Kristijan Fris , Serbia
2009	2.	"Dan Kolew-Nikolai Petrow" memorial in Sofia	Bantam	behind Kohei Hasegawa, Japan, in front of Omer Sensoy, Turkey a. Alexandar Kostadinow , Bulgaria
2009	5.	Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund	Bantam	behind Bekchan Mankijew , Russia, Ildar Hafizow u. Sanjarbek Jumaschow, bde. Uzbekistan u. Anar Zeinalov , Estonia
2010	5.	World Cup in Moscow	Bantam	after victory over Arsen Eraliew, Kyrgyzstan , defeat against Hamid Soryan Reihanpour , Iran, victories over Mohamed Bouterfassa, Algeria a . Jani Haapamäki , Finland a. Lost to Roman Amojan , Armenia

Note: all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, flyweight up to 2002 up to 54 kg body weight, bantam weight from 2003 up to 55 kg body weight

swell

• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
• Trade journal Der Ringer ,
• Website of the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation

Web links

• Profile of Wenelin Wenkow at the Institute for Applied Training Science