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Leonid Bazan
Personal information
Full nameLeonid Anatolievich Bazan
Nationality Bulgaria
Born (1985-06-11) 11 June 1985 (age 39)
Vynohradiv, Ukrainian SSR[1]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubChernomorskyj Sokol (BUL)[1]
Coached bySimeon Shterev (BUL)[1]
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Bulgaria
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Dortmund 66 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Belgrade 66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tbilisi 74 kg

Leonid Anatolievich Bazan (Template:Lang-bg; born June 11, 1985 in Vynohradiv, Ukrainian SSR) is an amateur Ukrainian-born Bulgarian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's welterweight category.[1][2] He won two silver medals in his division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, and at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4] He is also a member of Chernomorskyj Sokol Wrestling Club in Varna, and is coached and trained by Simeon Shterev.[1]

Bazan represented his adopted nation Bulgaria at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 66 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out to Azerbaijan's Jabrayil Hasanov, who was able to score three points each in two straight periods, leaving Bazan with a single point.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Leonid Anatolievich Bazan". London 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandar Kostadinov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  3. ^ Baltandjian, Wilhelm (4 April 2011). "Sports Roundup: Bulgaria won 5 medals at the European Wrestling Championship Dortmund 2011 in Germany". Radio Bulgaria. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Russian Wrestlers Win Two European Gold Medals". RIA Novosti. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Men's 66kg Freestyle Round of 16 Final Official". London 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.