Yavor Yanakiev

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Yavor Yanakiev
Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 74kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Baku 74kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tbilisi 74 kg

Yavor Dimitrov Yanakiev (Bulgarian: Явор Димитров Янакиев; born 3 June 1985 in Stara Zagora) is a Bulgarian wrestler who won the bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 74kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Yanakiev currently competes for Slavia Litex, where his coach is Stoyan Dobrev; his first coach was Petar Manev. Yanakiev won the 2007 World Championships in Baku in his category and came fifth at the European Championships in Sofia in the same year.

References

  • "Класическа борба: категория 74 кг— Явор Янакиев, Пламен Палев, Илиян Георгиев" (in Bulgarian). Българска федерация по борба. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)