Tervel Dlagnev

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Tervel Dlagnev
Personal information
Nationality Bulgarian American
Born (1985-11-19) November 19, 1985 (age 38)
Bulgaria
Residence Columbus, Ohio
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
College team Nebraska–Kearney Lopers
Club Sunkist Kids
Coached by Lou Rosselli
Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place Herning 2009 120 kg
Bronze medal – third place Tashkent 2014 125 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara 120 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Krasnoyarsk 125 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Krasnoyarsk 125 kg
Alexander Medved International
Gold medal – first place 2010 Minsk 125 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Minsk 125 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Minsk 125 kg
Updated on 17 May 2012.

Tervel Dlagnev (born November 19, 1985; Bulgarian: Тервел Длагнев[1]) is a Bulgarian American wrestler who has represented the United States at 125 kg six times.

High School career

Tervel only wrestled two years in high school, where he finished third and fourth at the Texas state championships.[2]

College career

Tervel was a 2-time NCAA Division II national champion for the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 2007 and 2008; in 2008, Dlagnev led the University of Nebraska-Kearney to their first ever team title.[3]

Tervel was also a 2006 Midlands Champion at 285 lbs.

International career

Dlagnev has made eight national teams (Top 3 at the World Team Trials) since 2009, winning the World Team Trials each year with the exception of 2010. Dlagnev has won two bronze medals at the World Wrestling Championships, in 2009 and 2014. At the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, Dlagnev finished 4-1 with a loss in the semifinals to Fardin Masoumi, while at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships Dlagnev also finished 4-1 with a loss in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Taha Akgül.

Dlagnev finished fifth at the World Championships in 2010 and 2013, with another fifth place finish at the 2012 Olympics.[4] During the wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Dlagnev finished in fifth place after he was pinned by Artur Taymazov from Uzbekistan in the semi-final and suffered a loss against Komeil Ghasemi from Iran in his bronze medal bout [5] due to separated cartilage in his rib cage.[6]

In 2015, Dlagnev won the United States World Team Trials but was unable to compete at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships and was replaced by Zach Rey, who was runner-up at the trials. Dlagnev also won the Olympic Trials in 2016 and will represent the United States at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.

Other tournaments won by Dlagnev include the US Open (2011-2015), World University Games in 2008, Pan American Games in 2011, Alexander Medved International (2010, 2013), Cerro Pelado International in 2012, and the New York AC International Open (2008-2010, 2012)

References

  1. ↑ http://fightnews.bg/tervel-dlagnev-e-titulyar-v-sastava-na-sasht-za-svetovnoto-po-svobodna-borba
  2. ↑ http://www.lopers.com/sports/2011/2/10/Dlagnev.aspx?path=wrestling
  3. ↑ http://www.themat.com/usawrestling.org/nationalteams.php?page=showbio&ContactID=3754
  4. ↑ http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=4&page=results
  5. ↑ http://www.nbcolympics.com/kxas/news-blogs/wrestling/dlagnev-loses-in-bronze-medal-match.html?cid=rss
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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