Rusi Petrov

Rusi Petrov (Bulgarian: Руси Петров; 26 April 1944 – August 2023) was a Bulgarian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1] In 1971, at the World Wrestling Championship he won gold in Men's freestyle, 90 kg category. Petrov died in August 2023, at the age of 79.^[2]

References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rusi Petrov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
↑ "Почина легендата в борбата Руси Петров". Vesti. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

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World Champions in freestyle light heavyweight (92 kg)

1951: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Yaşar Doğu (TUR)
1954: File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg August Englas (URS)
1957: File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petko Sirakov (BUL)
1959: File:State Flag of Iran (1925).svg Gholamreza Takhti (IRI)
1961: File:State Flag of Iran (1925).svg Gholamreza Takhti (IRI)
1962: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Medved (URS)
1963: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Medved (URS)
1965: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
1966: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Medved (URS)
1967: File:Flag of Turkey.svg Ahmet Ayık (TUR)
1969: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Boris Gurevich (URS)
1970: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennady Strakhov (URS)
1971: File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Rusi Petrov (BUL)
1973: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Levan Tediashvili (URS)
1974: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Levan Tediashvili (URS)
1975: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Levan Tediashvili (URS)
1977: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anatoly Prokopchuk (URS)
1978: File:Flag of East Germany.svg Uwe Neupert (GDR)
1979: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Khasan Ortzev (URS)
1981: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)
1982: File:Flag of East Germany.svg Uwe Neupert (GDR)
1983: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Petr Naniev (URS)
1985: File:Flag of the United States.svg Bill Scherr (USA)
1986: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
1987: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
1989: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
1990: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
1991: File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
1993: File:Flag of the United States.svg Melvin Douglas (USA)
1994: File:Flag of Iran.svg Rasoul Khadem (IRI)
1995: File:Flag of Iran.svg Rasoul Khadem (IRI)
2018: File:Flag of the United States.svg J'den Cox (USA)
2019: File:Flag of the United States.svg J'den Cox (USA)
2021: File:Flag of Iran.svg Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)
2022: File:Flag of Iran.svg Kamran Ghasempour (IRI)
2023: File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Rizabek Aitmukhan (KAZ)
2024: File:White flag of surrender.svg Abdulrashid Sadulaev (AIN)

1951–1961 : 87 kg
1962–1967 : 97 kg
1969–1995 : 90 kg
2018–present : 92 kg

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