Boyan Radev
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Boyan Radev Aleksandrov Bulgarian: Боян Радев | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Bulgarian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 25, 1942 Morshino (now Pernik) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5"11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87–97 kg (192–214 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Levski Spartak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boyan Radev (
art collector
and artist sponsor.
Professional Wrestling
Boyan Radev wrestled for
Spartak Sofia
.
Radev is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (1964 and 1968) and a 1966 world champion. He has also silver medals at the 1962 and 1967 World Cups as well as the 1968 European Championships.[1][2]
Awards
Radev has been awarded Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year in 1964, 1967, and 1968. He has been given the title Merited Master of Sport of Bulgaria.
Inducted in the
Hall of Fame in 2009[3]
Awarded Pierre de Coubertin medal in 2009.[4]
Elected Levski Sofia Sportsman of 20th Century.[5]
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Committee for State Security
Radev ended his wrestling career shortly after the merger of
Ministry of Internal Affairs in Bulgaria. He also worked for the Bulgarian Committee for State Security from 1964 onwards.[6] Radev was a colonel at the time of his retirement.[7]
Art Collection
As Radev said himself, he became a vivid art collector after he was given a painting by the artist
National Historical Museum (Bulgaria) – making him the number one donor to the museum.[10]
References
- ^ "Боян Радев: Подариха ми една картина и станах колекционер". 24chasa. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Boyan Radev wrestling". sporta.bg. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Hall of Fame – Greco-Roman". United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Boyan Radev get a medal "Pierre de Coubertin – part 1". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Боян Радев: Подариха ми една картина и станах колекционер". 24chasa. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Службата на Боян Радев в ДС". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Боян Радев: Подариха ми една картина и станах колекционер". 24chasa. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Боян Радев: Подариха ми една картина и станах колекционер". 24chasa. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Боян Радев - дарител № 1 на НИМ". blitz.bg.
- ^ "Боян Радев - дарител № 1 на НИМ". blitz.bg.
External links
- Boyan Radev at the International Wrestling Database
- Boyan Radev at Olympedia
| |
|
| |
|
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
