Osman Duraliev

Osman Duraliev
Duraliev in 1971
Personal information
Born15 January 1939
Vladimirovtsi, Razgrad, Bulgaria
Died25 April 2011 (aged 72)
Istanbul, Turkey
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubLudogorez Razgrad
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City +97 kg
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich +100 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1967 Delhi +97 kg
Silver medal – second place 1969 Mar del Plata +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 1970 Edmonton +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 1971 Sofia +100 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1967 Istanbul +97 kg
Silver medal – second place 1968 Sofia +97 kg
Silver medal – second place 1969 Skopje +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 1972 Katowice +100 kg

Osman Duraliev (Bulgarian: Осман Дуралиев; 15 January 1939 – 25 April 2011) was a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler with Turkish origin. Between 1967 and 1972 he won ten silver medals at major international competitions, including the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.[1] In eight of them he lost the final to Aleksandr Medved.[2][3] He came close to winning at the 1971 World Championships in Sofia, where he led the match 4:3 with 43 seconds left. Yet Medved equalized the score and won the title because of his lower body weight.[4]

In 1989 Duraliev immigrated to Turkey, where he died aged 72.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Profile: Osman Duraliev". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. ^ Duraliev, Osman (BUL). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  3. ^ Medved, Alexander (URS). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  4. ^ a b Сребърния Осман остана 10 пъти втори Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. trud.bg (28 April 2011) (in Bulgarian)


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