Osman Duraliev

Osman Duraliev

Duraliev in 1971
Personal information
Born 15 January 1939
Vladimirovtsi, Razgrad, Bulgaria
Died 25 April 2011 (aged 72)
Istanbul, Turkey
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Sport Freestyle wrestling
Club Ludogorez Razgrad

Osman Duraliev (Bulgarian: Осман Дуралиев, 15 January 1939 – 25 April 2011) was a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. 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. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. Duraliev, Osman (BUL). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  3. Medved, Alexander (URS). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  4. 1 2 Сребърния Осман остана 10 пъти втори. trud.bg (28 April 2011) (Bulgarian)


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