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Atanas Komchev

Born
October 23, 1959
Died
November 12, 1994
Age
35 years
Cause
traffic collision

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Atanas Komchev, 35, Bulgarian wrestler and Olympic champion (1988, 1992), traffic collision.

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Atanas Slavchev Komshev (Bulgarian: Атанас Славчев Комшев, 23 October 1959 – 12 November 1994) was a Bulgarian wrestler and Olympic champion.

He became Olympic champion in 1988 in the Greco-Roman light heavyweight class. He received three silver medals and two bronze medals in the FILA Wrestling World Championships. Komchev was in an automobile accident on 2 November 1994 and died 10 days later, on 12 November.

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