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Competitor for Bulgaria | ||
Olympic Games | ||
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling | ||
Bronze | 2008 Beijing | 74kg |
Yavor Dimitrov Yanakiev (Bulgarian: Явор Димитров Янакиев; born 3 June 1985 in Stara Zagora) is a Bulgarian wrestler who won the bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 74kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Yanakiev currently competes for Slavia Litex, where his coach is Stoyan Dobrev; his first coach was Petar Manev. Yanakiev won the 2007 World Championships in Baku in his category and came fifth at the European Championships in Sofia in the same year.