Yavor Yanakiev

Medal record
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.

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