Yavor Yanakiev
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Bulgaria
| ||
| Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | 2008 Beijing | 74kg |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2007 Baku | 74kg |
| European Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2013 Tbilisi | 74 kg |
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.
References
- "Класическа борба: категория 74 кг— Явор Янакиев, Пламен Палев, Илиян Георгиев" (in Bulgarian). Българска федерация по борба. Retrieved 2008-08-19.