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Nejdet Zalev ( Bulgarian: Неждет Залев, 13 July 1937 – 19 May 2011) [1] was an Olympic medalist in wrestling from the township of Ustina in south-central Bulgaria. [2] He won the Silver Medal in freestyle wrestling ( bantamweight) in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He was born to an ethnic Turkish family in Bulgaria. [3]

References

  1. ^ Profile of Nejdet Zalev (in Bulgarian)
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nejdet Zalev Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. ^ Olympic Games Official Report