{"id":1815,"date":"2016-04-25T12:17:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T17:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2017-02-15T11:47:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T17:47:15","slug":"ivanov-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/ivanov-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivanov Earns Spot as 2016 Olympic Wrestler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Reading time: 1 minute<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Georgi Ivanov, assistant wrestling coach for Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP, won his semifinal match in the World Olympic Qualifier in Mongolia this month, and is now qualified to compete as a member of the Bulgarian national wrestling team during 2016 Olympics to be held in Brazil this August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u201cThe whole experience was amazing. It\u2019s a dream come true for me,\u201d said Ivanov. \u201cI haven\u2019t set my schedule for where I will be competing before the Olympics, but it would all be for preparation for the Olympics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Born and raised in Bulgaria, Ivanov moved to the U.S. nine years ago. He wrestled at the University of Nebraska-Omaha for Coach Mike Denney, who has just completed his fifth season coaching the Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPSaints NCAA Division II wrestling team. After finishing his education at Boise State University two years ago, Ivanov moved to St. Louis to assist his former coach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">\u201cI recruited George out of Lewis Central High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an outstanding wrestler and student for us. He helped lead our team to three national championships,\u201d said Coach Denney. \u201cHe has continued to compete internationally for the Bulgarian national team and is ranked at the World Level in his weight class. Our wrestlers are so fortunate to have a World and Olympic team member to practice with every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5;\">To keep up with Ivanov\u2019s Olympic journey, follow him on\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bul_nightmare\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bul_nightmare\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0at @BUL_Nightmare.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UB2016?src=hash\">#UB2016<\/a> Challenge is denied. Ivanov wins 10-7 and he will be heading to the Olympics in Rio. Congrats to U.S. collegian<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USA Wrestling (@USAWrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAWrestling\/status\/724107740214235136\">April 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nWell, I woke up this morning and it&#8217;s still true and real! I AM GOING TO RIO! It&#8217;s a dream come\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kPGIKw4lCY\">https:\/\/t.co\/kPGIKw4lCY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George Ivanov (@BUL_Nightmare) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BUL_Nightmare\/status\/724375477331341312\">April 24, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal post-bottom\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"\" data-rm-love=\"0\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"nectar-love\" id=\"nectar-love-1815\" title=\"Love this\"> <i class=\"icon-salient-heart-2\"><\/i><span class=\"love-text\">Love<\/span><span class=\"total_loves\"><span class=\"nectar-love-count\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Tweet this'> <i class='fa fa-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Tweet<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='pinterest-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Pin this'> <i class='fa fa-pinterest'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Pin<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgi Ivanov, assistant wrestling coach, has qualified to compete in the 2016 Olympics as a member of the Bulgarian wrestling team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":1816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,5,4],"tags":[75,208,205,220,210,207,209,72,206],"class_list":["post-1815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-campus-community","category-latest-news","tag-athletics","tag-bulgaria","tag-george-ivanov","tag-georgi-ivanov","tag-olympic-wrestling","tag-olympics","tag-rio-2016","tag-staff","tag-wrestling"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.1 (Yoast SEO v24.2) - 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