14 Facts About Tervel Dlagnev

Tervel Dlagnev earned a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and finished 5th at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

Tervel Dlagnev went to Arlington High School in Arlington, Texas, where he took up wrestling as a way to lose weight.

Tervel Dlagnev only wrestled three years in high school, where he finished third and fourth at the Texas state championships in 2003 and 2002, respectively.

Tervel Dlagnev was a four-time All-American and a two-time NCAA Division II national champion in the heavyweight division for the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 2007 and 2008; in 2008, Tervel Dlagnev led UNK to their first ever team title and helped recruit Kamaru Usman to UNK.

Tervel Dlagnev's win secured the national championship not just for himself, but for the University of Nebraska at Kearney wrestling team.

Tervel Dlagnev is one of a few non D1 wrestlers to wrestle at the NWCA All-Star Classic.

Tervel Dlagnev has made eight national teams since 2009, winning the World Team Trials each year with the exception of 2010.

Tervel Dlagnev has won two bronze medals at the World Wrestling Championships, in 2009 and 2014.

Tervel Dlagnev finished fifth at the World Championships in 2011 and 2013, while finishing with a third place bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics.

In 2015, Tervel Dlagnev won the United States World Team Trials but was unable to compete at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships and was replaced by Zach Rey, who was runner-up at the trials.

Tervel Dlagnev won the 2016 US Olympic Team Trials in 2016 and represented the United States at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, where he reached the semi-finals, but again missed out on a medal after losing to Geno Petriashvili in his bronze medal bout.

Tervel Dlagnev had originally finished fifth, but Davit Modzmanashvili was stripped of his silver earlier in the year.

On 6 March 2022, Tervel Dlagnev received his 2012 Olympic bronze medal during the Olympic Medal Reallocation Ceremony in Lincoln, Neb.

Tervel Dlagnev is currently the head freestyle coach at the Ohio Regional Training Center and serves as an assistant coach to Tom Ryan for Ohio State University.