site.btaJune 2, 1957: Wrestler Petko Sirakov Wins Bulgaria's First Gold Medal at World Freestyle Wrestling Championship in Turkiye
Wrestler Petko Sirakov wins Bulgaria's first gold medal at the World Freestyle Wrestling Championship in Istanbul, Turkiye. In photo, he is welcomed back home in Sofia on June 6, 1957 (BTA Archive/P. Petkov)
On June 6, 1957, Bulgarian wrestler Petko Sirakov won his country's first gold medal at the World Freestyle Wrestling Championship in Turkiye.
The third World Freestyle Wrestling Championship was held in Istanbul, Turkiye from June 1 to 3, 1957. The
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