Texans are known for all things big, so it fits that heavyweight Tervel Dlagnev is one of the biggest and most accomplished heavyweights currently competing on the Senior Level. A two-time Texas state place winner for Arlington High School, Tervel was not the biggest name recruit when he chose to wrestle in college for a Division II power.
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He quickly made a name for himself by placing sixth at the NCAA Tournament as a freshman and runner-up as a sophomore. His junior and senior years he won back to back national titles and was considered by many to be the top college heavyweight in any division. Dlagnev has excelled in freestyle since graduating from UNO. As a senior he won the freestyle national title at the 2008 University Nationals and followed up in the fall by winning gold at the University World Championships. In 2009 Tervel moved up to the Senior level and won a second national championship at the US Open. He defended the title by winning the World Team Trials and in international competition won the Pan Am title and finished third at the 2009 World Championships.
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Dlagnev made his second National Team in a row by finishing runner-up at both the 2010 US Open and the World Team Trials. After a wave of wrestling success the past three years, Tervel took time out in the spring to get married to his long time girlfriend Kristen. DlagnevâÂÂs parents, Ivaylo and Igrena, still live in Texas, and he has an older sister Krassimira.
Ohio RTC
Arlington H S
University of Nebraska at Kearney
November 19, 1985
Lou Rosselli
2011 US World Trials Champion
2011 US Open champion
2010 Second in US World Team Trials
2010 Second in US Open
2009 US World Championship
2009 New York AC International Open Champion
2009 World Bronze medalist
