Mikyay Naim

Mikyay Naim

Personal information
Native name	Микяй Салим Наим
Full name	Mikyay Salim Naim
Born	(1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 (age 27) Bulgaria
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Bulgaria
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Weight class	65 kg
Event	Freestyle
Club	Dimitrovgrad Wrestling Club
Coached by	Salim Salim
Achievements and titles
Regional finals	(2023)
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Bulgaria European Championships 2023 Zagreb 65 kg Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament 2021 Plovdiv 57 kg Poland Open (Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial) 2023 Warsaw 65 kg World U23 Championships 2017 Bydgoszcz 57 kg European Juniors Championships 2015 Istanbul 55 kg 2017 Dortmund 55 kg 2016 Bucharest 55 kg European Cadet Championships 2012 Katowice 46 kg 2013 Bar 50 kg 2014 Samokov 54 kg

Mikyay Salim Naim (Bulgarian: Микяй Салим Наим; born 4 October 1997) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 65 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.^[1][2]

Career

He won the silver medal at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, losing to Armenian Vazgen Tevanyan 12–1 with technical superiority in the men's freestyle 65 kg final match. He had reached the final after defeating Swiss Nino Leutert 10–3 in the first round, Georgian Edemi Bolkvadze 6–2 in the quarterfinals and Romanian Ștefan Coman 7–0 in the semifinals.^[3]

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[4] He was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2023	European Championships	Zagreb, Croatia	2nd	Freestyle 65 kg

References

1. "NAIM Mikyay Salim profile page". uww.org. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
2. "Salim Naim Mikyay (Freestyle wrestling) : Prize list and results". the-sports.org.
3. "European Championships". United World Wrestling.
4. "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

External links

• Mikyay Salim Naim at United World Wrestling (archived)
• Mikyay Naim at United World Wrestling
• Mikyay Naim at the International Wrestling Database