#149 Georgi Ivanov - 2016 Olympian for Bulgaria

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 12 July 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Georgi Ivanov was a 2016 Olympian for Bulgaria. His story of coming to America is incredible. He migrated to the US as a high school senior, without knowing a soul. He then wrestled for division two powerhouse UNO and was a 2x All American before the program was dropped. After wrestling for Boise State, Georgi had a crazy experience making the Bulgarian Olympic team. Enjoy it folks! FOLLOW THE PODCAST WrestlingChangedMyLife.com SPONSOR This episode is brought to you by Assembly Fall, our latest audio documentary that went live last Tuesday. You can listen via episode #145 in the feed, or by texting IHSA to 555-888. About Assembly Fall: In a match dubbed as the biggest upset in Illinois history, Matt Kucala defied the odds and pinned the previously unbeaten Eric Tannenbaum at the 2001 IHSA state finals. Assembly Fall takes an in-depth look at that match and answers the question: is it the biggest upset in state history? ABOUT THE WRESTLING CHANGED MY LIFE PODCAST Hosted by Ryan Warner, the Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast features in-depth interviews with wrestlers and coaches to learn how the sport shaped and molded their lives. By stitching together stories of sacrifice, triumph, defeat and perseverance, the Podcast takes the listener deep inside the world’s oldest sport. New episodes are released every Monday and Wednesday.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show folks this is wrestling changed my life here we go because of that growing up and seeing that I had a goal to prove something I had a goal to to be an Olympic champion that was my goal and I started training literally since I was able to I mean I was three four years old.
0:15.0	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that ability. I would say nothing in life has impacted me
0:28.2	more than the things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:34.0	Toughness.
0:35.0	Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:37.0	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:42.0	And everything that has shaped my life
0:45.4	and where I'm at today would not be there without the values
0:49.0	and basically the lessons I've learned
0:51.2	through the sport of wrestling. For me, you wrestle saving my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
0:58.0	We're fortunate if you wrestle because you rustled, natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient.
1:09.2	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:14.3	It humbled me, taught me humility.
1:16.2	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:19.8	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:22.4	You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:26.4	You know, if I look back my time, I've spent wrestling. If it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's
1:30.4	mental toughness. Yes, indeed, ladies and gentlemen, we've done it.
1:35.0	We're back.
1:36.0	Wrestling Change My Life Podcast is here.
1:38.0	This is your host, Ryan Warner.
1:40.0	We have an Olympian in the house today, folks, the rare air of an Olympic wrestler and it's
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