Enyu Valchev

{{short description|Bulgarian freestyle wrestler}}

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| nickname =

| image = Klaus Rost, Enyu Valchev, Iwao Horiuchi 1964.jpg

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| caption = Enyu Valchev (center) at the 1964 Olympics

| birth_date = 4 January 1936

| birth_place = Polski Gradec, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria

| death_date = 15 February 2014 (aged 78)

| death_place = Sofia, Bulgaria

| height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport = Freestyle wrestling

| club = Army Sport Club, Sofia,
Minor Dimitrovgrad,
Levski-Spartak

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| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling }}

{{MedalCountry | {{BUL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

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{{MedalBronze | 1960 Rome | Lightweight }}

{{MedalGold | 1964 Tokyo | Lightweight }}

{{MedalSilver | 1968 Mexico | Lightweight }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 1959 Tehran | 67 kg }}

{{MedalGold | 1962 Toledo | 70 kg }}

{{MedalBronze | 1967 New Delhi | 70 kg }}

{{MedalSilver | 1969 Mar del Plata | 68 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Cup }}

{{MedalSilver | 1958 Sofia | 57 kg }}

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Enyu Valchev Dimov ({{langx|bg|Еню Вълчев Димов}}; 4 January 1936 – 15 February 2014) was a lightweight freestyle wrestler from Bulgaria. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a bronze, gold and silver medal, respectively. At the World championships, he won gold in 1962, silvers in 1959 and 1969 and bronze in 1967, while finishing fourth in 1965, fifth in 1966 and sixth in 1963. At the European Championships Valchev won gold medals in 1968 and 1969 and a bronze in 1967.{{cite news|url=http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=3275233|title=Еньо Вълчев – Първият българин с трите най-големи титли|date=15 February 2014|publisher=Dneven Trud|language=bg|access-date=16 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217220630/http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=3275233|archive-date=17 February 2014}}{{cite sports-reference|title = Enyu Valchev|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/enyu-valchev-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170548/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/enyu-valchev-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 16 February 2014}}[https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=C09AF9819FDF4585AA6480DA5A6429C6 Valchev-Dimov, Eniu (BUL)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171417/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=C09AF9819FDF4585AA6480DA5A6429C6 |date=12 December 2013 }}. iat.uni-leipzig.de In 1962 Valchev was selected as Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year.

After finishing his wrestling career, Valchev worked as a coach, and was the head coach of the Bulgarian junior team until his retirement in 1990. In 2005 he was elected to the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame.