Career
Botev represented his current nation Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men"s 120 kg class. He first defeated Georgian-born Uzbek wrestler and former heavyweight silver medalist David Saldadze in the qualifying round, before losing out his next match to Sweden"s Jalmar Sjöberg, who was able to score five points in two straight periods, leaving Botev without a single point.
