Background
His father Venko Pulev was Bulgarian champion in the heavyweight division.
His father Venko Pulev was Bulgarian champion in the heavyweight division.
Tervel Pulev is best known for winning a bronze medal for Men"s Boxing (Heavyweight division 91 kg) at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. Pulev has signed up for the new AIBA professional league, called AIBA Pro Boxing (APB), which launches in fall 2013. Tervel Venkov Pulev has been involved in boxing since 1994 in the club CSKA, later he fought for boxing club "National Security Agency" and "Academic", "National Sofia" and "Levski".
He graduated from the National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski" in two subjects teacher and trainer.
His trainer is Borislav Boiadzhiev. Tervel was runner-up in Moscow at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships.
In the same year he ranked second at the European Cup in Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 2005, falls among the 10 best athletes of the "National Security Agency".
Participant 3 European and 2 World Championships for men and the world and European championships for juniors.
At the 2012 Olympics (results) he defeated Chinese Wang Xuanxuan and Yamil Peralta which secured a medal before being outclassed by star Oleksandr Usyk.