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'''Mikyay Salim Naim''' ({{Langx|bg|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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://uww.org/athletes/naim-mikyay-salim |title=NAIM Mikyay Salim profile page |website=uww.org |access-date=27 April 2023 |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422055303/https://uww.org/athletes/naim-mikyay-salim |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.the-sports.org/salim-naim-mikyay-freestyle-wrestling-spf459825.html |title=Salim Naim Mikyay (Freestyle wrestling) : Prize list and results |website=the-sports.org}}</ref>

== 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&nbsp;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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://uww.org/event/european-championships-35 |title=European Championships |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> He was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024"/>

== Achievements == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Year !Tournament !Location !Result !Event |- |2023 |European Championships |Zagreb, Croatia |align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Freestyle 65{{nbsp}}kg |}

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== External links == * {{UWW|naim-mikyay-salim|Mikyay Salim Naim|archive=20230422055303}} * {{UWW|naim-mikyay-1}} * {{sports links}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Naim, Mikyay}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists Category:21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-bio-stub}}