The International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) named wrestler Stanka Zlateva best female competitor for 2006.

Zlateva is a free wrestling world and European champion.

Winners in other categories included wrestlers from Belarus, Ukraine, France, Japan, Poland and Spain, BGNES Sport reported.

Another Bulgarian competitor, the winner of European championship silver Venelin Venkov, ranked second in the 55kg category. Rovshan Bayramov from Azerbaijan ranked first.

Radoslav Velikov, free wrestling world championship, heads the ranking in this style in the 55kg category.

One more Bulgarian is listed in the ranking. Serafim Burzakov took the fourth position in the 66kg category.

FILA’s ranking takes into consideration results of world and European championships. It also counts the Grand Prix final results of the eight strongest competitors in each category.