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Stefan Petrov Topurov (Bulgarian: Стефан Петров Топуров) (born August 11, 1964 in Asenovgrad), is a former weightlifter, Olympian[1] and World Champion from Bulgaria.

Stefan Topurov
Personal information
Nationality Bulgaria
Born(1964-08-11)11 August 1964
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country Bulgaria
SportOlympic weightlifting
Event(s)60 kg (1983-1988), 67.5 kg (1986)
Medal record
Men's Olympic weightlifting
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul -60 kg
World Championships
1987 Ostrava-60 kg
1983 Moscow-60 kg
1986 Sofia-67.5 kg
European Championships
1984 Vittorio-60 kg
1987 Reims-60 kg
1983 Moscow-60 kg
1988 Cardiff-60 kg
Friendship Games
1984 Varna-60 kg
Junior World Championships
1982 Sao Paulo-60 kg
European Junior Championships
1982 Haskovo-60 kg
1983 San Marino-60 kg

He was the first lifter to clean & jerk 3 times his body weight, with a 180 kg lift in the 60 kg division at the 1983 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]


Career



Olympics


His only Olympic appearance was at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the 60 kg division against his former teammate Naim Süleymanoğlu. In the end Naim would put on the most dominating display of weightlifting of all time,[3] but Stefan had a dominating performance of his own, winning the silver medal with a total of 312.5 kg, a full 25.0 kg above the bronze medalist Ye Huanming.[4]


Major results


Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul, South Korea60 kg137.5142.5142.52165.0175.0--2312.5
World Championships
1983 Moscow, Soviet Union60 kg132.5----180.0 WR----312.5
1986 Sofia, Bulgaria67.5 kg152.5----185.0----337.5
1987 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia60 kg135.0140.0142.5170.0175.0175.0315.0
European Championships
1984 Vitoria, Spain60 kg137.5----177.5----315.0 WR
1987 Reims, France60 kg140.0----170.0----310.0
1988 Cardiff, United Kingdom60 kg145.0----177.5----322.5

Weightlifting achievements



References



Notes


1.^ The 1983 World Championships in Moscow was also the European Championships

На других языках


- [en] Stefan Topurov

[it] Stefan Topurov

Stefan Petrov Topurov (in bulgaro: Стефан Петров Топуров?; Asenovgrad, 11 agosto 1964) è un ex sollevatore bulgaro medagliato olimpico e campione mondiale ed europeo, che ha gareggiato nelle categorie dei pesi piuma (fino a 60 kg.) e dei pesi leggeri (fino al 67,5 kg.).

[ru] Топуров, Стефан

Стефан Петров Топуров (род. 11 августа 1964, Асеновград) — болгарский тяжелоатлет, двукратный чемпион Европы (1984, 1987), чемпион мира (1987), победитель соревнований «Дружба-84» (1984), призёр Олимпийских игр (1988). Заслуженный мастер спорта Болгарии (1983).



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