sport.wikisort.org - AthleteStefan Petrov Topurov (Bulgarian: Стефан Петров Топуров) (born August 11, 1964 in Asenovgrad), is a former weightlifter, Olympian[1] and World Champion from Bulgaria.
Bulgarian weightlifter
Stefan Topurov
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Nationality | Bulgaria |
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Born | (1964-08-11)11 August 1964 |
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Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) |
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Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
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Country | Bulgaria |
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Sport | Olympic weightlifting |
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Event(s) | 60 kg (1983-1988), 67.5 kg (1986) |
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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 |
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2 |
3 |
Rank |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Rank |
Olympic Games |
1988 | Seoul, South Korea | 60 kg | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 2 | 165.0 | 175.0 | -- | 2 | 312.5 |  |
World Championships |
1983 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 60 kg | 132.5 | -- | -- |  | 180.0 WR | -- | -- |  | 312.5 |  |
1986 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 67.5 kg | 152.5 | -- | -- |  | 185.0 | -- | -- |  | 337.5 |  |
1987 | Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | 60 kg | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 |  | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 |  | 315.0 |  |
European Championships |
1984 | Vitoria, Spain | 60 kg | 137.5 | -- | -- |  | 177.5 | -- | -- |  | 315.0 WR |  |
1987 | Reims, France | 60 kg | 140.0 | -- | -- |  | 170.0 | -- | -- |  | 310.0 |  |
1988 | Cardiff, United Kingdom | 60 kg | 145.0 | -- | -- |  | 177.5 | -- | -- |  | 322.5 |  |
Weightlifting achievements
- Silver medalist in Olympic Games (1988);
- Senior world champion (1987);
- Silver medalist in Senior World Championships (1983 and 1986);
- Senior European champion (1984 and 1987);
- Silver medalist at Senior European Championships (1983 and 1988);
- Set eleven world records during his career.
- First man ever to lift three times his body weight.
References
Notes
- 1.^ The 1983 World Championships in Moscow was also the European Championships
World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Featherweight |
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- 60 kg (1906–1991)
- 64 kg (1993–1997)
- 62 kg (1998–2017)
- 67 kg (2018–)
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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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