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Velichko Cholakov (Bulgarian: Величко Чолаков, 12 January 1982  – 20 August 2017) was an ethnically Bulgarian Azerbaijani weightlifter.[1]

Velichko Cholakov

Personal information
Born	(1982-01-12)12 January 1982 Smolyan, Bulgaria
Died	20 August 2017(2017-08-20) (aged 35) Smolyan, Bulgaria
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	170 kg (375 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Azerbaijan
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	+105 kg
Medal record Representing  Bulgaria Men’s Weightlifting Olympic Games 2004 Athens + 105 kg World Championships 2003 Vancouver + 105 kg European Championships 2004 Kyiv + 105 kg 2006 Władysławowo + 105 kg
Updated on 26 July 2012.

Career

He competed in the over 105 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, his first Olympics, winning an Olympic bronze medal. After missing two clean and jerk attempts at 245 kg, he managed to lift a total of 447.5 kg, placing him behind Latvia's Viktors Ščerbatihs and Iran's Hossein Reza Zadeh.

Velichko won the European weightlifting title in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2004, and finished second at the World championship in Vancouver in 2003. In 2002, he won gold medals at both the European and World Youth Weightlifting championships.

He was once measured during competition as 2.05 meters tall, thus making lifting more difficult both in regard to distance of elevation and less than ideal limb proportions.

Cholakov tested positive for a steroid in 2008 during an out-of-competition test, along with ten other weightlifters, and therefore Bulgaria's weightlifting federation withdrew its team from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Apart from Cholakov the athletes who tested positive were Ivailo Filev, Alan Tsagaev, Mehmed Fikretov, Ivan Stoitsov, Ivan Markov, Georgi Markov, Demir Demirev, Milka Maneva, Donka Mincheva and Gergana Kirilova. [2] He was supposed to compete for Azerbaijan during the 2012 Summer Olympics, but withdrew before the 105+ kg competition due to health issues.[3]

Career bests

• Snatch: 207.5 kg in 2004 Summer Olympics.
• Clean and jerk: 245.0 kg 2004 European Weightlifting Championships.
• Total: 447.5 kg (205.0+242.5) 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.[4]

Death

Velichko Cholakov died in Smolyan on 20 August 2017, aged 35, after a recent history of heart problems.[5]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Velichko Cholakov

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[es] Velichko Cholakov

Velichko Cholakov –en búlgaro, Величко Чолаков– (Smolian, 12 de enero de 1982–ibídem, 20 de agosto de 2017) fue un deportista búlgaro que compitió en halterofilia.

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[fr] Velichko Cholakov

Velichko Cholakov (bulgare : Величко Чолаков), né le 12 janvier 1982 à Smolyan et mort le 20 août 2017 dans la même ville[1], est un haltérophile bulgare et azerbaïdjanais.

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[it] Veličko Čolakov

Veličko Čolakov (in bulgaro: Величко Чолаков; Smoljan, 12 gennaio 1982 – Smoljan, 20 agosto 2017) è stato un sollevatore bulgaro che ha gareggiato nella categoria dei pesi supermassimi (oltre 105 kg.), giungendo sul podio olimpico, mondiale ed europeo.

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[ru] Чолаков, Величко

Величко Чолаков (азерб. Veliçko Çolakov, болг. Величко Чолаков; 12 января 1982, Смолян, Болгария — 20 августа 2017, Смолян, Болгария) — азербайджанский и болгарский тяжелоатлет, чемпион Европы 2004 года, серебряный призёр чемпионата мира 2003 года и чемпионата Европы 2006 года, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 2004 года в Афинах. Представлял Азербайджан на летних Олимпийских играх 2012 года в Лондоне.

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