Blagoy Blagoev
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Born | (1956-12-04) 4 December 1956 (age 67) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blagoy Blagoev (Bulgarian: Благой Благоев; born 4 December 1956) is a retired Bulgarian weightlifter. Between 1976 and 1984 he claimed seven gold and five silver medals at the Summer Olympics and World and European championships.[1] He set 18 world records. 13 of them were in the snatch. His last snatch world record was 195.5 kg in the 90 kg weight class, set on 1 May 1983 in Varna and remains the heaviest weight ever snatched by a middle heavyweight. Blagoev was twice declared the Best Weightlifter in the World by the International Weightlifting Federation - in 1982 and 1983. Blagoev was named Sportsperson of the Year in Bulgaria for 1982.
Blagoev was a two time Olympian. He represented his native country Bulgaria at the Summer Olympics in Montreal (1976) and in Moscow (1980). He won a silver Olympic medal in the light heavyweight 1980. Blagoy Blagoev competed in the 82.5 kg and 90 kg weight classes. He was a 3x World Champion (1981, 1982, 1983) in the middle heavyweight. He won 4 gold European medals – as a light heavyweight in 1979 and as a middle heavyweight in 1981-1983. Blagoev also won three consecutive World Cups in Varna, Bulgaria in 1982-1984 and 5 Bulgarian Championships (1979, 1981-1984).[2] He later coached the Australian Paralympic Powerlifting Team in the 1990s to early 2000s.[3]
Weightlifting achievements
- Silver medalist in Olympic Games (1980);[4][5]
- Senior World champion (1981,1982,1983);
- Silver medalist World Championships 1979,1980
- IWF Weightlifter of the Year 1982 and 1983
- World Cup Winner 1982 and 1983
- Sportsman of the year Bulgaria 1982
- Athlete of the Balkans 1983
- Senior European champion (1979, 1981, 1982 and 1983);
- Silver medalist in Senior European Championships (1976 and 1984);
- All-time senior world record holder in snatch (195.5 kg, competing at 90 kg);
- Best Sinclair lift of all times 195.5 kg in the Snatch at 90 kg bodyweight.
- Set 49 junior and senior ratified world records in 1975–1983.[5]
- Master of Sports (Bulgaria) 1974
- Honored Master of Sports (Bulgaria) 1979
- Honored Coach (Bulgaria) 1987
Career bests
82.5 kg class:
- Snatch 175 1979 Bulgaria, 1980 Moscow
- Clean and Jerk 210 1979 Bulgaria
- Total 385 1979 Bulgaria
90 kg class:
- Snatch: 195.5 kg in 1983 in Varna
- Clean and jerk: 228.5 kg in 1983 in Varna.
- Total: 420.0 kg in 1983 in Varna.[5]
- World Championships Best:
82.5 kg 175+197.5 Moscow 1980, 90 kg 190+227.5 Moscow 1983
- European Championships Best-
82.5 kg 172.5+207.5 Varna 1979, 90 kg 190+227.5 Moscow 1983, 192.5+225 Vittorio, Spain.1984
- World Cup Best
90 kg Halmstad 195+217.5 1982
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Blagoy Blagoev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ "Doping cases at Summer Games since 1968". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ Annual Report 2002–2003. Australian Paralympic Committee
- ^ "Blagoi Blagoev". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ a b c "Blagoy Blagoev". Lift Up. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
External links
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- Blagoy Blagoev at Olympics.com
- Blagoy Blagoev at Olympedia
- Blagoy Blagoev at Lift Up
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- 1951:
Norbert Schemansky (USA)
- 1953:
Norbert Schemansky (USA)
- 1954:
Arkady Vorobyov ((URS)
- 1955:
Arkady Vorobyov ((URS)
- 1957:
Arkady Vorobyov ((URS)
- 1958:
Arkady Vorobyov ((URS)
- 1959:
Louis Martin (GBR)
- 1961:
Ireneusz Paliński (POL)
- 1962:
Louis Martin (GBR)
- 1963:
Louis Martin (GBR)
- 1964:
Vladimir Golovanov (URS)
- 1965:
Louis Martin (GBR)
- 1966:
Géza Tóth (HUN)
- 1968:
Kaarlo Kangasniemi (FIN)
- 1969:
Kaarlo Kangasniemi (FIN)
- 1970:
Vasily Kolotov (URS)
- 1971:
David Rigert (URS)
- 1972:
Andon Nikolov (BUL)
- 1973:
David Rigert (URS)
- 1974:
David Rigert (URS)
- 1975:
David Rigert (URS)
- 1976:
David Rigert (URS)
- 1977:
Sergey Poltoratsky (URS)
- 1978:
Rolf Milser (FRG)
- 1979:
Gennady Bessonov (URS)
- 1980:
Péter Baczakó (HUN)
- 1981:
Blagoy Blagoev (BUL)
- 1982:
Blagoy Blagoev (BUL)
- 1983:
Blagoy Blagoev (BUL)
- 1984:
Nicu Vlad (ROU)
- 1985:
Anatoly Khrapaty / Viktor Solodov (URS)
- 1986:
Anatoly Khrapaty (URS)
- 1987:
Anatoly Khrapaty (URS)
- 1989:
Anatoly Khrapaty (URS)
- 1990:
Anatoly Khrapaty (URS)
- 1991:
Sergey Syrtsov (URS)
- 1993:
Ivan Chakarov (BUL)
- 1994:
Aleksey Petrov (RUS)
- 1995:
Igor Alekseyev (RUS)
- 1997:
Maksim Agapitov (RUS)
- 1998:
Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE)
- 1999:
Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE)
- 2001:
Kourosh Bagheri (IRI)
- 2002:
Nizami Pashayev (AZE)
- 2003:
Milen Dobrev (BUL)
- 2005:
Nizami Pashayev (AZE)
- 2006:
Ilya Ilyin (KAZ)
- 2007:
Roman Konstantinov (RUS)
- 2009:
Kim Min-jae (KOR)
- 2010:
Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)
- 2011:
Ilya Ilyin (KAZ)
- 2013:
Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)
- 2014:
Zhassulan Kydyrbayev (KAZ)
- 2015:
Vadzim Straltsou (BLR)
- 2017:
Sohrab Moradi (IRI)
- 2018:
Sohrab Moradi (IRI)
- 2019:
Tian Tao (CHN)
- 2021:
Lesman Paredes (COL)
- 2022:
Lesman Paredes (BHR)
- 2023:
Karim Abokahla (EGY)
- 90 kg (1951–1991)
- 91 kg (1993–1997)
- 94 kg (1998–2017)
- 96 kg (2018–)