Sevdalin Marinov (Bulgaria)
History in Color:
Sevdalin Marinov (b. 1968) became an Olympic champion when won the gold in the flyweight class at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Marinov competed for Team Bulgaria in the 1980s and became a 3x World Champion (1985, 1986, 1987) and 5x European Champion (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990).
In 1994, Sevdalin Marinov won the featherweight class at the 1994 Commonwealhth Games for Team Australia.
Sevdalin Marinov set 3 world records in his outstanding career as an Olympic weightlifter.