Mladen Kuchev Sets a New Bulgarian Record
History in Color: June 21, 1971, Sofia, Bulgaria – 24-year old featherweight Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria sets a new national record in CJ (147.5kg) in the 60kg weight class at the 1971 European...
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Happy Day For Estonia, Bulgaria and Germany
September 4, 1972, Munich, West Germany –Winners of the Olympic weightlifting competition in the 110kg class receive their medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (left to right): Alexander Kraychev (Bulgaria), silver medal,...
Alexander Varbanov: World Record and Gold Medal in Sofia
History in Color: November 11, 1986, Sofia, Bulgaria – Bulgarian middleweight Alexander Varbanov sets a new world record (215kg in clean-and-jerk) and wins the world title in the 75kg class at the 1986 World...
Yanko Rusev Wins His 1st European Title
History in Color @LiftUp: June 13, 1978, Havirov, Czechoslovakia – 19-year old junior lightweight Yanko Rusev of Bulgaria performs a cj lift in the 67.5kg weight class on his way to his first career...
Ivan Abadzhiev: Competing For Bulgaria in Stockholm
History in Color: September 19, 1958, Stockholm, Sweden – 26-year old Bulgarian lightweight Ivan Abadzhiev performs his 1st attempt in a clean-and-jerk program in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1958 World Championships in...
Mladen Kuchev (Bulgaria) and His Eternal World Record in Press
History in Color: August 30, 1972, Munich, Germany – 25-year old lightweight Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria sets the last world record in press (157.5kg) in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1972 Summer...
Plamen Asparukhov: CKDA Championships in East Germany
History in Color: East Berlin, GDR – Bulgarian sub heavyweight Plamen Asparukhov competes for the Army Team of Bulgaria in cj program in the 100kg weight class at the CKDA Championships in the late...
Mladen Kuchev: 1975 World and European Championships
April 26, 2022 – Legendary Bulgarian weightlifting champion, author of eternal world record in press, Mladen Kuchev of Pleven, Bulgaria celebrates his Birthday today. Happy Birthday, Champ! History in Color: September 18, 1975, Moscow,...
Valentin Khristov: Four World Records Night in Moscow (1975)
History in Color: September 22, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old junior heavyweight Valentin Khristov of Bulgaria snatches 180kg and sets a world record in the 110kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships...
Yanko Rusev (Bulgaria) Wins a European Title and Sets 3 World Records in Varna
December 1, 2021 – Happy Birthday to legendary Yanko Rusev of Bulgaria! An Olympic champion, 5x World champion, 5x European Champion, author of 25 world records, Yanko Rusev is turning 63. History in Color:...
