Mincho Pashov (Bulgaria)
History in Color: Mincho Pashov (b. 1961) of Plovdiv, Bulgaria is an outstanding international athlete of the 1980s produced by Ivan Abadzhiev and Team Bulgaria. Pashov is a Bulgarian Olympian. He took a bronze...
History in Color: Mincho Pashov (b. 1961) of Plovdiv, Bulgaria is an outstanding international athlete of the 1980s produced by Ivan Abadzhiev and Team Bulgaria. Pashov is a Bulgarian Olympian. He took a bronze...
The title certainly ain’t a set-up for an anecdote line or something… History in Color: September 26, 1974, Manila, Philippines – Trendafil Stoychev of Team Bulgaria wins the 82.5kg weight class with 350kg total...
History in Color: July 22, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Middleweight Yordan Mitkov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria is on his way to a gold Olympic medal in the 75kg weight class at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
History in Color: July 26, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 22-year old heavyweight Krastyu Semerdzhiev of Bulgaria competes in the 110kg class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Heavyweight champion of Bulgaria (1975), Krastyu...
History in Color: September 3, 1972, Munich, Germany – The medal ceremony is about to begin for the winners in the 90kg class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (left to right): Atanas...
History in Color: September 22, 1975, Moscow, Russia – 19-year old Bulgarian junior heavyweight Valentin Khristov competes with a happy smile at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Valentin Khristov was simply amazing. He...
History in Color: Alexander Varbanov (b. 1964) was perhaps one of the strongest ever middleweights of all times. His personal best was the total of 382.5kg (167.5+215, bodyweight 74.6kg) that reached on February 29,...
History in Color: September 3, 1972, Munich, Germany – 21-year old Bulgarian middle heavyweight wins a gold medal in the 90kg class with 180+155+190=525OR at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
History in Color: Norair Nurikyan (b. 1948) was a brilliant Bulgarian weightlifter. He competed in the bantamweight and featherweight classes and brought his country two gold medals from two Summer Olympics that he represented...
History in color features members of Team Bulgaria Weightlifting at the opening parade of the 1958 Moscow Cup in the USSR (left to right:) Ivan Abadzhiev, Lyuben Raychev The lightweight athlete on the left...