Junior From Bulgaria
History in Color: Future champion and world record holder Khristo Plachkov competes for Team Bulgaria in the junior tournament in Moscow, USSR in 1971.
History in Color: Future champion and world record holder Khristo Plachkov competes for Team Bulgaria in the junior tournament in Moscow, USSR in 1971.
History in Color: November 10, 1957, Teheran, Iran – 25-year old lightweight Ivan Abadzhiev of Bulgaria competes in the snatch program at the 1957 World Championships in Teheran. In Teheran, Ivan Abadzhiev won the...
History in Color: September 19, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Nedelcho Kolev of Team Bulgaria sets a new world record in snatch (153kg) in the 75kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. Nedelcho...
History in Color: March 17, 1978, Moscow, Russia – Brilliant Yanko Rusev of Team Bulgaria performs a snatch lift at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow. Rusev won the tournament with 135+175=310kg.
History in Color: One of the most impressive and exciting to watch athletes in the 1970s, Valentin Khristov of Bulgaria performs a snatch in Podolsk, Russia (1971).
3:1? It ain’t some soccer game scoreboard. Just a counter for the athletes’ country representation on the History in Color cover photo (left to right): Yevgeny Popov (Bulgaria, 110+kg), Georgi Todorov (Bulgaria, 60kg), Aslanbek...
History in Color: April 7, 1976, Berlin, East Germany – 21-year old middleweight Yordan Mitkov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria sets a new world record in clean-and-jerk at 190.5kg at the 1976 European Championships in East...
History in Color: May 1972 – Ivan Abadzhiev has assembled the his Team Bulgaria Weightlifting for the 1972 European Championships in Romania (left to right): Front row: Ivan Abadzhiev (Head Coach), Norair Nurikian (60kg,...
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Atanas Kirov of Burgas, Bulgaria competes in the 56kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. At the Worlds in 1975, Atanas Kirov won...
September 23, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Vasily Alexeev of Shakhty, Russia just won the World title in the super heavyweight at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow. One of his opponents, the best snatcher...