Bulgaria: On Top of the World
November 15, 1986, Sofia, Bulgaria – Bulgarian weightlifing team just finished competing in the 1986 World Championships with a phenomenal team record. They won 7 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals in 10...
November 15, 1986, Sofia, Bulgaria – Bulgarian weightlifing team just finished competing in the 1986 World Championships with a phenomenal team record. They won 7 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals in 10...
History in Color: September 17, 1975, Moscow – Featherweight Georgi Todorov of Bulgaria wins his 2nd world title with a world record total of 285kg (125+160) at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow. Georgi...
History in Color: August 30, 1972, Munich, Germany – Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria sets the last world record in press (157.5kg) in the lightweight at the 1972 Summer Olympics. After the elimination of...
History in Color: 20-year old middleweight Yordan Bikov of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria is on his way to win the Olympic gold medal in the 75kg class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Yordan...
History in Color: Original black-and-white picture by Gogi Gurgenyan features 16-year old Naim Suleymanov of Bulgaria receiving an ovation from the public at the 1983 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. It was his first...
History in Color: Antonio Krastev of Haskovo, Bulgaria for the first time in his career becomes a World Champion at the 1985 World championships in Sodertelje, Sweden. Krastev won the tournament with the 437.5kg...
16-year old schoolboy from Bulgaria, Naim Suleymanov competes at the international tournament in the early 1983. In a few years, the media will nickname him as Pocket Hercules. Naim Suleymanoglu (1967-2017) was the first...
In memory of legendary athletes that we lost in 2017… In Memoriam 2017 Naim SULEYMANOGLU, Turkey 1967 – 2017 Marek GOLAB, Poland 1940 – 2017 Velichko CHOLAKOV, Bulgaria 1982 – 2017 Falahati Mohammad NEJAD, Iran 1976 –...
On the cover “History in Color” photo, legendary Bulgarian lightweight and middleweight Yanko Rusev competes in the snatch lifting at the 1983 World Championship in Moscow. Yanko Rusev (born 1958) was a 5x World...
On the History in Color photo (left to right): Alexander Varbanov, Naim Suleymanoglu, Ivan Abadzhiev (Head Coach, Team Bulgaria), Asen Zlatev Sadly, Naim Suleymanoglu and Ivan Abadzhiev died this year. After I learned the...