Mladen Kuchev: Olympics in 1972
History in Color: August 30, 1972, Munich, Germany – Lightweight Mladen Kuchev of Team Bulgaria competes in the snatch lifting in the 67.5kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. At the...
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Ivan Abadzhiev and Atanas Kirov: Moscow, 1975
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Team Bulgaria head coach Ivan Abadzhiev prepares bantamweight Atanas Kirov for his next lift in the 56kg class at the 1975 World Championships in Moscow....
Norair Nurikyan: Numero Uno For Bulgaria
History in Color: August 29, 1972, Munich, Germany – 24-year old featherweight Norair Nurikyan of Team Bulgaria clean-and-jerks 157.5kg in the 60kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics and becomes the first ever...
35 Years Ago In Varna, Bulgaria: Norair Nurikyan and Anton Kodzhabashev
History in Color September 13, 1984, Varna, Bulgaria – 2x Olympic champion Norair Nurikyan assists 25-year old Anton Kodzhabashev of Team Bulgaria in the 60kg weight class at the 1984 Friendship Cup in Varna....
Trendafil Stoichev (Bulgaria) in Tashkent (1973)
History in Color: March 18, 1973, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – 19-year Trendafil Stoichev of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria competes for Team Bulgaria in the 75kg weight class at the 1973 Friendship Cup in Tashkent. A month before...
Anton Kodzhabashev Turns 60!
Happy 60th Birthday to Anton Kodzhabashev! Our best wishes to brilliant world champion and world records breaker, one of the most memorable Bulgarian legends of the Abadzhiev’s era in Olympic weightlifting! Anton Kodzhabashev @...
Alexander Kraychev (Bulgaria): Vice Championship at the Europeans in Sofia (1971)
History in Color: June 26, 1971, Sofia, Bulgaria – 19-year old heavyweight Alexander Kraychev of Bulgaria competes in the clean-and-jerk program in the 110kg class of the 1971 European Championships in Sofia. Graduate of...
Yordan Bikov (Bulgaria)
History in Color: 1972 Olympic champion in the middleweight class, Yordan Bikov of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria performs a snatch lift in a weightlifting meet in 1971. Yordan Bikov (b. 1952) became the second Bulgarian weightlifter...
The Best Heavyweight Pressers in the World (1971)
History in Color: September 25, 1971, Lima, Peru – The winners of the press lift in the 110kg class receive their medals at the 1971 World Championship in Lima (left to right): Alexander Kraychev...
Yanko Rusev (Bulgaria): 1983 World Championships in Moscow
History in Color: October 25, 1983, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion, legendary Yanko Rusev of Team Bulgaria competes in a clean-and-jerk program in the 67.5kg class at the 1983 World Championships at the Izmaylovo...
