Asen Zlatev (Bulgaria) Turns 60!
May 23, 2020 – Olympic champion Asen Zlatev of Bulgaria turned 60! Happy Birthday, Champion!
Tagged: Bulgaria
Rumen Rusev: World Record in Budapest (1972)
History in Color: April 9, 1972, Budapest, Hungary– Light heavyweight Rumen Rusev of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, snatches 156kg and sets a new world record during the competitions in the 82.5kg class at the Danube...
1975 World Championships: Bantamweight Medalists
History in Color: September 16, 1975, Moscow, Russia– Best bantamweight athletes receive their medals in the 56kg weight class at the 1975 World Championships (left to right): Waldemar Korcz (Poland, silver medal), Atanas Kirov...
Valentin Khristov (Bulgaria): Montreal, 1976
History in Color: July 27, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 20-year old super star of Bulgarian weightlifting, Valentin Khristov goes for 225kg in his 2nd clean-and-jerk attempt in the 110kg weight class at the 1976...
Ivan Veselinov: The Lionheart of Bulgarian Weightlifting
The History in Color series features a color version of the photo portrait of legendary Bulgarian weightlifter Ivan Veselinov. Ivan Veselinov (1926-1996) of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria was one of the best and most known Bulgarian...
Super Heavyweight Champions in Lima, 1971
History in Color: September 26, 1971, Lima, Peru – The super heavyweights receive their medals in the 110kg class tournament at the 1971 World Championships in Lima (left to right): Ivan Atanasov (Bulgaria, bronze...
1972 Summer Olympics: And the Heavyweight Winners Are…
History in Color: September 4, 1972, Munich, Germany – Heavyweight winners receive their Olympic medals at the ceremony in the 110kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (left to right): Alexander...
1972 Summer Olympics: And the Middleweight Winners Are…
History in Color: August 31, 1972, Munich, Germany – Best middleweights receive their awards at the medal ceremony in the 75kg weight class at the 1972 Summer Olympics (left to right): Mohamed Traboulsi (Lebanon,...
Olympic Medalists in the 90kg Class Salute to Montreal (1976)
History in Color: July 25, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Best middle heavyweights receive their awards at the medal ceremony in the 90kg weight class and salute to Montreal, the city that hosted the 1976...
Remembering Legendary Khristo Plachkov (Bulgaria, 1953-2009)
The day of December 28, 2019 marks the 10th Anniversary of the death of legendary super heavyweight lifter Khristo Plachkov (1953-2009) of Bulgaria. He was truly a legend in the history of Olympic weightlifting....
