Rumen Teodosiev (Bulgaria)
History in Color: August 28, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 21-year old light heavyweight Rumen Teodosiev of Burgas, Bulgaria competes in the 82.5kg class at the 1983 USSR Championships in Moscow, Russia. Rumen Teodosiev (b....
History in Color: August 28, 1983, Moscow, Russia – 21-year old light heavyweight Rumen Teodosiev of Burgas, Bulgaria competes in the 82.5kg class at the 1983 USSR Championships in Moscow, Russia. Rumen Teodosiev (b....
History in Color: September 20, 1975, Moscow, Russia – Young light heavyweight star Trendafil Stoychev of Team Bulgaria goes for a 202.5kg clean-and-jerk in the 82.5kg class at the 1975 World Championship in Moscow....
History in Color: The second Olympic Team Bulgaria assembled by legendary coach Ivan Abadzhiev is ready to go to the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada (left to right): Atanas Shopov (90kg), Blagoy Blagoev...
History in Color: July 27, 1980, Moscow, Russia – In order to win a gold Olympic medal, 20-year old middleweight Rumen Alexandrov of Bulgaria tries to clean-and-jerk 210kg in the 90kg class at the...
History in Color features Bulgarian super heavyweight of late 1960s-early 1970s Dimitar Tramburdzhiev. Dimitar Tramburdzhiev (b. 1948) of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria was one of the candidates to the super heavyweight position with Team Bulgaria in...
History in Color: August 31, 1972, Munich, Germany – 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...
History in Color features one of the most memorable Olympic weightlifters of all times Blagoy Blagoev of Team Bulgaria. Blagoy Blagoev (b. 1956) needs no special introduction for true followers of the Iron Game....
History in Color: September 29, 1974 , Manila, Philippines – 21-year old super heavyweight Khristo Plachkov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria snatches 180kg and wins a silver medal in the snatch program of the 1974 World...
History in Color: October 31, 1983, Moscow, Russia – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1980s, Antonio Krastev of Team Bulgaria battles for the medal in the 110+kg class at the 1983...
History in Color: September 19, 1977, Stuttgart, Germany – 19-year old rookie featherweight Yanko Rusev of Team Bulgaria clean-and-jerks a world record 165kg in the 4th attempt after winning a silver medal in the...