Asen Zlatev

Asen Zlatev
Medal record
Representing the  Bulgaria
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow-75 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
1980 Moscow-75 kg
1981 Lille-82.5 kg
1982 Ljubljana-82.5 kg
1983 Moscow-82.5 kg
1985 Södertälje-82.5 kg
1986 Sofia-82.5 kg
1987 Ostrava-82.5 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
1980 Belgrade-75 kg
1981 Lille-82.5 kg
1982 Ljubljana-82.5 kg
1983 Moscow-82.5 kg
1984 Vittorio-82.5 kg
1985 Katowice-82.5 kg
1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt-82.5 kg
1987 Reims-82.5 kg

Asen Zlatev (Bulgarian: Асен Златев; born May 23, 1960) is a former Bulgarian weightlifter.

He became Olympic champion in 1980 in the middleweight class.[1][2]

Zlatev was originally intended to represent Bulgaria at the 1988 Olympic Games in the Light Heavyweight (82,5 kg) category.[3] Two of his teammates who had won gold medals in their weight classes tested positive for banned substances, and the Buglarian weightlifting federation pulled the rest of the team out of the competition the day before Zlatev was scheduled to compete.[3] Mitko Grablev (56 kg) & Angel Guenchev (67.5 kg) were both disqualified after they tested positive for Furosemide.[4] At the time, Zlatev was a three-time World champion and five-time European champion, and a heavy favorite for the gold medal.[3]

Zlatev competed at the 2017 World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand in the M 55-59 year group as a 69kg lifter. He won silver with 78kg in the Snatch and 90kg in the Clean and Jerk, being turned down with 95kg on his 2nd and 3rd attempts to win with a press out. [5]

Career bests

  • Snatch: 183.0 kg (WR) 1986 in Melbourne in the 82.5 kg class.
  • Clean and jerk: 225.0 kg (WR) 1986 in Sofia in the 82.5 kg class.
  • Total: 405.0 kg (180.0+225.0) 1986 in Sofia in the 82.5 kg class.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Profile: "Asen Zlatev" Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on December 31, 2007).
  2. ↑ "Olympic Games Medallists - Weightlifting" - (Retrieved on December 31, 2007).
  3. 1 2 3 https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/22/sports/weight-lifting-an-olympic-dream-is-deferred.html
  4. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/24/sports/the-seoul-olympics-weight-lifting-team-lifted-after-2d-drug-test-is-failed.html
  5. ↑ http://www.worldmastersgames2017.co.nz/media/2864/2017-world-masters-games-day-3v2.pdf
  6. ↑ Profile: "Asen Zlatev" - chidlovski.net/liftup (Retrieved on July 8, 2009).



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