Kiril Kounev

Kiril Kounev
Personal information
Nationality  Bulgaria
 Australia
Born (1968-04-19) 19 April 1968
Galabovo, Bulgaria
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 93.49 kg (206.1 lb)
Sport
Country  Australia
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class 94 kg
Club Hawthorn
Team National team
Updated on 2 October 2016.

Kiril Kounev (born 19 April 1968 in Galabovo) is a Bulgarian born Australian male weightlifter, competing in the 94 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions. He participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 83 kg event and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 94 kg event.[1] He competed at world championships, most recently at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]

Major results

3rd, bronze medalist(s) - 1990 World Championships Light-Heavyweight class (360.0 kg)
3rd, bronze medalist(s) - 1993 World Championships Light-Heavyweight class (372.5 kg)
1st, gold medalist(s) - 1989 European Championships Light-Heavyweight class (385.0 kg)
2nd, silver medalist(s) - 1990 European Championships Light-Heavyweight class (370.0 kg)
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123Rank123Rank
Summer Olympics
2000Australia Sydney, Australia94 kgN/AN/A14
1996United States Atlanta, United States83 kgN/AN/A4
World Championships
1999Greece Piraeus, Greece94 kg165 165 ------------------0---
1998Finland Lahti, Finland85 kg165170172.5 6205210 210 73758

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Kiril Kounev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. ↑ "1999 Weightlifting World Championships – Kiril Kounev". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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