Milen Dobrev

Milen Dobrev
Personal information
Nationality Bulgarian
Born (1980-02-22)February 22, 1980
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Died March 21, 2015(2015-03-21) (aged 35)
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Country Bulgaria
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) –94 kg
Club Olimp, Plovdiv
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 187.5 kg (2004)
  • Clean & Jerk: 222.5 kg (2003)
  • Total: 407.5 kg (2004)
Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
Men’s Weightlifting
Olympic Games
2004 Athens–94 kg
World Championships
2003 Vancouver–94 kg
2002 Warsaw–94 kg
2001 Antalya–85 kg
2005 Doha–94 kg
European Championships
2003 Loutraki–94 kg
2004 Kiev–94 kg
2002 Antalya–94 kg

Milen Dobrev (Bulgarian: Милен Добрев, February 22, 1980 — March 21, 2015) was a Bulgarian weightlifter. He became Olympic champion in 2004 in the middle heavyweight class. That same year, he won the European Championship in Kiev. Dobrev died of a heart attack in his home in Plovdiv in 2015.[1][2][3]

Major Results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
2004Greece Athens, Greece94 kg180.0185.0187.51217.5220.0225.01407.51st, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2006Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic94 kg170170170———————
2005Qatar Doha, Qatar94 kg17617618042102152183rd, bronze medalist(s)3983rd, bronze medalist(s)
2003Canada Vancouver, Canada94 kg180.0185.0187.51st, gold medalist(s)220.0220.0222.52nd, silver medalist(s)405.01st, gold medalist(s)
2002Poland Warsaw, Poland94 kg175.0175.0177.53rd, bronze medalist(s)212.5220.0220.02nd, silver medalist(s)387.52nd, silver medalist(s)
2001Turkey Antalya, Turkey85 kg165.0170.0175.03rd, bronze medalist(s)195.0207.5212.54382.53rd, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships
2004Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine94 kg180.0182.5185.01st, gold medalist(s)215.0217.5—1st, gold medalist(s)402.51st, gold medalist(s)
2003Greece Loutraki, Greece94 kg175.0180.0182.51st, gold medalist(s)215.0217.5222.51st, gold medalist(s)405.01st, gold medalist(s)
2002Turkey Antalya, Turkey94 kg175.0180.0182.52nd, silver medalist(s)210.0215.0217.52nd, silver medalist(s)397.52nd, silver medalist(s)
2001Slovakia Trenčín, Slovakia85 kg162.5167.5170.03rd, bronze medalist(s)200.0202.5202.5———


References

  1. ↑ Profile: "Milen Dobrev" Archived 2007-02-16 at the Wayback Machine.– databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on December 31, 2007)
  2. ↑ "Olympic Games Medallists – Weightlifting" – (Retrieved on December 31, 2007)
  3. ↑ "Milen Dobrev: Olympic champion weightlifter dies, aged 35". BBC. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.


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