Maria-Magdalena Kireva won a silver medal in the 76kg category at the European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana. She made three successful attempts at 100, 102 and 104 kg. So far, Bulgaria has a total of 18 medals from the..
Bulgaria's Ivan Dimov won the title and Gabriel Marinov won a bronze medal in the 61-kg category at the European Weightlifting Championship in Tirana. This is the second gold for Bulgaria from the championship, after Angel Rusev became the champion in..
The 17-year-old Bulgarian Karlos Nasar has won the title in the 81 kg category at the Men's World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan . He topped the ranking with a total of 374 kg . In the snatch event, he lifted 166 kg winning silver,..
Bulgaria's Gabriel Marinov grabbed a bronze in the 61 kg category, with a total score of 267 kg (115 and 152 kg), securing third place also in the push-out at the ongoing in the European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championship held in the Finnish town..
The Syrian Arif Majid has headed the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation. He was elected at the General Assembly by 24 to 6 votes against the current president Nedelcho Kolev. Majid is the son of a businessman who owns a fast-food chain. "I am a big..
Bulgaria ranks first in the men’s final standings by nations at the European weightlifting championships which ended in Moscow yesterday, documents published by the organizers and the European Weightlifting Federation show, Sportal website reports...
Bulgaria has won a third gold medal in the European Men's and Women's Weightlifting Championships taking place in Moscow. In the 61-kg category Stilyan Grozdev won the title with 296 kg. Stilyan Grozdev is a graduate of the extremely productive Ruse..
Angel Rusev won the gold medal at the European men’s and women’s weightlifting championship in Moscow in the 55 kg. weight categiory. 19-year old Angel Rusev comes from the famed weightlifting school in Ruse with coaches Krustina and Tadoslav..
One of the greatest Bulgarian weightlifters Antonio Krastev died in car accident in Minnesota at the age of 58. Krastev is a two-time World Weightlifting Champion (in Södertälje in 1985 and in Sofia in 1986) and a two-time European Weightlifting..
Yunder Beitula has won second silver medal for Bulgaria at the pre-Olympic weightlifting tournament in Iran. In the 81kg category, Beitula made six successful attempts and became a vice champion with a total of 353kgs. Beitula is a..
