Bozhidar Andreev Explained

Bozhidar Andreev
Nationality:Bulgarian
Birth Date:17 January 1997
Birth Place:Sliven, Bulgaria
Weight:73.00 kg
Country:Bulgaria
Sport:Weightlifting
Weight Class:73 kg
Club:TSV Heinsheim
Coach:Ivan Ivanov[1]
Plamen Bratoichev

Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev (Bulgarian: Божидар Димитров Андреев; born 17 January 1997) is a Bulgarian male weightlifter. He is an Olympic Games bronze medallist and two-time European Champion, competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]

Career

Olympic Games

In 2021, he represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 73 kg event.[3]

In 2024, he represented Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He won the bronze medal in the men's 73 kg event.

World Championships

In 2018, the IWF restructured the weight classes and he competed in the newly created 73 kg division at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships[4] [5] finishing in ninth place in the total.

European Championships

In 2019, he competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 73 kg division.[6] He won a bronze medal in the snatch and won gold medals in the clean & jerk and total. His total of 345 kg being 6 kg over the reigning European Champion Briken Calja.[7]

Other competitions

He won the 69 kg class at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[8]

Major results

Year! rowspan="2" width="250"
VenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
123Rank123Rank
Olympic Games
align=left Tokyo, Japan 150154 154 184 189 190 338 5
align=left Paris, France 148152 154 183 187 190 344
World Championships
2018Ashgabat, Turkmenistan73 kg145 150 1538 18219119111 3359
2019Pattaya, Thailand73 kg149 154 157185 189192346
Bogotá, Colombia 73 kg150 154 154 180 184 190 7 3384
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 81 kg154 158 158 6 190 195195 3494
European Championships
2016Førde, Norway77 kg 145 150 1535 181 187 1914 3444
2019Batumi, Georgia73 kg 148 153157181 187 192345
2021Moscow, Russia 73 kg 152 156 157 1821881904334
2022Tirana, Albania81 kg 150153153185190 195 343
2023Yerevan, Armenia73 kg 147151154180180181 73324
2024Sofia, Bulgaria73 kg 150 150 155 181 185 193 ER 348 ER
Youth Olympic Games
2014Nanjing, China125 130133157 162 167300
World Youth Championships
2012Košice, Slovakia62 kg 110 113 1165128 133 13362466
2013Lima, Peru69 kg 120 125 127150 155 15572776
European Youth Championships
2011Dublin, Ireland56 kg 83 87 9010102106 10971968
2012Bucharest, Romania62 kg 108 111113128 131 133246
2013Klaipėda, Lithuania69 kg 120 125130150 157 160290
2014Ciechanów, Poland77 kg 130 136 138158 165 171309
European Junior & U23 Championships
2015Klaipėda, Lithuania77 kg 136 141 1444174 176 182317
2018Zamość, Poland77 kg 144148150180 183 188338
2019Bucharest, Romania81 kg 155160163190 196198361
International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament
2019 align=left Gaziantep, Turkey 81 kg 152 152 155 186 192 197 352
Malta International Open
2020 align=left Valletta, Malta 73 kg 147 151 156 180 187 191 347

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete Profile. IWF.net. 17 November 2018.
  2. Web site: PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 73 kg . 2019-04-09 . 2018-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181210202705/http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M73A.pdf .
  3. News: Oliver. Brian. 28 July 2021. Shi Zhiyong wins weightlifting gold with world record - and bronze for B Group Indonesian. InsideTheGames.biz. 28 July 2021.
  4. Web site: IWF Results. IWF.net. 17 November 2018.
  5. Web site: 2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results. IWF.net. 17 November 2018.
  6. Web site: 2019 European Championships . 9 April 2019 . 6 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190406114713/http://ewfed.com/2019/Batumi/StartBookGEO2019.pdf . dead .
  7. Web site: 2019 European Championships Results Book . 9 April 2019 . 6 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190406163848/http://www.ewfed.com/2019/Batumi/Results/MaleResults.pdf .
  8. Web site: 2014 Youth Olympics 69 kg results. Olympic.org. 17 November 2018.