Stefan Topurov Explained

Stefan Topurov
Birth Date:11 August 1964
Height:1.52m (04.99feet)
Weight:66kg (146lb)
Sport:Olympic weightlifting
Event:60 kg (1983-1988), 67.5 kg (1986)
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Stefan Petrov Topurov (Bulgarian: Стефан Петров Топуров) (born August 11, 1964 in Asenovgrad), is a former weightlifter, Olympian[1] and World Champion from Bulgaria.

He was the first lifter to clean & jerk 3 times his body weight, with a 180 kg lift in the 60 kg division at the 1983 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]

Career

Olympics

His only Olympic appearance was at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the 60 kg division against his former teammate Naim Süleymanoğlu. In the end Naim would put on the most dominating display of weightlifting of all time,[3] but Stefan had a dominating performance of his own, winning the silver medal with a total of 312.5 kg, a full 25.0 kg above the bronze medalist Ye Huanming.[4]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rankwidth=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rank
Olympic Games
align=left 137.5 142.5 142.5 2 165.0 175.0 -- 2 312.5
World Championships
align=left 60 kg 132.5 -- -- 180.0 WR -- -- 312.5
align=left 67.5 kg 152.5 -- -- 185.0 -- -- 337.5
60 kg 135.0 140.0 142.5 170.0 175.0 175.0 315.0
European Championships
60 kg 137.5-- -- 177.5 -- -- 315.0 WR
60 kg 140.0-- -- 170.0 -- -- 310.0
60 kg 145.0-- -- 177.5 -- -- 322.5

Weightlifting achievements

References

Notes

1.The 1983 World Championships in Moscow was also the European Championships

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stefan Topurov Profile. Olympic.org. 19 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Only 6 People Have Officially Clean & Jerked Triple Bodyweight (in Competition). BarBend.com. 9 June 2017 . 19 December 2018.
  3. Book: Ledder, Glenn . Mathematics for the Life Sciences: Calculus, Modeling, Probability, and Dynamical Systems . 2013-08-29 . Springer Science & Business Media . 978-1-4614-7276-6 . en.
  4. Web site: 56 60KG FEATHERWEIGHT MEN. Olympic.org. 19 December 2018.