| 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) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
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]
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]
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=65 | 1 | width=65 | 2 | width=65 | 3 | width=45 | Rank | width=65 | 1 | width=65 | 2 | width=65 | 3 | width=45 | Rank |
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||
| align=left | 137.5 | 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 | 170.0 | 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 | ||||||||
1.The 1983 World Championships in Moscow was also the European Championships