Bozhidar Andreev
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Nationality | Bulgarian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sliven, Bulgaria | 17 January 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73.00 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 73 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | TSV Heinsheim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ivan Ivanov[1] Plamen Bratoichev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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.
Career
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 | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 73 kg | 150 | 154 | 3 | 184 | 7 | 338 | 5 [9] | |||
2024 | Paris, France | 73 kg | 148 | 152 | 154 | 4 | 183 | 187 | 190 | 4 | 344 | |
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 73 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | 8 | 182 | 11 | 335 | 9 | ||
2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 73 kg | 149 | 154 | 157 | 185 | 189 | 346 | ||||
2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 73 kg | 150 | 154 | 180 | 184 | 7 | 338 | 4[10] | |||
2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 81 kg | 154 | 6 | 190 | 195 | 349 | 4 [11] | ||||
European Championships | ||||||||||||
2016 | Førde, Norway | 77 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | 5 | 181 | 187 | 191 | 4 | 344 | 4 |
2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 73 kg | 148 | 153 | 181 | 187 | 192 | 345 | ||||
2021 | Moscow, Russia[12] | 73 kg | 152 | 182 | 4 | 334 | ||||||
2022 | Tirana, Albania | 81 kg | 153 | 185 | 190 | 343 | ||||||
2023 | Yerevan, Armenia | 73 kg | 147 | 151 | 181 | 7 | 332 | 4 | ||||
2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 73 kg | 150 | 155 | 181 | 185 | 193ER | 348ER | ||||
Youth Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2014 | Nanjing, China | 69 kg | 125 | 130 | 133 | 157 | 162 | 167 | 300 | |||
World Youth Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
2012 | Košice, Slovakia | 62 kg | 113 | 5 | 133 | 6 | 246 | 6[13] | ||||
2013 | Lima, Peru | 69 kg | 127 | 150 | 7 | 277 | 6 [14] | |||||
European Youth Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
2011 | Dublin, Ireland | 56 kg | 87 | 9 | 109 | 7 | 196 | 8[15] | ||||
2012 | Bucharest, Romania | 62 kg | 113 | 133 | 246 | [16] | ||||||
2013 | Klaipėda, Lithuania | 69 kg | 130 | 160 | 290 | [17] | ||||||
2014 | Ciechanów, Poland | 77 kg | 130 | 136 | 138 | 158 | 165 | 171 | 309 | |||
European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
2015 | Klaipėda, Lithuania | 77 kg | 136 | 141 | 4 | 174 | 176 | 317 | ||||
2018 | Zamość, Poland | 77 kg | 144 | 150 | 180 | 183 | 188 | 338 | ||||
2019 | Bucharest, Romania | 81 kg | 155 | 160 | 163 | 190 | 198 | 361 | ||||
International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament | ||||||||||||
2019 | Gaziantep, Turkey | 81 kg | 155 | 186 | 192 | 197 | 352 | |||||
Malta International Open | ||||||||||||
2020 | Valletta, Malta[18] | 73 kg | 147 | 151 | 156 | 180 | 187 | 191 | 347 |
References
- ^ "Athlete Profile". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 73 kg" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (28 July 2021). "Shi Zhiyong wins weightlifting gold with world record - and bronze for B Group Indonesian". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "IWF Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "2019 European Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "2019 European Championships Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "2014 Youth Olympics 69 kg results". Olympic.org. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Weightlifting | Men's 73kg | Results" (PDF). TOCOG. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ iwf.net. "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ iwf.net. "iwf Results". Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "2021 European Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). ewfed.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ iwf.net. "2012 World Youth Weightlifting Championship". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ iwf.net. "2013 World Youth Weightlifting Championship". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ iwf.net. "2011 European Youth Championships". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ iwf.net. "2012 European Youth Championships". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ iwf.net. "2013 European Youth Championships". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "MALTA 2020 INTERNATIONAL OPEN" (PDF). weightliftinghouse.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
External links
- Living people
- 1997 births
- Bulgarian male weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Bulgarian people of Romani descent
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Sliven
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for Bulgaria
- 21st-century Bulgarian people
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting