Bozhidar Andreev

Bulgarian weightlifter (born 1997)

  • Snatch: 163 kg (2019)
  • Clean & Jerk: 198 kg (2019)
  • Total: 361 kg (2019)
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pattaya –73 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Batumi –73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Sofia –73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Moscow –73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tirana –81 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing –69 kg
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Klaipeda –69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ciechanow –77 kg
European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Klaipeda –77 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Zamość –77 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bucharest –81 kg

Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev (Bulgarian: Божидар Димитров Андреев; born 17 January 1997) is a Bulgarian male weightlifter.He is a 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]

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
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2020 Japan Tokyo, Japan 73 kg 150 154 154 3 184 189 190 7 338 5 [9]
World Championships
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 73 kg 145 150 153 8 182 191 191 11 335 9
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 73 kg 149 154 157 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 185 189 192 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 346 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022 Colombia Bogota, Colombia 73 kg 150 154 154 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 180 184 190 7 338 4[10]
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 81 kg 154 158 158 6 190 195 195 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 349 4 [11]
European Championships
2016 Norway Førde, Norway 77 kg 145 150 153 5 181 187 191 4 344 4
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 73 kg 148 153 157 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 181 187 192 1st place, gold medalist(s) 345 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia[12] 73 kg 152 156 157 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 182 188 190 4 334 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2022 Albania Tirana, Albania 81 kg 150 153 153 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 185 190 195 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 343 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023 Armenia Yerevan, Armenia 73 kg 147 151 154 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 180 180 181 7 332 4
2024 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria 73 kg 150 150 155 1st place, gold medalist(s) 181 185 193ER 1st place, gold medalist(s) 348ER 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Youth Olympic Games
2014 China Nanjing, China 69 kg 125 130 133 1st place, gold medalist(s) 157 162 167 1st place, gold medalist(s) 300 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Youth Weightlifting Championships
2012 Slovenia Kosice, Slovakia 62 kg 113 5 133 6 246 6[13]
2013 Peru Lima, Peru 69 kg 127 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 150 7 277 6 [14]
European Youth Weightlifting Championships
2011 Republic of Ireland Dublin , Ireland 56 kg 87 9 109 7 196 8[15]
2012 Romania Bucuresti, Romania 62 kg 113 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 133 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 246 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[16]
2013 Lithuania Klaipeda, Lithuania 69 kg 130 1st place, gold medalist(s) 160 1st place, gold medalist(s) 290 1st place, gold medalist(s)[17]
2014 Poland Ciechanow, Poland 77 kg 130 136 138 1st place, gold medalist(s) 158 165 171 1st place, gold medalist(s) 309 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships
2015 Lithuania Klaipeda, Lithuania 77 kg 136 141 144 4 174 176 182 1st place, gold medalist(s) 317 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Poland Zamość, Poland 77 kg 144 148 150 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 180 183 188 1st place, gold medalist(s) 338 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Romania Bucharest, Romania 81 kg 155 160 163 1st place, gold medalist(s) 190 196 198 1st place, gold medalist(s) 361 1st place, gold medalist(s)
International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament
2019 Turkey Gaziantep, Turkey 81 kg 152 152 155 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 186 192 197 1st place, gold medalist(s) 352 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Malta International Open
2020 Malta Valletta, Malta[18] 73 kg 147 151 156 1st place, gold medalist(s) 180 187 191 1st place, gold medalist(s) 347 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Profile". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "IWF Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  6. ^ "2019 European Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  7. ^ "2019 European Championships Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  8. ^ "2014 Youth Olympics 69 kg results". Olympic.org. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Weightlifting | Men's 73kg | Results" (PDF). TOCOG. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  10. ^ iwf.net. "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  11. ^ iwf.net. "iwf Results". Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  12. ^ "2021 European Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). ewfed.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  13. ^ iwf.net. "2012 World Youth Weightlifting Championship". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  14. ^ iwf.net. "2013 World Youth Weightlifting Championship". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  15. ^ iwf.net. "2011 European Youth Championships". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  16. ^ iwf.net. "2012 European Youth Championships". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  17. ^ iwf.net. "2013 European Youth Championships". Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  18. ^ "MALTA 2020 INTERNATIONAL OPEN" (PDF). weightliftinghouse.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

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