Said Saif Asaad
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Said Saif Asaad (born Angel Popov (Bulgarian: Ангел Попов; May 31, 1979 in Bulgaria), is a Qatari weightlifter who competed in the Men's 105 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal.
One of eight Bulgarian weightlifters recruited by the Qatar Olympic Committee, Asaad became a Qatari citizen to represent the country in the 2000 Olympics, his old name, Angel Popov, being left behind in the process. Qatar has been known for recruiting sportspeople from other countries, the most notable example being world-class runner Saif Saaeed Shaheen.[1][2]
After moving to Asia, Asaad has become Asian champion twice as well as winning the 2002 Asian Games. He is also the 2003 world champion.[3] Later he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but finished without a result.
Notes and references
- ^ Blustein, Paul (2004-08-24). "Winners With Wallets". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^ "Here comes the foreign legion". Aljazeera Magazine. 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^ "World Championships Men: -105 kg". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
External links
- Athens 2004 participant bio
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- 1891: Edward Lawrence Levy (GBR)
- 1898: Wilhelm Türk (AUT)
- 1899: Sergey Yeliseyev (RUS)
- 1903: François Lancoud (SUI)
- 1904: Josef Steinbach (AUT)
- 1905 (I): Josef Steinbach (AUT)
- 1905 (II): Josef Steinbach (AUT)
- 1905 (III): Émile Schweitzer (FRA)
- 1906: Heinrich Schneidereit (GER)
- 1907: Heinrich Rondi (GER)
- 1908: Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1909: Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1910 (I): Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1910 (II): Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1911 (I): Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1911 (II): Karl Swoboda (AUT)
- 1911 (III): Berthold Tandler (AUT)
- 1911 (IV): Karl Swoboda (AUT)
- 1913: Josef Grafl (AUT)
- 1920: Karl Mörke (GER)
- 1922: Harald Tammer (EST)
- 1923: Franz Aigner (AUT)
- 1937: Josef Manger (GER)
- 1938: Josef Manger (GER)
- 1946: John Davis (USA)
- 1947: John Davis (USA)
- 1949: John Davis (USA)
- 1950: John Davis (USA)
- 1951: John Davis (USA)
- 1953: Doug Hepburn (CAN)
- 1954: Norbert Schemansky (USA)
- 1955: Paul Anderson (USA)
- 1957: Aleksey Medvedev (URS)
- 1958: Aleksey Medvedev (URS)
- 1959: Yury Vlasov (URS)
- 1961: Yury Vlasov (URS)
- 1962: Yury Vlasov (URS)
- 1963: Yury Vlasov (URS)
- 1964: Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1965: Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1966: Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS)
- 1969: Bob Bednarski (USA)
- 1970: Jaan Talts (URS)
- 1971: Yury Kozin (URS)
- 1972: Jaan Talts (URS)
- 1973: Pavel Pervushin (URS)
- 1974: Valery Ustyuzhin (URS)
- 1975: Valentin Hristov (BUL)
- 1976: Yury Zaitsev (URS)
- 1977: Valentin Hristov (BUL)
- 1978: Yury Zaitsev (URS)
- 1979: Sergey Arakelov (URS)
- 1980: Leonid Taranenko (URS)
- 1981: Valery Kravchuk (URS)
- 1982: Sergey Arakelov (URS)
- 1983: Vyacheslav Klokov (URS)
- 1984: Norberto Oberburger (ITA)
- 1985: Yury Zakharevich (URS)
- 1986: Yury Zakharevich (URS)
- 1987: Yury Zakharevich (URS)
- 1989: Stefan Botev (BUL)
- 1990: Stefan Botev (BUL)
- 1991: Artur Akoyev (URS)
- 1993: Timur Taymazov (UKR)
- 1994: Timur Taymazov (UKR)
- 1995: Ihor Razoronov (UKR)
- 1997: Cui Wenhua (CHN)
- 1998: Ihor Razoronov (UKR)
- 1999: Denys Hotfrid (UKR)
- 2001: Vladimir Smorchkov (RUS)
- 2002: Denys Hotfrid (UKR)
- 2003: Said Saif Asaad (QAT)
- 2005: Dmitry Klokov (RUS)
- 2006: Marcin Dołęga (POL)
- 2007: Andrei Aramnau (BLR)
- 2009: Marcin Dołęga (POL)
- 2010: Marcin Dołęga (POL)
- 2011: Khadzhimurat Akkaev (RUS)
- 2013: Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB)
- 2014: Ilya Ilyin (KAZ)
- 2015: Alexandr Zaichikov (KAZ)
- 2017: Ali Hashemi (IRI)
- 2018: Simon Martirosyan (ARM)
- 2019: Simon Martirosyan (ARM)
- 2021: Akbar Djuraev (UZB)
- 2022: Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB)
- 2023: Akbar Djuraev (UZB)
- Open (1891–1904)
- +80 kg (1905–1913)
- +82.5 kg (1920–1950)
- +90 kg (1951–1968)
- 110 kg (1969–1991)
- 108 kg (1993–1997)
- 105 kg (1998–2017)
- 109 kg (2018–)