Stefan Topurov
Personal information
Nationality Bulgaria
Born(1964-08-11)11 August 1964
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country Bulgaria
SportOlympic weightlifting
Event(s)60 kg (1983-1988), 67.5 kg (1986)
Medal record
Men's Olympic weightlifting
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul -60 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Ostrava -60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1983 Moscow[1] -60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1986 Sofia -67.5 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1984 Vittorio -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1987 Reims -60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1983 Moscow -60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1988 Cardiff -60 kg
Friendship Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Varna -60 kg
Australia Games
Gold medal – first place 1985 Melbourne -67,5 kg
Pannonia World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1985 Zalaegerszeg -67,5 kg
World Cup Blue Swords
Silver medal – second place 1986 Meissen -67,5 kg
Rekord-Meeting
Gold medal – first place 1983 Langbathsee -67,5 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Sao Paulo -60 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Haskovo -60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1983 San Marino -60 kg

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

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
1988 South Korea Seoul, South Korea 60 kg 137.5 142.5 142.5 2 165.0 175.0 -- 2 312.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
1983 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 60 kg 132.5 -- -- 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 180.0 WR -- -- 1st place, gold medalist(s) 312.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1986 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria 67.5 kg 152.5 -- -- 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 185.0 -- -- 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 337.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1987 Czechoslovakia Ostrava, Czechoslovakia 60 kg 135.0 140.0 142.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 170.0 175.0 175.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 315.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships
1984 Spain Vitoria, Spain 60 kg 137.5 -- -- 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 177.5 -- -- 1st place, gold medalist(s) 315.0 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1987 France Reims, France 60 kg 140.0 -- -- 1st place, gold medalist(s) 170.0 -- -- 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 310.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1988 United Kingdom Cardiff, United Kingdom 60 kg 145.0 -- -- 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 177.5 -- -- 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 322.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Weightlifting achievements

References

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

Notes

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