Milen Dobrev

Milen Dobrev
Personal information
Nationality Bulgarian
Born (1980-02-22)February 22, 1980
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Died March 21, 2015(2015-03-21) (aged 35)
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Country Bulgaria
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 94 kg
Club Olimp, Plovdiv
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 187.5 kg (2004)
  • Clean & Jerk: 222.5 kg (2003)
  • Total: 407.5 kg (2004)

Milen Dobrev (Bulgarian: Милен Добрев, February 22, 1980 — March 21, 2015) was a Bulgarian weightlifter. He became Olympic champion in 2004 in the middle heavyweight class. That same year, he won the European Championship in Kiev. Dobrev died of a heart attack in his home in Plovdiv in 2015.[1][2][3]

Major Results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
2004 Greece Athens, Greece 94 kg 180.0185.0187.51217.5220.0225.01407.51st, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2006 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 94 kg 170170170
2005 Qatar Doha, Qatar 94 kg 17617618042102152183rd, bronze medalist(s)3983rd, bronze medalist(s)
2003 Canada Vancouver, Canada 94 kg 180.0185.0187.51st, gold medalist(s)220.0220.0222.52nd, silver medalist(s)405.01st, gold medalist(s)
2002 Poland Warsaw, Poland 94 kg 175.0175.0177.53rd, bronze medalist(s)212.5220.0220.02nd, silver medalist(s)387.52nd, silver medalist(s)
2001 Turkey Antalya, Turkey 85 kg 165.0170.0175.03rd, bronze medalist(s)195.0207.5212.54382.53rd, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships
2004 Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine 94 kg 180.0182.5185.01st, gold medalist(s)215.0217.51st, gold medalist(s)402.51st, gold medalist(s)
2003 Greece Loutraki, Greece 94 kg 175.0180.0182.51st, gold medalist(s)215.0217.5222.51st, gold medalist(s)405.01st, gold medalist(s)
2002 Turkey Antalya, Turkey 94 kg 175.0180.0182.52nd, silver medalist(s)210.0215.0217.52nd, silver medalist(s)397.52nd, silver medalist(s)
2001 Slovakia Trenčín, Slovakia 85 kg 162.5167.5170.03rd, bronze medalist(s)200.0202.5202.5

References

  1. Profile: "Milen Dobrev" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on December 31, 2007)
  2. "Olympic Games Medallists Weightlifting" (Retrieved on December 31, 2007)
  3. "Milen Dobrev: Olympic champion weightlifter dies, aged 35". BBC. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.


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