Stefan Petrov Topurov (Bulgarian: Стефан Петров Топуров) (born August 11, 1964 in Asenovgrad), is a former weightlifter, Olympian[1] and World Champion from Bulgaria.
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| Nationality |  Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 August 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Olympic weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 kg (1983-1988), 67.5 kg (1986) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 edit
Olympics edit
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 edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 1988 |  Seoul, South Korea |
60 kg | 137.5 | 2 | 165.0 | 175.0 | -- | 2 | 312.5 | 
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 1983 |  Moscow, Soviet Union |
60 kg | 132.5 | -- | -- |  |
180.0 WR | -- | -- |  |
312.5 |
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| 1986 | Sofia, Bulgaria |
67.5 kg | 152.5 | -- | -- | |
185.0 | -- | -- | |
337.5 |
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| 1987 |  Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
60 kg | 135.0 | 140.0 | |
170.0 | 175.0 | |
315.0 |
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| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 1984 |  Vitoria, Spain |
60 kg | 137.5 | -- | -- | |
177.5 | -- | -- | |
315.0 WR |
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| 1987 |  Reims, France |
60 kg | 140.0 | -- | -- | |
170.0 | -- | -- | |
310.0 |
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| 1988 |  Cardiff, United Kingdom |
60 kg | 145.0 | -- | -- | |
177.5 | -- | -- | |
322.5 |
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Weightlifting achievements edit
- Silver medalist in Olympic Games (1988);
- Senior world champion (1987);
- Silver medalist in Senior World Championships (1983 and 1986);
- Senior European champion (1984 and 1987);
- Silver medalist at Senior European Championships (1983 and 1988);
- Set eleven world records during his career.
- First man ever to lift three times his body weight.
References edit
- ^ Olympic.org. "Stefan Topurov Profile". Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ BarBend.com (9 June 2017). "Only 6 People Have Officially Clean & Jerked Triple Bodyweight (in Competition)". Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Olympic.org. "56 60KG FEATHERWEIGHT MEN". Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- Lift Up. "Stefan Topurov". Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- Sports-reference.com. "Stefan Topurov". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
Notes edit
- 1.^ The 1983 World Championships in Moscow was also the European Championships