Bozhidar Andreev
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Nationality | Bulgarian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sliven, Bulgaria | 17 January 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73.00 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 73 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | TSV Heinsheim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ivan Ivanov[1] Plamen Bratoichev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev (Bulgarian: Божидар Димитров Андреев; born 17 January 1997) is a Bulgarian male weightlifter. He is an Olympic Games bronze medallist and 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]
Career
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]In 2021, he represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 73 kg event.[3]
In 2024, he represented Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He won the bronze medal in the men's 73 kg event.
World Championships
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]He won the 69 kg class at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[8]
Major results
[edit]Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 73 kg | 150 | 154 | — | 184 | — | 338 | 5 | |||
2024 | Paris, France | 73 kg | 148 | 152 | 154 | — | 183 | 187 | 190 | — | 344 | ![]() |
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 73 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | 8 | 182 | 11 | 335 | 9 | ||
2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 73 kg | 149 | 154 | 157 | ![]() |
185 | 189 | ![]() |
346 | ![]() | |
2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 73 kg | 150 | 154 | ![]() |
180 | 184 | 7 | 338 | 4 | ||
2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 81 kg | 154 | 6 | 190 | 195 | ![]() |
349 | 4 | |||
European Championships | ||||||||||||
2016 | Førde, Norway | 77 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | 5 | 181 | 187 | 191 | 4 | 344 | 4 |
2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 73 kg | 148 | 153 | ![]() |
181 | 187 | 192 | ![]() |
345 | ![]() | |
2021 | Moscow, Russia | 73 kg | 152 | ![]() |
182 | 4 | 334 | ![]() | ||||
2022 | Tirana, Albania | 81 kg | 153 | ![]() |
185 | 190 | ![]() |
343 | ![]() | |||
2023 | Yerevan, Armenia | 73 kg | 147 | 151 | ![]() |
181 | 7 | 332 | 4 | |||
2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 73 kg | 150 | 155 | ![]() |
181 | 185 | 193 ER | ![]() |
348 ER | ![]() | |
Youth Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2014 | Nanjing, China | 69 kg | 125 | 130 | 133 | — | 157 | 162 | 167 | — | 300 | ![]() |
World Youth Championships | ||||||||||||
2012 | Košice, Slovakia | 62 kg | 110 | 113 | 5 | 128 | 133 | 6 | 246 | 6 | ||
2013 | Lima, Peru | 69 kg | 120 | 127 | ![]() |
150 | 7 | 277 | 6 | |||
European Youth Championships | ||||||||||||
2011 | Dublin, Ireland | 56 kg | 83 | 87 | 10 | 102 | 106 | 109 | 7 | 196 | 8 | |
2012 | Bucharest, Romania | 62 kg | 108 | 111 | 113 | ![]() |
128 | 131 | 133 | ![]() |
246 | ![]() |
2013 | Klaipėda, Lithuania | 69 kg | 120 | 125 | 130 | ![]() |
150 | 157 | 160 | ![]() |
290 | ![]() |
2014 | Ciechanów, Poland | 77 kg | 130 | 136 | 138 | ![]() |
158 | 165 | 171 | ![]() |
309 | ![]() |
European Junior & U23 Championships | ||||||||||||
2015 | Klaipėda, Lithuania | 77 kg | 136 | 141 | 4 | 174 | 176 | ![]() |
317 | ![]() | ||
2018 | Zamość, Poland | 77 kg | 144 | 150 | ![]() |
180 | 183 | 188 | ![]() |
338 | ![]() | |
2019 | Bucharest, Romania | 81 kg | 155 | 160 | 163 | ![]() |
190 | 198 | ![]() |
361 | ![]() | |
International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament | ||||||||||||
2019 | Gaziantep, Turkey | 81 kg | 155 | ![]() |
186 | 192 | 197 | ![]() |
352 | ![]() | ||
Malta International Open | ||||||||||||
2020 | Valletta, Malta | 73 kg | 147 | 151 | 156 | ![]() |
180 | 187 | 191 | ![]() |
347 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athlete Profile". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "IWF Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "2019 European Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "2019 European Championships Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "2014 Youth Olympics 69 kg results". Olympic.org. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- Bozhidar Andreev at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Bozhidar Andreev at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Bozhidar Andreev at Olympics.com
- Bozhidar Andreev at Olympedia
- Living people
- 1997 births
- Bulgarian male weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Bulgarian people of Romani descent
- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Sliven
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for Bulgaria
- 21st-century Bulgarian people
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting