Angel Genchev

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Angel Genchev
Personal information
BornJanuary 31, 1967 (1967-01-31) (age 54)
Targovishte, Bulgaria[1]
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Disqualified 1988 Seoul –67.5 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Istanbul
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Cardiff
European Cup
Gold medal – first place
World Cup
Gold medal – first place
World Masters Championships[2]
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place
Gold medal – first place
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place –60 kg
Gold medal – first place –60 kg
Gold medal – first place –67.5 kg
Gold medal – first place –75 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place –60 kg
Gold medal – first place –60 kg
Gold medal – first place –67.5 kg
Gold medal – first place –75 kg
Gold medal – first place –75 kg
Gold medal – first place –75 kg
Gold medal – first place –70 kg
Silver medal – second place –67.5 kg

Angel Angelov Genchev (Bulgarian: Ангел Ангелов Генчев) is a Bulgarian weightlifter who competed for Bulgaria. He claimed the gold medal in weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg but was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide, an IOC banned substance. It became a scandal because earlier in the meet fellow Bulgarian weightlifter Mitko Grablev had also been disqualified, after claiming a gold medal in his division, when his drug test came back positive, also for furosemide. The Bulgarian weightlifting team was forced to withdraw midway through the Weightlifting competition.[3][4][5][6] Of six athletes known to have lifted more than triple their bodyweight, Genchev's 202.5 kg world record was the heaviest ever performed in competition.[7] Genchev is a European champion in the 75 kg category from Cardiff in 1988. He was also a bronze medalist at the 1994 World Championships in Istanbul. He won the European Cup in 1987 from the tournament in Miskolc, Hungary, with the team of Bulgaria. There he set a world record in snatch - 170 kg. Angel is a four-time World and European junior champion.

Genchev served some time in prison for shooting at a cab driver in Bulgaria in 2001.[8]

Genchev competed in the 2017 World Masters games in Auckland, New Zealand and won Gold in the M77kg division for the 50-54years age group. He snatched 95 kg and Clean and jerked 120 kg.[9]

Genchev competed in the 2017 European Masters Championships in Halmstad, Sweden, snatching 105 kg and Clean and Jerking 132 kg to win his division.[10]

Genchev competed in the 2018 European Masters Championships in Budapest, Hungary, snatching 90kg and Clean and Jerking 112 kg to win his division. [11]

Genchev competed in the 2018 World Masters Championships in Barcelona, Spain, snatching 96kg and Clean and Jerking 122 kg to win his division. [12]

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angel Genchev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. ^ https://www.iwfmasters.net/main.php?sec=res&sbres=at&presat=BUL19670131A&presco=BUL&pressx=m&presyr=2020&pressc=IWF&presaf=ALL&presam=ALL&preswf=ALL&preswm=ALL
  3. ^ "HE SEOUL OLYMPICS: Weight Lifting; Team Lifted After 2d Drug Test Is Failed". The New York Times. 24 September 1998. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Bulgaria's weightlifters expelled from games". The Guardian. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  5. ^ "THE SEOUL GAMES / DAY 8 : Bulgaria's Weightlifting Team Withdraws After Drug Suspensions". Los Angeles Times. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  6. ^ "2ND WEIGHTLIFTER BANNED, BULGARIA PULLS TEAM". The Washington Post. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Articles at Lift Up: Who in the World Has Ever Lifted Three Times Their Body Weight".
  8. ^ https://www.dnes.bg/notifikacii/2019/02/07/ot-svetovniia-vryh-do-zatvora-i-biznesa-s-raci-shampionyt-angel-genchev.401443
  9. ^ http://www.iwfmasters.net/results/2017_wmg_results.pdf
  10. ^ http://www.europeanmasterswl.com/uploads/4/8/1/8/4818560/2017_european_masters_championship_results_men__halmstad_.pdf
  11. ^ http://www.europeanmasterswl.com/uploads/4/8/1/8/4818560/2018_european_masters_results__all_.pdf
  12. ^ https://www.iwfmasters.net/main.php?sec=res&sbres=co&preswm=m1998-069&presyr=2018&pressc=IWF&pressx=m&presaf=ALL&presam=m50-54&preswf=ALL&presco=AUT&presat=AUT0000xxxa0

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