Mincho Pashov

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Mincho Pashov
Personal information
BornNovember 7, 1961 (1961-11-07)
Died15 November 2019(2019-11-15) (aged 58)
Plovdiv
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow 67.5 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1981 Lille 67.5 kg
Silver medal – second place 1982 Ljubljana 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 1985 Södertälje 75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow 67.5 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1981 Lille 67.5 kg
Silver medal – second place 1982 Ljubljana 75 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 67.5 kg
Gold medal – first place 67,5 kg
Gold medal – first place 67.5 kg
Gold medal – first place 82.5 kg
Gold medal – first place 67.5 kg
Gold medal – first place 67.5 kg
Gold medal – first place 75
Gold medal – first place 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 56 kg
Gold medal – first place 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 67,5 kg

Mincho Pashov (Bulgarian: Минчо Пашов)(died 15 November 2019[1]) was a Bulgarian weightlifter. He won the Bronze medal in the 67.5 kg in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[2][3] In 1980 and 1981 he was a world junior champion. He is three-time World Senior vice-champion - 1981, 1982, 1985, and two-time European Senior vice-champion - 1981, 1982, in 67,5 and 75 kg category. At the World Championship in 1982 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, he and Yanko Rusev improved 6 world records in 6 minutes in the category up to 75 kg. Pashov started training weightlifting in 1972 under Gancho Karushkov. He studied at the Vasil Levski Sports School and continued his education at the National Sports Academy. Mincho Pashov competed for the teams of Maritsa Plovdiv (1972 – 1981), CSKA (1981 – 1982) and Levski-Spartak (1982 – 1986). Pashov has won a total of 25 medals - 7 gold, 12 silver and 6 bronze, in total, snatch and clean and jerk from Olympic Games, World and European Championships. Despite being a very strong contender, Pashov never won a top gold medal on the international arena. He had a superb opponents’ list including phenomenal his teammate Yanko Rusev and Joachim Kunz when he pursued the win in the lightweight. And then in the middleweight he was facing, first, Yanko Rusev and then another fascinating athlete Alexander Varbanov. Pashov set 3 world records in his career – all three in the clean-and-jerk in the 75kg class.

References[]

  1. ^ "Olympedia – Mincho Pashov". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  2. ^ "Mincho Pashov". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Mincho Pashov". Database Olympics. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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