Nedelcho Kolev
Medal record | ||
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Men's weightlifting | ||
Representing Bulgaria | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1980 Moscow | -75 kg | |
World Championships | ||
1973 Havana | -75 kg | |
1974 Manila | -75 kg | |
1979 Thessaloniki | -75 kg | |
1975 Moscow | -75 kg | |
1980 Moscow | -75 kg | |
European Championships | ||
1973 Madrid | -75 kg | |
1974 Verona | -75 kg | |
1979 Varna | -75 kg | |
1980 Belgrade | -75 kg | |
1975 Moscow | -75 kg | |
Nedelcho Lazarov Kolev (Bulgarian: Неделчо Лазаров Колев, born 26 March 1953 in Kableshkovo) is a Bulgarian Olympic,[1] European and World Weightlifting Champion. He had success at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and won 6 gold medals at the world championships in Manila and Havana, Cuba. He has worked as chief coach for the national teams of Bulgaria, Bahrain, India, Thailand and Indonesia. From 1965 to 1980 he competed only for CSKA Sofia club. His coaches were Angel Akrabov and Zdravko Koev. In the national team of Bulgaria was trained by Ivan Abadzhiev. Kolev has won a total of 29 medals from the Olympic Games, World and European Championships in total, snatch and clean and jerk - 11 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze. He has set 16 world records - 11 for men and 5 for juniors. He was elected Athlete of the Year of Bulgaria for 1973.
Kolev is the father of singer .
Kolev is the president of the Bulgarian weightlifting federation.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nedelcho Kolev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
External links[]
- Nedelcho Kolev at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Nedelcho Kolev at Olympedia
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Bulgarian male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters of Bulgaria
- Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- European Weightlifting Championships medalists
- Bulgarian Olympic medalist stubs
- Bulgarian weightlifting biography stubs