Asen Zlatev

Asen Zlatev
Medal record
Representing the  Bulgaria
Men's weightlifting
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow -75 kg
World Weightlifting Championships
1980 Moscow -75 kg
1981 Lille -82.5 kg
1982 Ljubljana -82.5 kg
1983 Moscow -82.5 kg
1985 Södertälje -82.5 kg
1986 Sofia -82.5 kg
1987 Ostrava -82.5 kg
European Weightlifting Championships
1980 Beograd -75 kg
1981 Lille -82.5 kg
1982 Ljubljana -82.5 kg
1983 Moscow -82.5 kg
1984 Vittorio -82.5 kg
1985 Katowice -82.5 kg
1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt -82.5 kg
1987 Reims -82.5 kg

Asen Zlatev (Bulgarian: Асен Златев; born May 23, 1960) is a former Bulgarian weightlifter.

He became Olympic champion in 1980 in the middleweight class.[1][2]

Zlatev was originally intended to represent Bulgaria at the 1988 Olympic Games in the Light Heavyweight (82,5 kg) category.[3] Two of his teammates who had won gold medals in their weight classes tested positive for banned substances, and the Buglarian weightlifting federation pulled the rest of the team out of the competition the day before Zlatev was scheduled to compete.[3] Mitko Grablev (56 kg) & Angel Guenchev (67.5 kg) were both disqualified after they tested positive for Furosemide.[4] At the time, Zlatev was a three-time World champion and five-time European champion, and a heavy favorite for the gold medal.[3]

Career bests

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