Bozhidar Andreev

Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev (Bulgarian: Божидар Димитров Андреев; born 17 January 1997) is a Bulgarian male weightlifter, and 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]

Bozhidar Andreev

Personal information
Nationality	Bulgarian
Born	(1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 Sliven, Bulgaria
Weight	73.00 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Bulgaria
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	73 kg
Club	KSV Durlach
Coached by	Ivan Ivanov[1] Plamen Bratoichev
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 163 kg (2019) Clean & Jerk: 198 kg (2019) Total: 361 kg (2019)
Medal record World Championships 2019 Pattaya –73 kg European Championships 2019 Batumi –73 kg Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing –69 kg European Youth Championships 2013 Klaipeda –69 kg 2014 Ciechanow –77 kg European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships 2015 Klaipeda –77 kg 2018 Zamość –77 kg 2019 Bucharest –81 kg

Career

World Championships

In 2018 the IWF restructured the weight classes and he competed in the newly created 73 kg division at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships[3][4] finishing in ninth place in the total.

European Championships

In 2019 he competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 73 kg division.[5] 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.[6]

Other Competitions

He won the 69 kg class at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[7]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
World Championships
2015	Houston, United States	77 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	73 kg	145	150	153	8	182	191	191	11	335	9
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	73 kg	149	154	157		185	189	192		346
European Championships
2016	Førde, Norway	77 kg	145	150	153	5	181	187	191	4	344	4
2019	Batumi, Georgia	73 kg	148	153	157		181	187	192		345
Youth Olympic Games
2014	Nanjing, China	69 kg	125	130	133		157	162	167		300
European Youth Weightlifting Championships
2014	Ciechanow, Poland	77 kg	130	136	138		158	165	171		309
European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships
2015	Klaipeda, Lithuania	77 kg	136	141	144	4	174	176	182		317
2018	Zamość, Poland	77 kg	144	148	150		180	183	188		338
2019	Bucharest, Romania	81 kg	155	160	163		190	196	198		361
International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament
2019	Gaziantep, Turkey	81 kg	152	152	155		186	192	197		352
Malta International Open
2020	Valletta, Malta[8]	73 kg	147	151	156		180	187	191		347

References

1. "Athlete Profile". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 73 kg
3. "IWF Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
4. "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
5. 2019 European Championships
6. 2019 European Championships Results Book
7. "2014 Youth Olympics 69 kg results". Olympic.org. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
8. "MALTA 2020 INTERNATIONAL OPEN" (PDF). weightliftinghouse.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

External links

• Bozhidar Andreev at the International Weightlifting Federation