Milen Dobrev
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| Nationality | Bulgarian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 22, 1980 Plovdiv, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March 21, 2015 (aged 35) Plovdiv, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | –94 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Olimp, Plovdiv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Milen Dobrev (Bulgarian: Милен Добрев, February 22, 1980 — March 21, 2015) was a Bulgarian weightlifter. He became Olympic champion in 2004 in the middle heavyweight class. That same year, he won the European Championship in Kiev. Dobrev died of a heart attack in his home in Plovdiv in 2015.[1][2][3]
Major Results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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Representing  Bulgaria | ||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2004 |  Athens, Greece | 94 kg | 180.0 | 185.0 | 187.5 | 1 | 217.5 | 220.0 | 1 | 407.5 |  | |
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2006 |  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 94 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2005 |  Doha, Qatar | 94 kg | 176 | 180 | 4 | 210 | 218 |  | 398 | | ||
| 2003 |  Vancouver, Canada | 94 kg | 180.0 | 185.0 | | 220.0 |  | 405.0 | | |||
| 2002 |  Warsaw, Poland | 94 kg | 175.0 | | 212.5 | | 387.5 | | ||||
| 2001 |  Antalya, Turkey | 85 kg | 165.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | | 195.0 | 207.5 | 4 | 382.5 | | |
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2004 |  Kyiv, Ukraine | 94 kg | 180.0 | 182.5 | 185.0 | | 215.0 | 217.5 | — | | 402.5 | |
| 2003 | Loutraki, Greece | 94 kg | 175.0 | 180.0 | 182.5 | | 215.0 | 217.5 | 222.5 | | 405.0 | |
| 2002 | Antalya, Turkey | 94 kg | 175.0 | 180.0 | 182.5 | | 210.0 | 215.0 | | 397.5 | | |
| 2001 |  Trenčín, Slovakia | 85 kg | 162.5 | 167.5 | 170.0 | | — | — | — | |||
References
- ↑ Profile: "Milen Dobrev"– databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on December 31, 2007)
- ↑ "Olympic Games Medallists – Weightlifting" – (Retrieved on December 31, 2007)
- ↑ "Milen Dobrev: Olympic champion weightlifter dies, aged 35". BBC. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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