Angel Genchev

Angel Angelov Genchev (Bulgarian: Ангел Ангелов Генчев) is a Bulgarian weightlifter who competed for Bulgaria. He claimed the gold medal in weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg but was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide, an IOC banned substance. It became a scandal because earlier in the meet fellow Bulgarian weightlifter Mitko Grablev had also been disqualified, after claiming a gold medal in his division, when his drug test came back positive, also for furosemide. The Bulgarian weightlifting team was forced to withdraw midway through the Weightlifting competition.[2][3][4][5] Of six athletes known to have lifted more than triple their bodyweight, Genchev's 202.5 kg world record was the heaviest ever performed in competition.[6] Genchev is a European champion in the 75 kg category from Cardiff in 1988. He was also a bronze medalist at the 1994 World Championships in Istanbul. He won the European Cup in 1987 from the tournament in Miskolc, Hungary, with the team of Bulgaria. There he set a world record in snatch - 170 kg. Angel is a four-time World and European junior champion.

Angel Genchev
Personal information
BornJanuary 31, 1967 (1967-01-31) (age 54)
Targovishte, Bulgaria[1]
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Disqualified 1988 Seoul –67.5 kg
World Championships
1994 Istanbul –70 kg
European Championships
1988 Cardiff –75 kg
European Cup
1987 Miskolc –75 kg
World Cup
1988 Plovdiv –75 kg
Junior World Championships
1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro –60 kg
1985 Edinburgh –60 kg
1986 Donaueschingen –67.5 kg
1987 Belgrade –75 kg
European Junior Championships
1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro –60 kg
1985 Edinburgh –60 kg
1986 Donaueschingen –67.5 kg
1987 Belgrade –75 kg
Balkan Weightlifting Championships
1987 Tirana –75 kg
Bulgarian Weightlifting Championships
1987 Yambol –75 kg
1994 Shumen –70 kg
1992 Shumen –67.5 kg

Genchev served some time in prison for shooting at a cab driver in Bulgaria in 2001.[7]

Genchev competed in the 2017 World Masters games in Auckland, New Zealand and won Gold in the M77kg division for the 50-54years age group. He snatched 95 kg and Clean and jerked 120 kg.[8]

Genchev competed in the 2017 European Masters Championships in Halmstad, Sweden, snatching 105 kg and Clean and Jerking 132 kg to win his division.[9]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angel Genchev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. "HE SEOUL OLYMPICS: Weight Lifting; Team Lifted After 2d Drug Test Is Failed". The New York Times. 24 September 1998. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. "Bulgaria's weightlifters expelled from games". The Guardian. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. "THE SEOUL GAMES / DAY 8 : Bulgaria's Weightlifting Team Withdraws After Drug Suspensions". Los Angeles Times. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  5. "2ND WEIGHTLIFTER BANNED, BULGARIA PULLS TEAM". The Washington Post. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  6. "Articles at Lift Up: Who in the World Has Ever Lifted Three Times Their Body Weight".
  7. https://www.dnes.bg/notifikacii/2019/02/07/ot-svetovniia-vryh-do-zatvora-i-biznesa-s-raci-shampionyt-angel-genchev.401443
  8. http://www.iwfmasters.net/results/2017_wmg_results.pdf
  9. http://www.europeanmasterswl.com/uploads/4/8/1/8/4818560/2017_european_masters_championship_results_men__halmstad_.pdf
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