Milen Dobrev

Milen Dobrev
Personal information
Nationality	Bulgarian
Born	February 22, 1980; Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Died	March 21, 2015 (aged 35); Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Country	Bulgaria
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	–94 kg
Club	Olimp, Plovdiv
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 187.5 kg (2004); Clean & Jerk: 222.5 kg (2003); Total: 407.5 kg (2004);
Medal record
Representing Bulgaria
Men's Weightlifting
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Goodwill Games
World Junior Championships
European Youth Championships

Milen Atanasov Dobrev (Bulgarian: Милен Атанасов Добрев, February 22, 1980 – March 21, 2015) was a Bulgarian weightlifter.

Early life

Milen Dobrev was born in the village of Zhitnitsa, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria in 1980. Dobrev started training weightlifting in 1991 under the coach Georgi Yotovski, when he was in sixth grade at the Vasil Levski Sports School and competed for the team of Maritsa. He soon proved to be a great prospect for the future.

Youth career

His first international competition on youth level was in 1996, at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships in Burgas Bulgaria, where he totalled 255 kg for the bronze medal. He also participated twice in World Youth Weightlifting Championships and was awarded a silver medal in Prague, 2000.

During his military service (1999–2000), he was part of the team of CSKA. After 2001 Dobrev transferred to the team of Maritsa-Olimp and started training under Krastyo Milev.

Senior career

After the win in the 85 kg weightlifting tournament of 2001 Brisbane Goodwill Games in Australia, he established himself as prominent part of the world elite of weightlifters.

He became part of the extended men's national team on February 11, 2001, and made his debut at the European Men's Championship in Trencin, Slovakia, winning bronze medal in the snatch, though failed to achieve a successful C&J attempt and posted a zero total. Later in 2001 he also made a debut at the 2001 World Championship in Antalya, Turkey, winning his first total bronze medal in the 85 kg category.

In 2002 he won silver medal at the European Championship in Antalya, Turkey, in the 94 kg category. Later in the same year, Dobrev also became second at the World Championship in Warsaw, Poland.

In 2003 he managed to win the gold medals both at the European Championship in Loutraki, Greece and the World Championship in Vancouver, Canada.

His undefeated run continued in 2004, when he first won the European Championship in Kiev, Ukraine in April and then in August he peaked throughout his career winning the Olympic gold in Athens 2004 Olympic games middle heavyweight class.

The following year in Doha, Qatar, he managed for bronze at the World Championships, which accounted for his last eight medal on a senior level.

Milen Dobrev collected 4 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals out of 10 major senior competitions in which he took part throughout his career.

He was the first Bulgarian to win an Olympic title in weightlifting as a member of a team from Plovdiv (Maritsa-Olimp).

Milen Dobrev has been an honorary citizen of Plovdiv since 2004. On April 20, 2005, at a ceremony in the Greek Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, he was also named honorary citizen of Athens, Greece.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Death

Sadly, Milen Dobrev died of a heart attack in his home in Plovdiv in 2015 at the age of 35.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
Year	Venue	Weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total	Rank
Represented Bulgaria
Olympic Games
2004	Athens, Greece	94 kg	180	185	187.5	–	217.5	220	~~225~~	–	407.5
World Championships
2001	Antalya, Turkey	85 kg	165	170	175		195	207.5	~~212.5~~	4	382.5
2002	Warsaw, Poland	94 kg	~~175~~	175	~~177.5~~		212.5	~~220~~	~~220~~		387.5
2003	Vancouver, Canada	94 kg	180	185	~~187.5~~		~~220~~	220	~~222.5~~		405
2005	Doha, Qatar	94 kg	~~176~~	176	180	4	210	~~215~~	218		398
2006	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	94 kg	~~170~~	~~170~~	~~170~~	–	–	–	–	–	-	–
European Championships
2001	Trencin, Slovakia	85 kg	162.5	167.5	170		~~200~~	~~202.5~~	~~202.5~~	–	–	–
2002	Antalya, Turkey	94 kg	175	180	182.5		210	215	~~217.5~~		397.5
2003	Loutraki, Greece	94 kg	175	180	182.5		215	217.50	222.5		405
2004	Kiev, Ukraine	94 kg	180	182.5	185		215	217.5	–		402.5
World Junior Weightlifting Championships
1998	Sofia, Bulgaria	85 kg	145	150	152.5	4	180	~~185~~	~~185~~	9	332.5	5
2000	Prague, Czech Republic	85 kg	150	157.5	~~160~~	4	192.5	197.5	200		357.5
European Youth Weightlifting Championship
1996	Burgas, Bulgaria	70 kg	110	115	117.5		130	135	137.5	4	255

References

^ Profile: "Milen Dobrev" Archived February 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine– 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. March 21, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

External links

Milen Dobrev at IAT Database Weightlifting

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[db-olymp-1] Profile: "Milen Dobrev" Archived February 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine– databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on December 31, 2007)

[gbrathletics-2] "Olympic Games Medallists – Weightlifting" – (Retrieved on December 31, 2007)

[3] "Milen Dobrev: Olympic champion weightlifter dies, aged 35". BBC. March 21, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

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Major results

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