Stefan Topurov
Stefan Petrov Topurov is a Bulgarian former Olympic weightlifter.
He was the first lifter to clean & jerk 3 times his body weight, with a 180 kg lift in the 60 kg division at the 1983 World Weightlifting Championships.
Career
His only Olympic appearance was at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the 60 kg division against his former teammate Naim Süleymanoğlu. In the end Naim would put on the most dominating display of weightlifting of all time, but Stefan had a dominating performance of his own, winning the silver medal with a total of 312.5 kg, a full 25.0 kg above the bronze medalist Ye Huanming.Weightlifting achievements
- Silver medalist in Olympic Games ;
- Senior world champion ;
- Silver medalist in Senior World Championships ;
- Senior European champion ;
- Silver medalist at Senior European Championships ;
- Set eleven world records during his career.
- First man ever to lift three times his body weight.