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Angel Genchev

Personal information
Born	January 31, 1967 (1967-01-31) (age 57) Targovishte, Bulgaria
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 EWF European Team Cup 1986 Reims –75 kg 1987 Miskolc –75 kg World Cup 1986 Dobrich –67.5 kg 1988 Plovdiv –75 kg World Masters Championships 2018 Barcelona –69 kg 2017 Anaheim –77 kg 2023 Wieliczka –81 kg European Masters Championships 2018 Budapest –77 kg 2017 Halmstad –77 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

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. 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. 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 Reims 1986 and Miskolc 1987 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.

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

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.

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

Genchev competed in the 2018 European Masters Championships in Budapest, Hungary, snatching 90 kg and Clean and Jerking 112 kg to win his division.

Genchev competed in the 2018 World Masters Championships in Barcelona, Spain, snatching 96 kg and Clean and Jerking 122 kg to win his division.

Genchev competed in the 2023 World Masters Championships in Wieliczka, Poland, snatching 91 kg and Clean and Jerking 111 kg to finish 3th in his division.

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. "IWF-Masters Home Page".
3. "HE SEOUL OLYMPICS: Weight Lifting; Team Lifted After 2d Drug Test Is Failed". The New York Times. 24 September 1998. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
4. "Bulgaria's weightlifters expelled from games". The Guardian. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
5. "THE SEOUL GAMES / DAY 8 : Bulgaria's Weightlifting Team Withdraws After Drug Suspensions". Los Angeles Times. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
6. "2ND WEIGHTLIFTER BANNED, BULGARIA PULLS TEAM". The Washington Post. 24 September 1988. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
7. "Articles at Lift Up: Who In the World Has Ever Lifted Three Times Their Body Weight". www.chidlovski.net. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
8. "От световния връх до затвора и бизнеса с раци: Шампионът Ангел Генчев | Dnes.bg".
9. "2017 WMG Results" (PDF). iwfmasters.net. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
10. "2017 European Masters Championship Results" (PDF). europeanmasterswl.com. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
11. "2018 European Masters Championship Results" (PDF). europeanmasterswl.com. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
12. "IWF-Masters Home Page".
13. "IWF-Masters Home Page" (PDF).

External links

• Angel Genchev at Olympedia (archive)

• 1967 births
• Living people
• Bulgarian male weightlifters
• Olympic weightlifters for Bulgaria
• Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• World record setters in weightlifting
• World Weightlifting Championships medalists
• European Weightlifting Championships medalists
• Bulgarian sportspeople in doping cases
• Doping cases in weightlifting
• Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals
• People from Targovishte
• 21st-century Bulgarian people
• 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen