Mikhail Petrov (weightlifter)
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Born | (1965-01-06)January 6, 1965 Gabrovo, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1993 (1994) (aged 28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67.5 kg (149 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mikhail Petrov Petrov (Bulgarian: Михаил Петров Петров; 6 January 1965 – 1993) was a Bulgarian weightlifter who competed in the 1980s. He won three World[1] and one European championships.[2] He competed for the Yantra Gabrovo club from 1980 to 1990, with the exception of 1985-1986 when he was in CSKA. Blagoi Zilyamov was his personal trainer. Petrov is 7 times champion of Bulgaria - 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1990 for men and 1981, 1982 and 1983 for juniors. His strongest year was 1987 when he became World Champion in Ostrava, European Champion in Reims, he won the World Cup after winning the final tournament in Seoul. He also triumphs with the Danube Cup. For this he was elected by the International Weightlifting Federation for The Best weightlifter in the world for 1987.
He set four world records in the 67.5 kg weight class.[3]
Petrov died unexpectedly in 1993 after not waking from anesthesia.[4]
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- 1905 (I): Nikolaus Winkler (GER)
- 1905 (III): Pierre Buisson (FRA)
- 1906: Georges Lorthiois (FRA)
- 1907: Johannes Zebrowsky (GER)
- 1910 (I): Eugen Ruhland (GER)
- 1911 (I): Ulrich Blaser (SUI)
- 1911 (II): Josef Schwabl (AUT)
- 1911 (III): Albert Meyer (GER)
- 1911 (IV): Franz Komarek (AUT)
- 1913: Wilhelm Köhler (GER)
- 1920: Philipp List (GER)
- 1922: Alfred Neuland (EST)
- 1923: Rudolf Edinger (AUT)
- 1937: Tony Terlazzo (USA)
- 1938: Tony Terlazzo (USA)
- 1946: Stanley Stanczyk (USA)
- 1947: Pete George (USA)
- 1949: Ibrahim Shams (EGY)
- 1950: Joe Pitman (USA)
- 1951: Ibrahim Shams (EGY)
- 1953: Pete George (USA)
- 1954: Dmitry Ivanov (URS)
- 1955: Nikolay Kostylev (URS)
- 1957: Viktor Bushuev (URS)
- 1958: Viktor Bushuev (URS)
- 1959: Viktor Bushuev (URS)
- 1961: Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1962: Vladimir Kaplunov (URS)
- 1963: Marian Zieliński (POL)
- 1964: Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1965: Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1966: Yevgeny Katsura (URS)
- 1968: Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1969: Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1970: Zbigniew Kaczmarek (POL)
- 1971: Zbigniew Kaczmarek (POL)
- 1972: Mukharby Kirzhinov (URS)
- 1973: Mukharby Kirzhinov (URS)
- 1974: Petro Korol (URS)
- 1975: Petro Korol (URS)
- 1976: Petro Korol (URS)
- 1977: Roberto Urrutia (CUB)
- 1978: Yanko Rusev (BUL)
- 1979: Yanko Rusev (BUL)
- 1980: Yanko Rusev (BUL)
- 1981: Joachim Kunz (GDR)
- 1982: Piotr Mandra (POL)
- 1983: Joachim Kunz (GDR)
- 1984: Yao Jingyuan (CHN)
- 1985: Mikhail Petrov (BUL)
- 1986: Mikhail Petrov (BUL)
- 1987: Mikhail Petrov (BUL)
- 1989: Israel Militosyan (URS)
- 1990: Kim Myong-nam (PRK)
- 1991: Yoto Yotov (BUL)
- 1993: Yoto Yotov (BUL)
- 1994: Fedail Güler (TUR)
- 1995: Zhan Xugang (CHN)
- 1997: Zlatan Vanev (BUL)
- 1998: Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL)
- 1999: Galabin Boevski (BUL)
- 2001: Galabin Boevski (BUL)
- 2002: Zhang Guozheng (CHN)
- 2003: Zhang Guozheng (CHN)
- 2005: Shi Zhiyong (born 1980) (CHN)
- 2006: Vencelas Dabaya (FRA)
- 2007: Zhang Guozheng (CHN)
- 2009: Liao Hui (CHN)
- 2010: Mete Binay (TUR)
- 2011: Tang Deshang (CHN)
- 2013: Liao Hui (CHN)
- 2014: Liao Hui (CHN)
- 2015: Shi Zhiyong (born 1993) (CHN)
- 2017: Won Jeong-sik (KOR)
- 2018: Shi Zhiyong (born 1993) (CHN)
- 2019: Shi Zhiyong (born 1993) (CHN)
- 2021: Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA)
- 2022: Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA)
- 2023: Weeraphon Wichuma (THA)
- 67.5 kg (1905)
- 70 kg (1906–1913)
- 67.5 kg (1920–1991)
- 70 kg (1993–1997)
- 69 kg (1998–2017)
- 73 kg (2018–)