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Milen Dobrev - Wikipedia

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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
	2004 Athens	–94 kg
World Championships
	2003 Vancouver	–94 kg
	2002 Warsaw	–94 kg
	2001 Antalya	–85 kg
	2005 Doha	–94 kg
European Championships
	2003 Loutraki	–94 kg
	2004 Kyiv	–94 kg
	2002 Antalya	–94 kg
Goodwill Games
	2001 Brisbane	–85 kg
Junior World Championships
	2000 Prague	–85 kg
European Youth Championships
	1996 Burgas	–70 kg

Milen Dobrev (Bulgarian: Милен Добрев, February 22, 1980 — March 21, 2015) was a Bulgarian weightlifter. He became Olympic champion in 2004 in the middle heavyweight class. That same year, he won the European Championship in Kyiv. Dobrev died of a heart attack in his home in Plovdiv in 2015. He is the first Bulgarian to win an Olympic title in weightlifting as a member of a team from Plovdiv (Maritsa-Olimp). After winning the 2001 Brisbane Goodwill Games in Australia, he established himself as the elite of weightlifters. His world title was from Vancouver, Canada, in 2003. He also became European champion in 2003 in Loutraki, Greece, and in 2004 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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. 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. He became part of the extended men's national team on 11.02.2001 and made his debut at the European Men's Championship in Trencin, Slovakia. In 2001 he also made a debut at the 2001 World Championship in Antalya, Turkey, winning his first 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. The same year, Dobrev also became second at the World Championship in Warsaw, Poland.

Milen Dobrev has been an honorary citizen of Plovdiv since 2004. On 20.04.2005 at a ceremony in the Greek Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, he was also named honorary citizen of Athens, Greece.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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
Representing Bulgaria
Olympic Games
2004	Athens, Greece	94 kg	180.0	185.0	187.5	1	217.5	220.0	~~225.0~~	1	407.5
World Championships
2006	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	94 kg	~~170~~	~~170~~	~~170~~	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Doha, Qatar	94 kg	~~176~~	176	180	4	210	~~215~~	218		398
2003	Vancouver, Canada	94 kg	180.0	185.0	~~187.5~~		~~220.0~~	220.0	~~222.5~~		405.0
2002	Warsaw, Poland	94 kg	~~175.0~~	175.0	~~177.5~~		212.5	~~220.0~~	~~220.0~~		387.5
2001	Antalya, Turkey	85 kg	165.0	170.0	175.0		195.0	207.5	~~212.5~~	4	382.5
European Championships
2004	Kyiv, Ukraine	94 kg	180.0	182.5	185.0		215.0	217.5	—		402.5
2003	Loutraki, Greece	94 kg	175.0	180.0	182.5		215.0	217.5	222.5		405.0
2002	Antalya, Turkey	94 kg	175.0	180.0	182.5		210.0	215.0	~~217.5~~		397.5
2001	Trenčín, Slovakia	85 kg	162.5	167.5	170.0		~~200.0~~	~~202.5~~	~~202.5~~	—	—	—