Yordan Bikov
Bulgarian weightlifter (born 1950)
 Bikov on a stamp of Umm al-Quwain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1950-11-17) 17 November 1950 (age 73)[1] Pazardzhik, Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bulgarian Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yordan Bikov (Bulgarian: Йордан Биков, born 17 November 1950) is a retired Bulgarian middleweight weightlifter. He won the clean and jerk event at the 1971 World Championships. In 1972 he won the European title and Olympic gold medal, setting a new world record in the total. He retired next year after placing second at the European championships, and became a weightlifting coach.[2][3]
References
External links
Media related to Yordan Bikov at Wikimedia Commons
- Yordan Bikov at Olympedia
- Yordan Bikov at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Yordan Bikov at Olympics.com
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- 1920:
Henri Gance (FRA) - 1924:
Carlo Galimberti (ITA) - 1928: Roger François (FRA)
- 1932:
Rudolf Ismayr (GER) - 1936:
Khadr El-Touni (EGY) - 1948:
Frank Spellman (USA) - 1952: Pete George (USA)
- 1956:
Fyodor Bogdanovsky (URS) - 1960: Aleksandr Kurynov (URS)
- 1964:
Hans Zdražila (TCH) - 1968: Viktor Kurentsov (URS)
- 1972:
Yordan Bikov (BUL) - 1976: Yordan Mitkov (BUL)
- 1980: Asen Zlatev (BUL)
- 1984:
Karl-Heinz Radschinsky (FRG) - 1988: Borislav Gidikov (BUL)
- 1992:
Tudor Casapu (EUN) - 1996:
Pablo Lara (CUB) - 2000:
Zhan Xugang (CHN) - 2004:
Taner Sağır (TUR) - 2008:
Sa Jae-hyouk (KOR) - 2012: Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
- 2016: vacant
- 2020: Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
- 75 kg (1920–1992)
- 76 kg (1996)
- 77 kg (2000–2016)
- 81 kg (2020)
- 89 kg (2024–)
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