Plamen Zhelyazkov
Bulgarian weightlifter
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Full name | Plamen Jelyazkov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1972-05-14) 14 May 1972 (age 52) Asenovgrad, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 77 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Asenovets, Asenovgrad (BUL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 13 September 2016 |
Plamen Jelyazkov (original name: Пламен Желязков, born (1972-05-14)14 May 1972 in Asenovgrad) is a Bulgarian male weightlifter, competing in the 77 kg category and representing Bulgaria at international competitions. He participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 70 kg event. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.[1]
Zhelyazkov became IWF World Weightlifter of the Year in 1998.[2] He set five world records in the lightweight and middleweight classes from 1998-2002 – three in the snatch and two in the total.
Major results
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
1996 | ![]() | 70 kg | 150.0 | 155.0 | — | 180.0 | — | 4 | ||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2003 | ![]() | 77 kg | 160 | 5 | 190 | 6 | 350 | 4 | ||||
2002 | ![]() | 77 kg | --- | 195 | 5 | 0 | --- | |||||
2001 | ![]() | 77 kg | 165 | ![]() | 195 | 5 | 360 | 4 | ||||
1999 | ![]() | 77 kg | 160 | 165 | 170 | ![]() | 197.5 | 200 | 7 | 370 | ![]() | |
1998 | ![]() | 69 kg | 155 | 160 | ![]() | 182.5 | 187.5 | 190 | ![]() | 350 | ![]() |
References
External links
- Plamen Zhelyazkov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Lightweight
- 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–)
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