Yordan Mitkov
Bulgarian weightlifter (born 1956)
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Yordan Mitkov (Bulgarian: Йордан Митков, born April 3, 1956) is a former Bulgarian weightlifter. He was born in Asenovgrad.
Mitkov became Olympic champion in 1976 in the middleweight class.[1][2]
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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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