643:. The Bulgarian weightlifting team was forced to withdraw midway through the Weightlifting competition. Of six athletes known to have lifted more than triple their bodyweight, Genchev's 202.5 kg world record was the heaviest ever performed in competition. Genchev is a European champion in the 75 kg category from Cardiff in 1988. He was also a bronze medalist at the 1994 World Championships in Istanbul. He won the European Cup in Reims 1986 and Miskolc 1987 with the team of Bulgaria. There he set a world record in snatch - 170 kg. Angel is a four-time World and European junior champion.
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Genchev competed in the 2018 World
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Genchev served some time in prison for shooting at a cab driver in
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452:1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro
377:1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro
602:Angel Angelov Genchev
154:European Championships
16:Bulgarian weightlifter
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