Rumen Aleksandrov (Bulgarian: Румен Александров)(born 26 June 1960) is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He won the Silver medal in the 90 Kg class in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was champion of Europe in 1980, in Belgrade, Serbia. Aleksandrov was also world and European junior champion in 1978 in Athens, Greece.
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He started training weightlifting in 1971 under Gancho Karushkov. He graduated from the Vasil Levski Sports School and competed for the team of Maritsa Plovdiv (1971 – 1978) and for the team of CSKA (1978 – 1982). Since 1982 he has been a coach at the team of CSKA. Between 1989 and 1992 he worked with the national team of Bulgaria. He shared his experience in many countries around the world, including the United States and Colombia.[1][2][3]
References
edit- ^ John Nauright; Charles Parrish (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-59884-300-2. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Rumen Aleksandrov". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Rumen Aleksandrov". Database Olympics. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
External links
edit- Rumen Aleksandrov at Lift Up
- Rumen Aleksandrov at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Rumen Aleksandrov at Olympedia
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