# Angel Genchev

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{{Short description|Bulgarian weightlifter (born 1967)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Angel Genchev
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| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|January 31, 1967 }}
| birth_place      =  [Targovishte](/source/Targovishte), [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/angel-genchev-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070500/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/angel-genchev-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Angel Genchev |accessdate=23 August 2016}}</ref>
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{{MedalSport | Men's [weightlifting](/source/Olympic_weightlifting) }}
{{MedalCountry | {{BUL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{Medal|Disqualified| [1988 Seoul](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) | [–67.5 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_67.5_kg) }}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/World_Weightlifting_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1994 Istanbul](/source/1994_World_Weightlifting_Championships) | [–70 kg](/source/World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_70_kg) }}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Weightlifting_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[1988 Cardiff](/source/1988_European_Weightlifting_Championships) | [–75 kg](/source/European_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_75_kg) }}
{{MedalCompetition | [EWF European Team Cup](/source/EWF_European_Team_Cup) }}
{{MedalGold|1986 Reims|–75 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1987 Miskolc|–75 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Cup](/source/IWF_World_Cup) }}
{{MedalGold|1986 Dobrich|–67.5 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1988 Plovdiv|–75 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Masters Championships](/source/World_Masters_Championships)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.iwfmasters.net/main.php?sec=res&sbres=at&presat=BUL19670131A&presco=BUL&pressx=m&presyr=2020&pressc=IWF&presaf=ALL&presam=ALL&preswf=ALL&preswm=ALL | title=IWF-Masters Home Page }}</ref> }}
{{MedalGold|2024 Rovaniemi|–73 kg}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Barcelona|–69 kg}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Anaheim|–77 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Wieliczka|–81 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition | [European Masters Championships](/source/European_Masters_Championships) }}
{{MedalGold|2018 Budapest|–77 kg}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Halmstad|–77 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition | [Junior World Championships](/source/IWF_Junior_World_Weightlifting_Championships) }}
{{MedalGold|1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro| –60 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1985 Edinburgh| –60 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1986 Donaueschingen| –67.5 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1987 Belgrade| –75 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition | [European Junior Championships](/source/European_Junior_Weightlifting_Championships) }}
{{MedalGold|1984 Lignano Sabbiadoro| –60 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1985 Edinburgh| –60 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1986 Donaueschingen| –67.5 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1987 Belgrade| –75 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition | [Balkan Weightlifting  Championships](/source/Balkan_Weightlifting_Championships) }}
{{MedalGold|1987 Tirana| –75 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition | [Bulgarian Weightlifting  Championships](/source/Bulgarian_Weightlifting_Championships) }}
{{MedalGold|1987 Yambol| –75 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1994 Shumen| –70 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|1992 Shumen| –67.5 kg}}
}}

'''Angel Angelov Genchev ''' ({{langx|bg|Ангел Ангелов Генчев }}) is a [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)n [weightlifter](/source/Olympic_weightlifting) who competed for [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria). He claimed the gold medal in [weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg](/source/weightlifting_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_67.5_kg) but was disqualified after he tested positive for [furosemide](/source/furosemide), an [IOC](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) banned substance. It became a scandal because earlier in the meet fellow Bulgarian weightlifter [Mitko Grablev](/source/Mitko_Grablev) had also been disqualified, after claiming a gold medal in his division, when his drug test came back positive, also for [furosemide](/source/furosemide). The Bulgarian weightlifting team was forced to withdraw midway through the Weightlifting competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/24/sports/the-seoul-olympics-weight-lifting-team-lifted-after-2d-drug-test-is-failed.html |title=HE SEOUL OLYMPICS: Weight Lifting; Team Lifted After 2d Drug Test Is Failed |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=24 September 1998 |accessdate=23 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sydney/story/0,,372105,00.html |title=Bulgaria's weightlifters expelled from games |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|date=23 September 2000 |accessdate=23 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-24-sp-2399-story.html |title=THE SEOUL GAMES / DAY 8 : Bulgaria's Weightlifting Team Withdraws After Drug Suspensions |work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |date=24 September 1988 |access-date=23 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/09/24/2nd-weightlifter-banned-bulgaria-pulls-team/f54a6aaf-a573-4fca-95c1-e3d05b5b2793/ |title=2ND WEIGHTLIFTER BANNED, BULGARIA PULLS TEAM |newspaper=[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post) |date=24 September 1988 |accessdate=23 August 2016}}</ref> Of six athletes known to have lifted more than triple their bodyweight, Genchev's 202.5&nbsp;kg world record was the heaviest ever performed in competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/a_club_3xbwt.asp|title=Articles at Lift Up: Who In the World Has Ever Lifted Three Times Their Body Weight|website=www.chidlovski.net|accessdate=31 May 2023}}</ref> Genchev is a European champion in the 75&nbsp;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&nbsp;kg. Angel is a four-time World and European junior champion.

Genchev served some time in prison for shooting at a cab driver in Bulgaria in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.dnes.bg/notifikacii/2019/02/07/ot-svetovniia-vryh-do-zatvora-i-biznesa-s-raci-shampionyt-angel-genchev.401443 | title=От световния връх до затвора и бизнеса с раци: Шампионът Ангел Генчев &#124; Dnes.bg }}</ref>

Genchev competed in the 2017 World Masters games in Auckland, New Zealand and won Gold in the M77kg division for the 50-54years age group. He snatched 95&nbsp;kg and Clean and jerked 120&nbsp;kg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwfmasters.net/results/2017_wmg_results.pdf |title=2017 WMG Results|website=iwfmasters.net|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

Genchev competed in the 2017 European Masters Championships in Halmstad, Sweden, snatching 105&nbsp;kg and Clean and Jerking 132&nbsp;kg to win his division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europeanmasterswl.com/uploads/4/8/1/8/4818560/2017_european_masters_championship_results_men__halmstad_.pdf |title=2017 European Masters Championship Results|website=europeanmasterswl.com|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

Genchev competed in the 2018 European Masters Championships in Budapest, Hungary, snatching 90&nbsp;kg and Clean and Jerking 112&nbsp;kg to win his division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europeanmasterswl.com/uploads/4/8/1/8/4818560/2018_european_masters_results__all_.pdf |title=2018 European Masters Championship Results|website=europeanmasterswl.com|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

Genchev competed in the 2018 World Masters Championships in Barcelona, Spain, snatching 96&nbsp;kg and Clean and Jerking 122&nbsp;kg to win his division.
<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.iwfmasters.net/main.php?sec=res&sbres=co&preswm=m1998-069&presyr=2018&pressc=IWF&pressx=m&presaf=ALL&presam=m50-54&preswf=ALL&presco=AUT&presat=AUT0000xxxa0 | title=IWF-Masters Home Page }}</ref>

Genchev competed in the 2023 World Masters Championships in Wieliczka, Poland, snatching 91&nbsp;kg and Clean and Jerking 111&nbsp;kg to finish 3rd in his division.
<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://weightliftingireland.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WMC-Results-2023.pdf | title=IWF-Masters Home Page }}</ref>

Genchev competed in the 2024 World Masters Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, snatching 89&nbsp;kg and Clean and Jerking 107&nbsp;kg to finish 1rd in his division.
<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://masters2024.fi/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-World-Masters-Weightlifting-Championships-Results-Book.pdf | title=IWF-Masters Home Page }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Olympedia|55290}}

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Category:1967 births
Category:Living people
Category:Bulgarian male weightlifters
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Bulgaria
Category:Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:World record setters in weightlifting
Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists
Category:Bulgarian sportspeople in doping cases
Category:Doping cases in weightlifting
Category:Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals
Category:Sportspeople from Targovishte
Category:21st-century Bulgarian people
Category:20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen

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