Mincho Pashov

{{Short description|Bulgarian weightlifter (died 2019)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mincho Pashov | image = {{CSS image crop |Image = Memorial plaque to Mincho Pashov.jpg |bSize = 1000 |cWidth = 220 |cHeight = 220 |oTop = 250 |oLeft = 410 |Location = center }} | caption = Portrait on his memorial plaque | birth_date = {{birth-date|November 7, 1961}} | birth_place = Shishmantsi | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|11|15|1961|11|7|df=y}} | death_place = Plovdiv | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Weightlifting }} {{MedalCountry | {{BUL}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} center|80px {{MedalBronze|1980 Moscow | 67.5 kg }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalSilver|1981 Lille | 67.5 kg }} {{MedalSilver|1982 Ljubljana | 75 kg }} {{MedalSilver|1985 Södertälje | 75 kg }} {{MedalBronze|1980 Moscow | 67.5 kg }} {{MedalCompetition | European Championships }} {{MedalSilver|1981 Lille | 67.5 kg }} {{MedalSilver|1982 Ljubljana | 75 kg }} {{MedalCompetition | IWF World Cup }} {{MedalGold|1982 Tatabanya|75 kg}} {{MedalGold|1983 Meissen|75 kg}} {{MedalSilver|1983 Cardiff|75 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships }} {{MedalGold|1980 Montreal| 67.5 kg}} {{MedalGold|1981 Lignano Sabbiadoro| 67,5 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Junior European Championships }} {{MedalGold|1981 Lignano Sabbiadoro| 67.5 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Balkan Championships }} {{MedalGold|1984 Kikinda| 82.5 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Danube Cup }} {{MedalGold|1980 Trenčín|67.5 kg}} {{MedalGold|1981 Ebensee|67.5 kg}} {{MedalGold|1984 Vidin|75 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Friendship Cup }} {{MedalSilver|1982 Frunze|75 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Kakousis-Tofalos Cup }} {{MedalSilver|1986 Athens|82.5 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Bulgarian Championships }} {{MedalGold|1985 Sliven|75 kg}} {{MedalSilver|1982 Varna|75 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | Bulgarian Junior&Youth Championships }} {{MedalGold|1977 Targovishte|56 kg}} {{MedalGold|1978 Haskovo|60 kg}} {{MedalGold|1979 Plovdiv|60 kg}} {{MedalGold|1980 Plovdiv|75 kg}} {{MedalGold|1981 Vidin|67,5 kg}} }} '''Mincho Pashov''' ({{langx|bg|Минчо Пашов}}) (7 November 1961 – 15 November 2019<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympedia – Mincho Pashov|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55311|website=www.olympedia.org|access-date=2021-02-09|publication-date=}}</ref>) was a Bulgarian weightlifter. He won the bronze medal in the 67.5 kg in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/mincho-pashov-1.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092420/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/mincho-pashov-1.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=18 April 2020| title=Mincho Pashov| publisher=Sports Reference | access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.databasesports.com/olympics/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PASHOMIC01| title=Mincho Pashov | publisher=Database Olympics | access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref> In 1980 and 1981 he was a world junior champion. He is three-time World Senior vice-champion - 1981, 1982, 1985, and two-time European Senior vice-champion - 1981, 1982, in 67,5 and 75 kg category. At the World Championship in 1982 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, he and Yanko Rusev improved six world records in six minutes in the category up to 75 kg. Pashov started training weightlifting in 1972 under Gancho Karushkov. He studied at the Vasil Levski Sports School and continued his education at the National Sports Academy. Mincho Pashov competed for the teams of Maritsa Plovdiv (1972 – 1981), CSKA (1981 – 1982) and Levski-Spartak (1982 – 1986). Pashov has won a total of 25 medals - 7 gold, 12 silver and 6 bronze, in total, snatch and clean and jerk from Olympic Games, World and European Championships. Despite being a very strong contender, Pashov never won a top gold medal on the international arena. He had a superb opponents’ list including his teammates Yanko Rusev and Joachim Kunz when he pursued the win in the lightweight. And then in the middleweight he was facing, first, Yanko Rusev and then another fascinating athlete Alexander Varbanov. Pashov set three world records in his career – all three in the clean-and-jerk in the 75 kg class.

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