Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev (Bulgarian: Божидар Димитров Андреев; born 17 January 1997) is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He is an Olympic bronze medallist and two-time European Champion, competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.
Career Olympic Games In 2021, he represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 73 kg event.
In 2024, he represented Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He won the bronze medal in the men's 73 kg event.
World Championships In 2018, the IWF restructured the weight classes and he competed in the newly created 73 kg division at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships finishing in ninth place in the total.
European Championships In 2019, he competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 73 kg division. He won a bronze medal in the snatch and won gold medals in the clean & jerk and total. His total of 345 kg being 6 kg over the reigning European Champion Briken Calja.
Other competitions He won the 69 kg class at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
Major results + Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Olympic Games 2021 Tokyo, Japan 73 kg 150 154 154 184 189 190 338 5 2024 Paris, France 73 kg 148 152 154 183 187 190 344 World Championships2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan73 kg 145 150 153 8 182191191 11 335 92019 Pattaya, Thailand73 kg 149 154 157 185 1891923462022 Bogotá, Colombia 73 kg 150 154 154 180 184 190 7 338 42023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 81 kg 154 158 158 6 190 195 195 349 4European Championships2016 Førde, Norway 77 kg 145 150 153 5 181 187 191 4 344 42019 Batumi, Georgia 73 kg 148 153157 181 187 1923452021 Moscow, Russia 73 kg 152 156 157 182 188 19043342022 Tirana, Albania 81 kg 150153153185 190 195 3432023 Yerevan, Armenia 73 kg 147151154180180 181 733242024 Sofia, Bulgaria 73 kg 150 150 155 181 185 193ER 348ER Youth Olympic Games2014 Nanjing, China 69 kg 125 130133 157 162 167300World Youth Championships2012 Košice, Slovakia 62 kg 110 113 1165 128 133 133624662013 Lima, Peru 69 kg 120 125 127 150 155 15572776European Youth Championships2011 Dublin, Ireland 56 kg 83 87 9010 102 106 109719682012 Bucharest, Romania 62 kg 108 111113 128 131 1332462013 Klaipėda, Lithuania 69 kg 120 125130 150 157 1602902014 Ciechanów, Poland 77 kg 130 136 138 158 165 171309European Junior & U23 Championships2015 Klaipėda, Lithuania 77 kg 136 141 1444 174 176 1823172018 Zamość, Poland 77 kg 144148150 180 183 1883382019 Bucharest, Romania 81 kg 155160163 190 196198361 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 2019 Gaziantep, Turkey 81 kg 152 152 155 186 192 197 352 Malta International Open 2020 Valletta, Malta 73 kg 147 151 156 180 187 191 347
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