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Mincho Pashov

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Mincho Pashov
Memorial plaque to Mincho Pashov.jpg
Portrait on his memorial plaque
Personal information
BornNovember 7, 1961 (1961-11-07)
Shishmantsi
Died15 November 2019(2019-11-15) (aged 58)
Plovdiv
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow 67.5 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1981 Lille 67.5 kg
Silver medal – second place 1982 Ljubljana 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 1985 Södertälje 75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow 67.5 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1981 Lille 67.5 kg
Silver medal – second place 1982 Ljubljana 75 kg
IWF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1982 Tatabanya 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 1983 Meissen 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 1983 Cardiff 75 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1980 Montreal 67.5 kg
Gold medal – first place 1981 Lignano Sabbiadoro 67,5 kg
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Lignano Sabbiadoro 67.5 kg
Balkan Championships
Gold medal – first place 1984 Kikinda 82.5 kg
Danube Cup
Gold medal – first place 1980 Trenčín 67.5 kg
Gold medal – first place 1981 Ebensee 67.5 kg
Gold medal – first place 1984 Vidin 75 kg
Friendship Cup
Silver medal – second place 1982 Frunze 75 kg
Kakousis-Tofalos Cup
Silver medal – second place 1986 Athens 82.5 kg
Bulgarian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Sliven 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 1982 Varna 75 kg
Bulgarian Junior&Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Targovishte 56 kg
Gold medal – first place 1978 Haskovo 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1979 Plovdiv 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1980 Plovdiv 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 1981 Vidin 67,5 kg

Mincho Pashov (Bulgarian: Минчо Пашов) (7 November 1961 – 15 November 2019[1]) was a Bulgarian weightlifter. He won the bronze medal in the 67.5 kg in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[2][3] 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.

References

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  1. ^ "Olympedia – Mincho Pashov". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  2. ^ "Mincho Pashov". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Mincho Pashov". Database Olympics. Retrieved 25 August 2016.