Antonio Krastev

Olympic medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
Men's weightlifting
World Championships
1982 Ljubljana +110 kg
1983 Moscow +110 kg
1985 Södertälje +110 kg
1986 Sofia +110 kg
1987 Ostrava +110 kg
European Championships
1982 Ljubljana +110 kg
1983 Moscow +110 kg
1984 Vittorio +110 kg
1986 Karl-Marx-Stadt +110 kg
1987 Reims +110 kg
1988 Cardiff +110 kg

Antonio Krastev (Bulgarian: Антонио Кръстев) (born 1961 in Haskovo) is a former Bulgarian superheavyweight weightlifter who is best known for lifting the heaviest snatch ever in IWF competition at 216 kg, which was equalled by Behdad Salimi of Iran at the 2016 Olympic Games.[1] However, his record is no longer official due to the restructuring of the weight classes in 1993 and 1998.[2]

Antonio is a two-time World Weightlifting Championships gold medalist and two time European Weightlifting Championships gold medalist, but never competed in the Olympic Games.

Krastev was originally intended to represent Bulgaria at the 1988 Olympic Games in the superheavyweight category.[3] Two of his teammates, Mitko Grablev (56 kg) & Angel Guenchev (67.5 kg) had won gold medals but were both disqualified after they tested positive for Furosemide, and the Bulgarian weightlifting federation pulled the rest of the team out of the competition the day before Krastev was scheduled to compete.[3][4] At the time, Krastev was a two-time World champion and two-time European champion, and a heavy favorite for the gold medal.[3]

Major result

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
1981 France Lille, France +110 kg 1853rd, bronze medalist(s)--------
1982 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia +110 kg 2001st, gold medalist(s)242.52nd, silver medalist(s)442.52nd, silver medalist(s)
1983 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union +110 kg 1905237.53rd, bronze medalist(s)427.53rd, bronze medalist(s)
1985 Sweden Södertälje, Sweden +110 kg 202.51st, gold medalist(s)2354437.51st, gold medalist(s)
1986 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria +110 kg 2151st, gold medalist(s)2452nd, silver medalist(s)4601st, gold medalist(s)
1987 Czechoslovakia Ostrava, Czechoslovakia +110 kg 2151st, gold medalist(s)24544603rd, bronze medalist(s)

World records

References

  1. "Rio 2016: Weightlifting". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=458
  3. 1 2 3 https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/22/sports/weight-lifting-an-olympic-dream-is-deferred.html
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/24/sports/the-seoul-olympics-weight-lifting-team-lifted-after-2d-drug-test-is-failed.html
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