Georgi Todorov

Georgi Todorov (; born 4 December 1952) is a retired Bulgarian weightlifter who won the silver medal in the featherweight class at the 1976 Summer Olympics, as well as two world weightlifting championships and three European weightlifting championships. Todorov is an honorary citizen of the city of Varna.

Weightlifting achievements

Todorov had the following podium finishes at major championships:

2nd in the 1976 Olympics featherweight class (280.0 kg); 2nd in the 1973 World Championships bantamweight class (255.0 kg); 1st in the 1974 World Championships featherweight class (280.0 kg); 1st in the 1975 World Championships featherweight class (285.0 kg); 2nd in the 1976 World Championships featherweight class (280.0 kg); 2nd in the 1977 World Championships bantamweight class (247.5 kg); 2nd in the 1979 World Championships featherweight class (275.0 kg); 2nd in the 1972 European Championships bantamweight class (355.0 kg); 2nd in the 1973 European Championships bantamweight class (252.5 kg); 1st in the 1974 European Championships featherweight class (272.5 kg); 1st in the 1975 European Championships featherweight class (285.0 kg); 3rd in the 1976 European Championships featherweight class (277.5 kg); 1st in the 1977 European Championships bantamweight class (247.5 kg); 2nd in the 1979 European Championships featherweight class (272.5 kg).

World records

He set six featherweight world records from 1974 to 1976 – two in the snatch, one in the clean & jerk, and three in the total.