Stefan Topurov

Stefan Petrov Topurov (; born 11 August 1964) is a Bulgarian former Olympic weightlifter.

He was the first lifter to clean & jerk 3 times his body weight, with a 180 kg lift in the 60 kg division at the 1983 World Weightlifting Championships.

Career His only Olympic appearance was at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the 60 kg division against his former teammate Naim Süleymanoğlu. In the end Naim would put on the most dominating display of weightlifting of all time, but Stefan had a dominating performance of his own, winning the silver medal with a total of 312.5 kg, a full 25.0 kg above the bronze medalist Ye Huanming.

Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Olympic Games 1988 Seoul, South Korea 60 kg 137.5 142.5 142.5 2 165.0 175.0 -- 2 312.5 World Championships 1983 Moscow, Soviet Union 60 kg 132.5 -- -- 180.0 WR -- -- 312.5 1986 Sofia, Bulgaria 67.5 kg 152.5 -- -- 185.0 -- -- 337.5 1987 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia 60 kg 135.0 140.0 142.5 170.0 175.0 175.0 315.0 European Championships1984 Vitoria, Spain 60 kg 137.5 -- -- 177.5 -- -- 315.0 WR 1987 Reims, France 60 kg 140.0 -- -- 170.0 -- -- 310.0 1988 Cardiff, United Kingdom 60 kg 145.0 -- -- 177.5 -- -- 322.5

Weightlifting achievements Silver medalist in Olympic Games (1988); Senior world champion (1987); Silver medalist in Senior World Championships (1983 and 1986); Senior European champion (1984 and 1987); Silver medalist at Senior European Championships (1983 and 1988); Set eleven world records during his career. First man ever to lift three times his body weight.