Andon Nikolov ( Bulgarian: Андон Николов) (born June 15, 1951) is a former

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

. He became Olympic Champion in 1972 in the Middle Heavyweight class.Profile: "Andon Nikolov"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 31 December 2007)
– (Retrieved on 31 December 2007)

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* 1951 births Bulgarian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria Living people Olympic medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Bulgarian people 21st-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-weightlifting-bio-stub