Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev ( Bulgarian: Божидар Димитров Андреев; born 17 January 1997) is a Bulgarian

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

. He is an Olympic bronze medallist and two-time European Champion, competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the

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reorganized the categories.

Career

Olympic Games

In 2021, he represented Bulgaria at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 73 kg event. In 2024, he represented Bulgaria at the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

in Paris, France. He won the bronze medal in the men's 73 kg event.

World Championships

In 2018, the IWF restructured the weight classes and he competed in the newly created 73 kg division at the

2018 World Weightlifting Championships The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 1 to 10 November 2018. This was the first World Championship after the International Weightlifting Federation, IWF changed their weight classes and nullified all w ...

finishing in ninth place in the total.

European Championships

In 2019, he competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 73 kg division. He won a bronze medal in the snatch and won gold medals in the clean & jerk and total. His total of 345 kg being 6 kg over the reigning European Champion

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Other competitions

He won the 69 kg class at the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Youth Olympic Games, Summer Youth Olympic Games, an ...

Major results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andreev, Bozhidar Living people 1997 births Bulgarian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Bulgarian people of Romani descent World Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from Sliven Youth Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria European Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Bulgaria 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in weightlifting