Ivan Abadjiev
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| Full name | Ivan Nikolov Abadjiev | |||||||||
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12 February 1932 Novi Pazar, Bulgaria |
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| Died | 24 March 2017 (aged 85) Germany |
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| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||
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 Bulgaria
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| Sport | Olympic weightlifting | |||||||||
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Ivan Nikolov Abadjiev (Bulgarian: Иван Николов Абаджиев,12 February 1932 – 24 March 2017) was a Bulgarian weightlifter and later Bulgarian Olympic Weightlifting coach. As an active competitor, he won Bulgaria's first weightlifting medal in 1957. From 1968 to 1989 and again from 1997 to 2000 he was the head coach of the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation. He also spent a stint as the head Coach of the Turkish Weightlifting Federation during the late 1990s. During his career, Abadjiev produced 12 Olympic champions, 57 world champions and 64 European champions. He was called "The Pope of the barbels" for his great career as a coach of the Bulgarian national weightlifting team.
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