Height 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) Sport Weightlifting 1969 Warsaw -56 kg | Weight 56 kg (123 lb) Club Neftochimic Burgas 1973 Madrid -56 kg | |
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Born 24 September 1946 ( 1946-09-24 ) Burgas, Bulgaria Died 27 January 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Atanas Kirov (Bulgarian: Атанас Киров, 24 September 1946 – 27 January 2017) was a Bulgarian bantamweight weightlifter. Between 1973 and 1975 he won the world titles and three European titles and set two world records in the total. He competed in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and placed seventh and fifth, respectively.
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