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| Full name | Plamen Jelyazkov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1972-05-14) 14 May 1972 (age 52) Asenovgrad, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 77 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Asenovets, Asenovgrad (BUL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Plamen Jelyazkov (original name: Пламен Желязков, born (1972-05-14)14 May 1972 in Asenovgrad) is a Bulgarian male weightlifter, competing in the 77 kg category and representing Bulgaria at international competitions. He participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 70 kg event. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.
Zhelyazkov became IWF World Weightlifter of the Year in 1998. He set five world records in the lightweight and middleweight classes from 1998-2002 – three in the snatch and two in the total.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 1996 |  Atlanta, United States |
70 kg | 150.0 | 155.0 | — | 180.0 | — | 4 | ||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2003 |  Vancouver, Canada |
77 kg | 160 | 5 | 190 | 6 | 350 | 4 | ||||
| 2002 |  Warsaw, Poland |
77 kg | --- | 195 | 5 | 0 | --- | |||||
| 2001 |  Antalya, Turkey |
77 kg | 165 |  |
195 | 5 | 360 | 4 | ||||
| 1999 |  Piraeus, Greece |
77 kg | 160 | 165 | 170 |  |
197.5 | 200 | 7 | 370 | 
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| 1998 |  Lahti, Finland |
69 kg | 155 | 160 | |
182.5 | 187.5 | 190 | |
350 |
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References
- "2003 Weightlifting World Championships - Plamen Jelyazkov". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- "Ilin again, Chen Yanqing for the first time: Best of the Year" (PDF). IWF. p. 8. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
External links
- Plamen Zhelyazkov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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