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{{Short description|Bulgarian weightlifter (born 1956)}}
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{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]]}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{Medal|Silver|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg|-82.5&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|1979 Saloniki|-82.5 kg}}
{{Medal|Silver|1980 Moscow|-82.5 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1981 Lille|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1982 Ljubljana|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1983 Moscow|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|1976 East Berlin|-82.5 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1979 Varna|-82.5 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1981 Lille|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1982 Ljubljana|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1983 Moscow|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Silver|1984 Vittoria|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IWF World Cup Winner]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1982 Halmstad|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1983 Tokyo|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|IWF World Cup Final}}
{{Medal|Gold|1981 Vienna|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1982 Halmstad|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|IWF World Cup}}
{{Medal|Gold|1981 Athens|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1982 Atlantic City|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1982 Varna|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1983 Allentown|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1983 Varna|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1983 Budapest|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1984 Varna|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1984 Budapest|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Friendship Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|1984 Varna|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|Junior World Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|1975 Marseille|-82,5 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Junior European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|1975 Marseille|-82,5 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Bulgarian Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1979 Sofia|-82,5 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1981 Vidin|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1982 Varna|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1983 Varna|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1984 Varna|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Bulgaria Team Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1985 Kardzhali|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1983 Varna|-100 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1982 Varna|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1982 Pleven|-100 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1981 Varna|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1981 Kardzhali|-90 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Bulgarian Junior&Youth Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1976 Dimitrovgrad|-82,5 kg}}
{{Medal|Gold|1974 Sevlievo|-67,5 kg}}
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'''Blagoy Blagoev''' ({{langx|bg|Благой Благоев}}; born 4 December 1956) is a retired [[Bulgaria]]n [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]]. Between 1976 and 1984 he claimed seven gold and five silver medals at the Summer Olympics and World and European championships.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/blagoy-blagoev-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060707/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/blagoy-blagoev-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Blagoy Blagoev |accessdate=21 May 2011}}</ref> He set 18 world records. 13 of them were in the snatch. His last snatch world record was 195.5&nbsp;kg in the 90&nbsp;kg weight class, set on 1 May 1983 in Varna and remains the heaviest weight ever snatched by a middle heavyweight. Blagoev was twice declared the Best Weightlifter in the World by the International Weightlifting Federation - in 1982 and 1983. Blagoev was named [[Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year]] for 1982. He was also named the [[BTA Best Balkan Athlete of the Year]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bta.bg/bg/news/sport/bg/816349-vsichki-pobediteli-v-anketata-na-bta-sportist-na-balkanite-|title= Всички победители в анкетата на БТА "Спортист на Балканите"|date=January 17, 2025 |publisher=www.bta.bg|author=Dimitar Veliov |access-date=May 16, 2025}}</ref>

Blagoev was a two time Olympian. He represented his native country Bulgaria at the Summer Olympics in Montreal (1976) and in Moscow (1980). He won a silver Olympic medal in the light heavyweight 1980 after being stripped of the silver medal in the -82.5 kg competition in 1976 Summer Olympics due to a positive steroid test. Blagoy Blagoev competed in the 82.5&nbsp;kg and 90&nbsp;kg weight classes. He was a 3x World Champion (1981, 1982, 1983) in the middle heavyweight. He won 4 gold European medals – as a light heavyweight in 1979 and as a middle heavyweight in 1981-1983.
Blagoev also won three consecutive World Cups in Varna, Bulgaria in 1982-1984 and 5 Bulgarian Championships (1979, 1981-1984).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/cndy/2004-09/01/content_370597.htm |title=Doping cases at Summer Games since 1968 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn |access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref> He later coached the [[Australian Paralympic Powerlifting Team]] in the 1990s to early 2000s.<ref>[https://www.paralympic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2002-2003-APC-Annual-Report.pdf Annual Report 2002–2003]. Australian Paralympic Committee</ref>

== Weightlifting achievements ==
* Silver medalist in Olympic Games (1980);<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BLAGOBLA01 |title=Blagoi Blagoev |publisher=databaseolympics.com |accessdate=29 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104834/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BLAGOBLA01 |archivedate=29 September 2007}}</ref><ref name=bb>{{cite web |url=http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=22 |title=Blagoy Blagoev |publisher=Lift Up |accessdate=29 January 2010}}</ref>
* Senior World champion (1981,1982,1983);
* Silver medalist World Championships 1979,1980
* IWF Weightlifter of the Year 1982 and 1983
* World Cup Winner 1982 and 1983
* Sportsman of the year Bulgaria 1982
* [[Athlete of the Balkans]] 1982<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bta.bg/bg/news/sport/bg/816349-vsichki-pobediteli-v-anketata-na-bta-sportist-na-balkanite-|title= Всички победители в анкетата на БТА "Спортист на Балканите"|date=January 17, 2025 |publisher=www.bta.bg|author=Dimitar Veliov |access-date=May 16, 2025}}</ref>
* Senior European champion (1979, 1981, 1982 and 1983);
* Silver medalist in Senior European Championships (1976 and 1984);
* All-time senior world record holder in [[Snatch (weightlifting)|snatch]] (195.5&nbsp;kg, competing at 90&nbsp;kg);
* Best Sinclair lift of all times 195.5&nbsp;kg in the Snatch at 90&nbsp;kg bodyweight. 
* Set 49 junior and senior ratified world records in 1975–1983.<ref name=bb/>
* Master of Sports (Bulgaria) 1974
* Honored Master of Sports (Bulgaria) 1979
* Honored Coach (Bulgaria) 1987

== Career bests ==
82.5&nbsp;kg class:
*Snatch 175 1979 Bulgaria, 1980 Moscow 
*Clean and Jerk 210 1979 Bulgaria
*Total 385 1979 Bulgaria

90&nbsp;kg class:
* Snatch: 195.5&nbsp;kg in 1983 in [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]]
* Clean and jerk: 228.5&nbsp;kg in 1983 in Varna.
* Total: 420.0&nbsp;kg in 1983 in Varna.<ref name=bb/>
* World Championships Best:
82.5&nbsp;kg 175+197.5 Moscow 1980, 
90&nbsp;kg 190+227.5 Moscow 1983
* European Championships Best- 
82.5&nbsp;kg 172.5+207.5 Varna 1979,
90&nbsp;kg 190+227.5 Moscow 1983, 192.5+225 Vittorio, Spain.1984
* World Cup Best
90&nbsp;kg Halmstad 195+217.5 1982

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{Olympic Channel|blagoi-blagoev}}
* {{Olympedia|55284}}
* {{Lift Up profile|22}}

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