Kiril Kounev

Kiril Kounev
Personal information
Nationality  Bulgaria
 Australia
Born (1968-04-19) 19 April 1968
Galabovo, Bulgaria
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 93.49 kg (206.1 lb)
Sport
Country  Australia
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class 94 kg
Club Hawthorn
Team National team
Updated on 2 October 2016.

Kiril Kounev (born 19 April 1968 in Galabovo) is a Bulgarian born Australian male weightlifter, competing in the 94 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions. He participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 83 kg event and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 94 kg event.[1] He competed at world championships, most recently at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]

Major results

3rd, bronze medalist(s) - 1990 World Championships Light-Heavyweight class (360.0 kg)
3rd, bronze medalist(s) - 1993 World Championships Light-Heavyweight class (372.5 kg)
1st, gold medalist(s) - 1989 European Championships Light-Heavyweight class (385.0 kg)
2nd, silver medalist(s) - 1990 European Championships Light-Heavyweight class (370.0 kg)
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2000 Australia Sydney, Australia 94 kg N/A N/A 14
1996 United States Atlanta, United States 83 kg N/A N/A 4
World Championships
1999 Greece Piraeus, Greece 94 kg 165 165 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0 ---
1998 Finland Lahti, Finland 85 kg 165 170 172.5 6 205 210 210 7 375 8

References

  1. ↑ "Kiril Kounev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. ↑ "1999 Weightlifting World Championships – Kiril Kounev". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.


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