- Nikolay Pechalov
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Nikolay Pechalov Personal information Born May 30, 1970 Medal recordMen’s Weightlifting Olympic Games Competitor for 
BulgariaSilver 1992 Barcelona – 60 kg Bronze 1996 Atlanta – 59 kg Competitor for 
CroatiaGold 2000 Sydney – 62 kg Bronze 2004 Athens – 69 kg World Championships
TotalSilver 1998 Lahti – 62 kg European Championships
TotalGold 2000 Sofia – 62 kg Gold 2001 Trencin – 62 kg Silver 2004 Kiev – 69 kg Bronze 1999 La Coruña – 62 kg Nikolay Pechalov (Bulgarian: Николай Пешалов, Croatian: Nikolaj Pešalov, born on May 30, 1970 in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria) is an Olympic and World former champion in weightlifting. For the first part of his career he competed under the Bulgarian flag, but later moved to Croatia which he represented internationally.
During his long and successful career, Pechalov was World champion eight times in various categories and disciplines, and broke several world records. His Olympic medals are split between Bulgaria (1992 and 1996) and Croatia (2000 and 2004). In 2000 he was granted Croatian citizenship, and he now holds a Croatian passport. He resides in both Sofia (Bulgaria) and Split (Croatia).
Further achievements
- Senior world champion (1990, 1993, 1994);
- Silver medalist in Senior World Championships (1989 and 1998);
- Bronze medalist in Senior World Championships (1995);
- Senior European champion (1991–1995, 1997, 2000, 2001);
- Silver medalist in Senior European Championships (1989, 1990, 2004);
- Set five world records during career.
Weightlifting career bests
- Snatch: 150.0 kg in the class to 62 kg;
- Clean and jerk: 187.5 kg 2004 Summer Olympics in the class to 69 kg;
- Total: 312.5 kg (137.5 + 175.0) 1992 European Weightlifting Championships in the class to 60 kg;
- Total: 325.0 kg 2000 Summer Olympics in the class to 62 kg (Olympic record);
- Total: 337.5 kg 2004 Summer Olympics in the class to 69 kg.
References
- dataOlympics 1992+1996
- dataOlympics 2000+2004
- Nikolay Pechalov at Sports-Reference
- Nikolay Pechalov at Database Weightlifting
Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Featherweight 1920–1936: –60 kg, 1948–1992: 56–60 kg, 1996: 59–64 kg, 2000–2008: 56–62 kg1920: Frans De Haes • 1924: Pierino Gabetti • 1928: Franz Andrysek • 1932: Raymond Suvigny • 1936: Anthony Terlazzo • 1948: Mahmoud Fayad • 1952: Rafael Chimishkyan • 1956: Isaac Berger • 1960: Yevgeny Minayev • 1964+1968: Yoshinobu Miyake • 1972: Norair Nurikyan • 1976: Nikolay Kolesnikov • 1980: Viktor Mazin • 1984: Chen Weiqiang • 1988: Naim Süleymanoğlu • 1992: Naim Süleymanoğlu • 1996: Naim Süleymanoğlu • 2000: Nikolay Pechalov • 2004: Shi Zhiyong • 2008: Zhang XiangxiangCroatian Sportsman of the Year Duje Bonačić / Petar Šegvić / Mate Trojanović / Velimir Valenta (1952) · Perica Vlašić (1953) · Žarko Dolinar (1954) · Bernard Vukas (1955) · Krešo Račić (1956) · Hrvoje Kačić (1957) · Joško Murat (1958) · Duje Smoljanović (1959) · Željko Perušić (1960) · Boro Jovanović (1961) · Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić (1962) · Josip Gjergja (1963) · Nikola Pilić (1964) · Andro Depolo (1965) · Cvjetko Bilić (1966) · Nikola Pilić (1967) · Dragutin Šurbek (1968) · Dragutin Šurbek (1969) · Petar Skansi (1970) · Mate Parlov (1971) · Mate Parlov (1972) · Mate Parlov (1973) · Luciano Sušanj (1974) · Antun Stipančić (1975) · Matija Ljubek (1976) · Joško Alebić (1977) · Milan Janić (1978) · Dragutin Šurbek (1979) · Krešimir Ćosić (1980) · Dragutin Šurbek (1981) · Matija Ljubek (1982) · Dragutin Šurbek (1983) · Vlado Lisjak (1984) · Dražen Petrović (1985) · Dražen Petrović (1986) · Ivan Šabjan (1987) · Zoran Primorac (1988) · Toni Kukoč (1989) · Toni Kukoč (1990) · Toni Kukoč (1991) · Goran Ivanišević (1992) · Goran Ivanišević (1993) · Goran Ivanišević (1994) · Željko Mavrović (1995) · Goran Ivanišević (1996) · Željko Mavrović (1997) · Davor Šuker (1998) · Gordan Kožulj (1999) · Nikolaj Pešalov (2000) · Goran Ivanišević (2001) · Ivica Kostelić (2002) · Ivica Kostelić (2003) · Duje Draganja (2004) · Ivan Ljubičić (2005) · Ivan Ljubičić (2006) · Ivano Balić (2007) · Filip Ude (2008) · Ivica Kostelić (2009) · Ivica Kostelić (2010)
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