# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/angel-guenchev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:54:36.764Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/angel-guenchev"
name: "Angel Guenchev"
slug: "angel-guenchev"
description: "Angel Angelov Genchev  is a Bulgarian weightlifter who competed for Bulgaria. He claimed the gold medal in weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg but was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide, an IOC banned substance. It became a scandal because earlier in the meet fellow Bulgarian weightlifter Mitko Grablev had also been disqualified, after claiming a gold medal in his division, when his drug test came back positive, also for furosemide. The Bulgarian weightlifting team was forced to withdraw midway through the Weightlifting competition. Of six athletes known to have lifted more than triple their bodyweight, Genchev's 202.5 kg world record was the heaviest ever performed in competition. Genchev is a European champion in the 75 kg category from Cardiff in 1988. He was also a bronze medalist at the 1994 World Championships in Istanbul. He won the European Cup in Reims 1986 and Miskolc 1987 with the team of Bulgaria. There he set a world record in snatch - 170 kg. Angel is a four-time World and European junior champion."
tagline: "Bulgarian weightlifter"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1967-01-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.39
  momentum:             8.888888888888888
  historical:           8.271418666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Ангел Генчев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Ангел Генчев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Gentschew"
    title: "Angel Gentschew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Genchev"
    title: "Angel Genchev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguel_Guenchev"
    title: "Anguel Guenchev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84_%DA%AF%D9%86%DA%86%D9%81"
    title: "آنگل گنچف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Guenchev"
    title: "Angel Guenchev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Gen%C4%8Dev"
    title: "Angel Genčev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Genchev"
    title: "Angel Genchev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18275542"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump