# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/blagoy-blagoev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:24:35.681Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/blagoy-blagoev"
name: "Blagoy Blagoev"
slug: "blagoy-blagoev"
description: "Blagoy Blagoev is a retired Bulgarian weightlifter. Between 1976 and 1984 he claimed seven gold and five silver medals at the Summer Olympics and World and European championships. He set 18 world records. 13 of them were in the snatch. His last snatch world record was 195.5 kg in the 90 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."
tagline: "Bulgarian weightlifter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/150600_-_Blagoi_Blagoev_-_3a_-_2000_media_guide_scan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1956-12-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.35025333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Благой Благоєв"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "بلاجوى بلاجويف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2_(%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Благой Благоев (щангист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagoj_Blagoew"
    title: "Blagoj Blagoew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagoy_Blagoev"
    title: "Blagoy Blagoev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagoi_Blagoev"
    title: "Blagoi Blagoev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%81"
    title: "بلاگوی بلاگوئف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagoi_Blagoev"
    title: "Blagoi Blagoev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagoy_Blagoev"
    title: "Blagoy Blagoev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagoj_Blagoev"
    title: "Blagoj Blagoev"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%82agoj_B%C5%82agoew"
    title: "Błagoj Błagoew"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagoi_Blagoev"
    title: "Blagoi Blagoev"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B9"
    title: "Благоев, Благой"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q881076"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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