# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nedelcho-kolev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:58:10.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nedelcho-kolev"
name: "Nedelcho Kolev"
slug: "nedelcho-kolev"
description: "Nedelcho Lazarov Kolev is a Bulgarian Olympic, European and World Weightlifting Champion. He had success at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and won 6 gold medals at the world championships in Manila and Havana, Cuba. He has worked as chief coach for the national teams of Bulgaria, Bahrain, India, Thailand and Indonesia. From 1965 to 1980 he competed only for CSKA Sofia club. His coaches were Angel Akrabov and Zdravko Koev. In the national team of Bulgaria was trained by Ivan Abadzhiev. Kolev has won a total of 29 medals from the Olympic Games, World and European Championships in total, snatch and clean and jerk - 11 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze. He has set 16 world records - 11 for men and 5 for juniors. He was named Sportsperson of the Year of Bulgaria for 1973."
tagline: "Bulgarian weightlifter"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1953-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.069230769230769
  historical:           9.804428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Неделчо Колев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "نيدلتشو كوليف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Неделчо Колев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedeltscho_Kolew"
    title: "Nedeltscho Kolew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedelcho_Kolev"
    title: "Nedelcho Kolev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedelcho_Kolev"
    title: "Nedelcho Kolev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%DA%86%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81"
    title: "ندلچو کولف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedelcho_Kolev"
    title: "Nedelcho Kolev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedel%C4%8Do_Kolev"
    title: "Nedelčo Kolev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nede%C5%82czo_Kolew"
    title: "Nedełczo Kolew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%87%D0%BE"
    title: "Колев, Неделчо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1973958"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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