# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoto-yotov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:29:33.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoto-yotov"
name: "Yoto Yotov"
slug: "yoto-yotov"
description: "Yoto Vasilev Yotov is a Bulgarian weightlifter. Yotov is one of the greatest Bulgarian weightlifters of all time. He is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, three-time world champion, six-time European champion, winner of the 1991 World Cup. Holds a total of 51 medals from the Olympic Games, World and European Championships in total, snatch and clean and jerk - 22 gold, 22 silver and 7 bronze. Because of his long career and many medals, he has been called the Professor. He was voted Sportsperson of the Year of Bulgaria for 1997. In 2020 he was awarded the highest state honors of Bulgaria in the field of sports - the Wreath of the winner.\nHe began training in 1984. He has competed for the clubs Minor Pernik, Levski and Dobrich. At the 1988 World and European Junior Championships in Athens became second. A year later in Fort Lauderdale, USA, he became the World Junior Champion. Following is a great career for men with three world titles, six European titles and two silver medals from the Olympics, as well as many other medals from major championships. Among them three bronze medals from the Goodwill Games in 1990 in Seattle.\nAt the end of his career, he competed for Croatia but did not win medals."
tagline: "Bulgarian weightlifter"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1969-05-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Йото Йотов"
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    title: "Yoto Yotov"
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    title: "Joto Jotov"
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    title: "Yoto Yotov"
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    title: "Joto Jotov"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump