# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zlatan-vasilev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:50:16.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zlatan-vasilev"
name: "Zlatan Vasilev"
slug: "zlatan-vasilev"
description: "Zlatаn Vanev Vasilev is a former Bulgarian weightlifter who became a three-time world and four-time European champion. Vanev is world champion from Chiang Mai 1997, Lahti 1998 and Warsaw 2002.\nVanev is also a world record holder. In 2000 Vanev hit a world record clean and jerk of 208.5 kg in the 77 kg weight class in Sofia. Two years later as an 85 kg lifter Vanev clean and jerked 217.5 kg in Warsaw.\nHe became famous for becoming world champion in three different categories - 70 kg, 77 kg and 85 kg.\nHis European titles are from Stavanger 1996, Riesa 1998, Sofia 2000 and Loutraki 2003. \nHe was suspended due to a tampering with test."
tagline: "Bulgarian weightlifter"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1973-03-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.473578666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatan_Vanev"
    title: "Zlatan Vanev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "زلاتان فاسيليف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Златан Ванев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatan_Vanev"
    title: "Zlatan Vanev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatan_Vanev"
    title: "Zlatan Vanev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81"
    title: "زلاتان وانف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27057726"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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