Yanko Rusev

Yanko Rusev
Rusev in 2014
Personal information
NationalityBulgarian
Born (1958-12-01) 1 December 1958
Ivanski, Shumen Province, Bulgaria
OccupationWeightlifter
Sport
SportOlympic weightlifting
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow67.5 kg
World Championships
1977 Stuttgart60 kg
1978 Gettysburg67.5 kg
1979 Saloniki67.5 kg
1980 Moscow67.5 kg
1981 Lille75 kg
1982 Ljubljana75 kg
1983 Moscow67.5 kg
European Championships
1977 Stuttgart60 kg
1978 Havirov67.5 kg
1979 Varna67.5 kg
1980 Beograd67.5 kg
1981 Lille75 kg
1982 Ljubljana75 kg
1983 Moscow67.5 kg
Friendship Games
1984 Varna67.5 kg
Friendship Cup
1978 Moscow67.5 kg
IWF World Cup Final
1980 Madrid67,5 kg
1982 Halmstad75 kg
IWF World Cup Winner
1981 Vienna75 kg
IWF World Cup
1981 Athens75 kg
1982 Atlantic City75 kg
1983 Allentown75 kg
1984 Budapest67,5 kg
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
1978 Athens67,5 kg
1977 Sofia67.5 kg
European Junior Championships
1978 Athens67,5 kg
1977 Sofia67.5 kg
Balkan Weightlifting Championships
1976 Drăgășani60 kg
1977 Ankara67,5 kg
1978 Athens67,5 kg
Bulgarian Weightlifting Championships
1978 Veliko Tarnovo67,5 kg
1979 Sofia67,5 kg
1981 Vidin75 kg
1982 Varna75 kg
1983 Varna75 kg

Yanko Rusev (Bulgarian: Янко Русев, born 1 December 1958) is a former Olympic weightlifter for Bulgaria.

In 1993 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame. He was named the 1981 Sportsman of the Year for Bulgaria. In 2019 he was awarded the highest state award of Bulgaria in the field of sport - the Wreath of the winner. Rusev is an Olympic, five-time world and five-time European champion and multiple world record holder. He is the winner of the World Cup in 1981 and a gold medalist in cat. 67.5 at the strongest competition in the world in 1984 - the Friendship Games. Yanko is a three-time Balkan champion and a four-time champion of Bulgaria. Rusev is also world and European junior champion. He was named the BTA Best Balkan Athlete of the Year in 1979.