Yanko Rusev

Yanko Rusev
Rusev in 2014
Personal information
NationalityBulgarian
Born (1958-12-01) 1 December 1958
OccupationWeightlifter
Sport
SportOlympic weightlifting
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Bulgaria
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow 67.5 kg
World Championships
1977 Stuttgart 60 kg
1978 Gettysburg 67.5 kg
1979 Saloniki 67.5 kg
1980 Moscow 67.5 kg
1981 Lille 75 kg
1982 Ljubljana 75 kg
1983 Moscow 67.5 kg
European Championships
1977 Stuttgart 60 kg
1978 Havirov 67.5 kg
1979 Varna 67.5 kg
1980 Beograd 67.5 kg
1981 Lille 75 kg
1982 Ljubljana 75 kg
1983 Moscow 67.5 kg
Friendship Games
1984 Varna 67.5 kg
Friendship Cup
1978 Moscow 67.5 kg
IWF World Cup Final
1980 Madrid 67,5 kg
1982 Halmstad 75 kg
IWF World Cup Winner
1981 Vienna 75 kg
IWF World Cup
1981 Athens 75 kg
1982 Atlantic City 75 kg
1983 Allentown 75 kg
1984 Budapest 67,5 kg
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
1978 Athens 67,5 kg
1977 Sofia 67.5 kg
European Junior Championships
1978 Athens 67,5 kg
1977 Sofia 67.5 kg
Balkan Weightlifting Championships
1976 Drăgășani 60 kg
1977 Ankara 67,5 kg
1978 Athens 67,5 kg
Bulgarian Weightlifting Championships
1978 Veliko Tarnovo 67,5 kg
1979 Sofia 67,5 kg
1981 Vidin 75 kg
1982 Varna 75 kg
1983 Varna 75 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.