Ivan Chakarov

Ivan Chakarov

Personal information
Nationality	Bulgarian
Born	26 November 1966 (1966-11-26) (age 59) Bulgaria
Weight	94 kg (207 lb) (1998)
Sport
Country	Bulgaria
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	90 kg (1987-1992) 91 kg (1993-1997) 94 kg (1998)
Club	CSKA
Coached by	Ivan Abadjiev
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Representing Bulgaria World Championships 1993 Melbourne – 91 kg 1987 Ostrava – 90 kg 1990 Budapest – 90 kg 1991 Donaueschingen – 90 kg Bronze medal – third place 1989 Athens – 90 kg European Championships Error creating thumbnail: 1991 Wladyslawowo – 90 kg Error creating thumbnail: 1988 Cardiff – 90 kg Error creating thumbnail: 1998 Riesa – 94 kg Bronze medal – third place 1989 Athens – 90 kg Bronze medal – third place 1990 Aalborg – 90 kg Bronze medal – third place 1992 Szekszard – 90 kg Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sofia – 91 kg Bronze medal – third place 1994 Sokolov – 91 kg IWF World Cup Error creating thumbnail: 1989 Melbourne – 90 kg Error creating thumbnail: 1990 Varna – 90 kg Error creating thumbnail: 1991 Varna – 90 kg Error creating thumbnail: 1991 Meissen – 90 kg EWF European Team Cup Error creating thumbnail: 1988 Angers – 90 kg Error creating thumbnail: 1989 Sofia – 90 kg Junior World Championships Error creating thumbnail: 1986 Donaueschingen – 82,5 kg Junior European Championships Error creating thumbnail: 1986 Donaueschingen – 82,5 kg Bulgarian Championships Error creating thumbnail: 1987 Yambol – 90 kg Error creating thumbnail: 1988 Sliven – 90 kg Error creating thumbnail: 1994 Shumen – 91 kg Error creating thumbnail: 1995 Asenovgrad – 91 kg Error creating thumbnail: 1997 Asenovgrad – 99 kg Bulgaria Team Championships Error creating thumbnail: 1987 Plovdiv – 90 kg Bulgarian Junior&Youth Championships Error creating thumbnail: 1986 Gorna Oryahovitsa – 82,5 kg Error creating thumbnail: 1983 Silistra – 48 kg

Ivan Chakarov (Bulgarian: Иван Чакъров), also known as "James Dean" of weightlifting, born 1966, is a Bulgarian world class weightlifter who won gold medals in the 91 kg class at the 1993 World Weightlifting Championships in Melbourne, Australia and in the 90 kg class at the 1991 European Weightlifting Championships in Władysławowo, Poland. He also competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Chakarov won European Cup with the team of Bulgaria in Angers 1988 and Sofia 1989. He began training in 1979 at the Chernomorets Burgas Club. His first coach is Konstantin Darov. Chakarov competed for Chernomorets until 1985. After that, until the end of his long and successful career, he competed only for CSKA Sofia. His personal coaches were Andon Nikolov, Rumen Alexandrov and Neno Terziyski. Chakarov has set two world records.

Personal Bests

Weightlifting

• Snatch: 187.5 kg
• Clean and Jerk: 230 kg
• Best Total: 417.5 kg (480 sinclair) (About the 10th best weightlifter ever)

Other exercises

• Power Clean: 180.0 kg (Strict), 200 kg (some depth)
• Back Squat: 1RM: 330.0 kg (Some sources say 350 kg, though it is likely to be inaccurate, a 335 kg value is more likely provided from other sources, but he definitely squatted 330 in the back squat). 3RM: 285 kg
• Front Squat: 280.0 kg
• Clean: 230.0 kg (Accomplished twice at the 1987 world weightlifting championships)
• Military Press: 120.0 kg
• Bench Press: 150.0 kg
• Clean Pull: 290.0 kg
• Power Snatch (above Parallel) : 150.0 kg
• Snatch Pull: 250.0 kg
• Deadlift: 310.0 kg

No-No-No Squats

Chakarov was exceptional in the Back Squat, and squatted 270 kg (595.25 lbs) for 3 deep repetitions at the 1993 World Weightlifting Championships. This feat became well known as the "No-No-No" squat, as Chakarov did not use a lifting belt, knee wraps, or spotters for this attempt.

External links

• Ivan Chakarov Biography and Olympic Results