Age, Biography and Wiki
Asen Zlatev was born on 23 May, 1960 in Bulgaria, is a Bulgarian weightlifter (born 1960). Discover Asen Zlatev's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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63 years old |
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Gemini |
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23 May, 1960 |
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23 May |
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Bulgaria |
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Bulgaria
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He is a member of famous Weightlifter with the age 63 years old group.
Asen Zlatev Height, Weight & Measurements
At 63 years old, Asen Zlatev height is 5′ 8″ .
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5′ 8″ |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Elena Zlateva, Vanya Zlateva |
Asen Zlatev Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Asen Zlatev worth at the age of 63 years old? Asen Zlatev’s income source is mostly from being a successful Weightlifter. He is from Bulgaria. We have estimated Asen Zlatev's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Weightlifter |
Asen Zlatev Social Network
Timeline
Asen Zlatev (Асен Златев; born 23 May 1960) is a former Bulgarian weightlifter.
He won silver with 78 kg in the Snatch and 90 kg in the Clean and Jerk, being turned down with 95 kg on his 2nd and 3rd attempts to win with a press out.
Zlatev is an Olympic champion from the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games in Russia, in the category of up to 75 kg. At the age of 11 he joined the first group of weight lifting trainees in the Vasil Levski Sports School under the leadership of Gancho Karushkov.
Zlatev has won three gold medals at World Championships (1980, 1982 and 1986) and five at European Championships (1980, 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1987).
From World Championships he has 7 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze), and from European Championships – 8 medals (5 gold, 3 silver).
He is ranked second with the number of medals won in total and leads the ranking among Bulgarians by the number of medals won in Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships in snatch, clean and jerk and total – 22 gold, 19 silver, 4 bronze.
For seven years Zlatev improved 20 world and 6 Olympic records.
He is one of the three Bulgarians (together with Nikolay Peshalov and Ivan Ivanov) who has not received a "zero" in an official competition.
Zlatev was awarded the Golden Kilo award for best achievement at the World Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1982.
He was captain of the national team for 8 years and did not lost national competition for 13 seasons.
He competed in the categories up to 75 kg and up to 82.5 kg and was trained for several Olympic Games, but for various reasons he participated only in one – in Moscow, Russia.
In 1982, he won first place in the 82.5 kg category at the World Cup tournament in Atlantic City and Tatabanya.
In 1983 - in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Budapest.
Twice he was second in the final standings in the World Cup - in 1984 and 1985.
In 1985, he became the champion of the Australian Open Games.
He was voted Sportsperson of the Year for Bulgaria in 1986.
Zlatev won the World Cup final in 1986 in Melbourne and was third in the finals twice - in 1983 in Tokyo and 1984 in Sarajevo.
Zlatev was originally intended to represent Bulgaria at the 1988 Olympic Games in the Light Heavyweight (82,5 kg) category.
However, two of his teammates who had won gold medals in their weight classes tested positive for banned substances, and the Bulgarian weightlifting federation pulled the rest of the team out of the competition the day before Zlatev was scheduled to compete.
At the time, Zlatev was a three-time World champion and five-time European champion, and a heavy favorite for the gold medal.
From September 1989 until the end of 1994 Zlatev competed for the German teams AC Germania St. Ilgen and Chemnitz.
With the first, he was the Bundesliga weightlifting champion in 1992, and with the second - a bronze medalist in 1994.
Zlatev was declared honorary citizen of Plovdiv in 2001.
Zlatev competed at the 2017 World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand, in the M 55-59 year group as a 69 kg lifter.
