Kiril Kounev

Personal information
Nationality	Bulgaria  Australia
Born	(1968-04-19)19 April 1968 (age 57) Galabovo, Bulgaria
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	93.49 kg (206.1 lb)
Sport
Country	Bulgaria Australia
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	94 kg
Club	Hawthorn
Team	National team
Medal record Representing Bulgaria World Weightlifting Championships 1989 Athens 82,5 1990 Budapest 82,5 European Weightlifting Championships 1989 Athens 82,5 1990 Alborg 82,5 Representing Australia Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria BC 83kg Combined – Men 1994 Victoria BC 83kg Combined – Snatch 1994 Victoria BC 83kg Combined – Clean and Jerk 1998 Kuala Lumpur 94kg Combined – Men 1998 Kuala Lumpur 94kg Combined – Snatch 1998 Kuala Lumpur 94kg Combined – Clean and Jerk
Updated on 2 October 2016

Kiril Kounev (born 19 April 1968 inGalabovo) is a Bulgarian maleweightlifter who later represented Australia. He was World and European champion for Bulgaria in 1989, and third in the world and Europe in 1990, again for Bulgaria. Later competing in the 94 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions. He participated at the1996 Summer Olympics in the83 kg event and at the2000 Summer Olympics in the94 kg event.^[1] He competed at world championships, most recently at the1999 World Weightlifting Championships.^[2]

– 1990 World Championships Light-Heavyweight class (360.0 kg)

– 1993 World Championships Light-Heavyweight class (372.5 kg)

– 1989 World Championships Light-Heavyweight class (385.0 kg)

– 1990 European Championships Light-Heavyweight class (370.0 kg)

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Summer Olympics
2000	Sydney, Australia	94 kg				—				—		14
1996	Atlanta, United States	83 kg				—				—		4
World Championships
1999	Piraeus, Greece	94 kg	165	165	---	---	---	---	---	---	0	---
1998	Lahti, Finland	85 kg	165	170	172.5	6	205	210	210	7	375	8

• Kiril KOUNEV at theInternational Weightlifting Federation

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