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Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev (Bulgarian: Божидар Димитров Андреев; born 17 January 1997) is a Bulgarian male weightlifter, and European Champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.
Career
World Championships
In 2018 the IWF restructured the weight classes and he competed in the newly created 73 kg division at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships finishing in ninth place in the total.
European Championships
In 2019 he competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 73 kg division. He won a bronze medal in the snatch and won gold medals in the clean & jerk and total. His total of 345 kg being 6 kg over the reigning European Champion Briken Calja.
Other Competitions
He won the 69 kg class at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Houston, United States | 77 kg | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 73 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | 8 | 182 | 11 | 335 | 9 | ||
| 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 73 kg | 149 | 154 | 157 |  | 185 | 189 |  | 346 | | |
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Førde, Norway | 77 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | 5 | 181 | 187 | 191 | 4 | 344 | 4 |
| 2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 73 kg | 148 | 153 | | 181 | 187 | 192 |  | 345 | | |
| Youth Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Nanjing, China | 69 kg | 125 | 130 | 133 | | 157 | 162 | 167 | | 300 | |
| European Youth Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Ciechanow, Poland | 77 kg | 130 | 136 | 138 | | 158 | 165 | 171 | | 309 | |
| European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Klaipeda, Lithuania | 77 kg | 136 | 141 | 4 | 174 | 176 | | 317 | | ||
| 2018 | Zamość, Poland | 77 kg | 144 | 150 | | 180 | 183 | 188 | | 338 | | |
| 2019 | Bucharest, Romania | 81 kg | 155 | 160 | 163 | | 190 | 198 | | 361 | | |
| International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Gaziantep, Turkey | 81 kg | 155 | | 186 | 192 | 197 | | 352 | | ||
| Malta International Open | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | Valletta, Malta | 73 kg | 147 | 151 | 156 | | 180 | 187 | 191 | | 347 | |