Plamen Zhelyazkov

Plamen Jelyazkov (original name: Пламен Желязков, born (1972-05-14)14 May 1972 in Asenovgrad) is a Bulgarian male weightlifter, competing in the 77 kg category and representing Bulgaria at international competitions. He participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 70 kg event. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.
Zhelyazkov became IWF World Weightlifter of the Year in 1998. He set five world records in the lightweight and middleweight classes from 1998-2002 – three in the snatch and two in the total.

Major results

• 02 ! 1996 European Championships Lightweight class (332.5 kg)
• 03 ! 1997 European Championships Lightweight class (330.0 kg)
• 01 ! 1998 European Championships Lightweight class (330.0 kg)
• 02 ! 1999 European Championships Lightweight class (350.0 kg)
• 02 ! 2000 European Championships Middleweight class (365.0 kg)
• 03 ! 2004 European Championships Middleweight class (360.0 kg).

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Summer Olympics
1996	Atlanta, United States	70 kg				N/A				N/A		4
World Championships
2003	Vancouver, Canada	77 kg	160	160	160	5	190	195	197.5	6	350	4
2002	Warsaw, Poland	77 kg	165	165	170	---	195	202.5	207.5	5	0	---
2001	Antalya, Turkey	77 kg	165	170	170	01 !	195	195	195	5	360	4
1999	Piraeus, Greece	77 kg	160	165	170	02 !	197.5	197.5	200	7	370	03 !
1998	Lahti, Finland	69 kg	155	160	160	01 !	182.5	187.5	190	01 !	350	01 !