Velichko Cholakov

Velichko Cholakov
Personal information
Surname:	Velichko Cholakov
Nationality:	Bulgaria
Date of birth:	January 12, 1982
Place of birth:	Smolyan , Bulgaria
Date of death:	20th August 2017
Medal table

Velitschko Tscholakow ( Bulgarian Величко Чолаков , born January 12, 1982 in Smoljan ; † August 20, 2017 ibid) was a Bulgarian weightlifter .

Career

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , he won the bronze medal with 447.5 kg in the 105 kg weight class. He won the silver medal at the 2003 World Cup in Vancouver, the gold medal at the 2004 European Championships in Kiev and the bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships in Vladislavovo.

In 2008 he was exposed as a doping sinner and banned for four years. He then tried to make a comeback as an Azerbaijani, but was unsuccessful and became a youth coach in his hometown of Smolyan.

Cholakov died of a heart attack in August 2017 .

Web links

• Welitschko Tscholakow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Velitschko Tscholakow at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Profile of Velitschko Tscholakow in the lift-up project at chidlovski.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Former European champion Velichko Cholakov this at 35. In: IndianExpress.com. August 20, 2017, accessed August 20, 2017 . 
2. ^ Cardiac death at 35. In: sueddeutsche.de. August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017 .