Angel Rusev (weightlifter)

He competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the newly created 55 kg category.

[1][2] At the competition he set the youth world records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total[3] for the 55 kg weight class, winning also the bronze medal in the clean & jerk.

In 2021 he competed at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships in the 55 kg category,[4] winning the gold medal in the clean & jerk portion and a bronze medal in the total.

He competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 55 kg category,[5] winning the gold medal in the clean & jerk portion and a silver medal in the total.

[6] In 2021, he competed at the European Weightlifting Championships in the 55 kg category,[7] winning the bronze in the snatch and the gold medal in the clean & jerk portion and in the total with new European Junior record.