Mincho Pashov competed for the teams of Maritsa Plovdiv (1972 – 1981), CSKA (1981 – 1982) and Levski-Spartak (1982 – 1986).

Despite being a very strong contender, Pashov never won a top gold medal on the international arena.

He had a superb opponents’ list including his teammates Yanko Rusev and Joachim Kunz when he pursued the win in the lightweight.

And then in the middleweight he was facing, first, Yanko Rusev and then another fascinating athlete Alexander Varbanov.

Pashov set three world records in his career – all three in the clean-and-jerk in the 75 kg class.