He won the Silver medal in the 90 Kg class in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Aleksandrov was also world and European junior champion in 1978 in Athens, Greece.

He started training weightlifting in 1971 under Gancho Karushkov.

He shared his experience in many countries around the world, including the United States and Colombia.

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