[1][2] Sevdalin competed many times internationally and went on to win many Olympic and commonwealth medals.

Marinov became one of the three youngest Bulgarian Olympic champions in weightlifting (20 years, 3 months and 7 days).

He is a three-time World (1985 in Södertälje, Sweden, 1986 in Sofia, Bulgaria, and 1987 in Ostrava, Czech Republic) and a five-time European champion (1985 in Katowice, Poland, 1986 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Germany, 1987 in Reims, France, 1988 in Cardiff, UK, and 1990 in Aalborg, Denmark).

In the period between 1985 and 1988, he was literally unbeatable at major forums in the category of up to 52 kg.

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