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Karlos Nasar
Personal information
Nationality Bulgaria
Born (2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 (age 19)
Paris, France[1]
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country Bulgaria
SportWeightlifting
Weight class89 kg
ClubCherven Bryag
Coached byIvan Ivanov
Iliyan Iliev
Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent –81 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Yerevan –89 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Sofia –89 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Moscow –81 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tirana –89 kg
IWF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2024 Phuket -89 kg
IWF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2023 Doha –89 kg
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Las Vegas –73 kg
IWF Youth World Cup Online
Gold medal – first place 2020 Peru –81 kg
European Youth Weightlifting Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 San Donato Milanese –69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Eilat –81 kg

Karlos May Nasar (Bulgarian: Карлос Насар; born 12 May 2004) is a Bulgarian weightlifter and is one of the youngest weightlifting world record holders ever. At 17 years old, he broke the senior 81kg Clean & Jerk world record (208 kg) to win the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, becoming the second youngest world champion in the history of weightlifting at the age of 17 years and 214 days, only beaten by another Bulgarian - Sevdalin Marinov, who became the world champion in the 52 kg in 1985 when he was 17 years and 47 days old. At 18 years old, Karlos broke the world record again, this time in 89kg (220 kg) to win the gold medal in Clean & Jerk at 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, making him the only male weight lifter to hold world records in two different categories. At the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships he set five new World records in the 89kg event in one day in the Junior and Senior categories.[2][3]

Career

World Championships

At 17 years old, he broke the world record in the men’s 81kg Clean & Jerk event with 208kg to win the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships,[4] simultaneously setting the junior and youth world records with a world record 374kg total.

At 18 years old, he broke the world record in the men's 89 kg Clean & Jerk event with 220kg to win the Clean & Jerk event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[5]

European Championships

In 2021, at the age of 16, he competed at the European Weightlifting Championships in the 81 kg category,[6] winning the silver in the snatch and in the total and the gold medal in the clean & jerk portion with a new European record of 206 kg ER. It was an epic fight between Antonino Pizzolato and him in which the Italian won with 1 kg difference in total.

In April 2023, at only 18 years old, at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia he won the gold medal in Clean & Jerk and in Total and the silver medal in Snatch in the 89-kilogram division where he broke five world records.[7] Nasar’s staggering 221-kilogram (487.2-pound) clean & jerk record lift allowed him to break the:[8]

  • Junior World Record Clean & Jerk
  • Junior World Record Total
  • Senior World Record Clean & Jerk
  • Senior World Record Total

In addition, Nasar’s gold-medal-winning, record-setting Total of 395 kilograms was built with his best competition snatch of 174 kilograms (383.6 pounds). That snatch was also a new Junior World Record, his fifth on the same day.[9] Nasar's result in Yerevan made him Best weightlifter of the European Championship in all categories. Nasar scored 1000 points on the Robbie system. Lasha Talahadze is in second place with 883.5 points, and Garik Karapetyan is third with 847.6 points.

Major results[10]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 81 kg 163 166 EJR 169 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 200 205 208WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 374 WJR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Colombia Bogota, Colombia 89 kg 173 173 174 --- 212 217 220WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) --- ---[11]
European Championships
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia 81 kg 158 162 163 EJR 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 194 200 206 ER 1st place, gold medalist(s) 369 EJR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022 Albania Tirana, Albania 89 kg 171WJR 175 176 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 203 211WJR 217 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 382WJR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 Armenia Yerevan, Armenia 89 kg 165 170 174WJR 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 205 221WR - 1st place, gold medalist(s) 395WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria 89 kg 168 173 176WJR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 208 215 - 1st place, gold medalist(s) 391 1st place, gold medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2024 Thailand Phuket, Thailand 89 kg 170 176 181WJR 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 215 224 224 1st place, gold medalist(s) 396WJR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
IWF Grand Prix
2023 Qatar Doha, Qatar 89 kg 165 170 175 6 205 211 223WR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 393 1st place, gold medalist(s)[12]
World Youth Weightlifting Championships
2019 United States Las Vegas, United States 73 kg 123 127 130 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 154 154 161 1st place, gold medalist(s) 291 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Youth World Cup Online
2020 Peru Lima, Peru 81 kg 150 150 155 1st place, gold medalist(s) 180 190 --- 1st place, gold medalist(s) 345 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Youth Weightlifting Championships
2018 Italy San Donato Milanese, Italy 69 kg 113 1st place, gold medalist(s) 147 1st place, gold medalist(s) 260 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Israel Eilat, Israel 81 kg 125 133 140 1st place, gold medalist(s) 150 160 170 1st place, gold medalist(s) 300 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Карлос Насар вицешампион в кат. 89 кг". bnr.bg. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Weightlifter Karlos Nasar (89KG) Shatters Multiple World Records at 2023 European Weightlifting Championships". 21 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Day 6: Karlos Nasar Breaks Three World Records at 2023 EWF European Championships - European Weightlifting Federation". 20 April 2023.
  4. ^ "IWF Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ^ Oliver, Brian (11 December 2022). "Teenager Nasar gets world record after bomb-out at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  6. ^ "2021 European Championships Start Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  7. ^ "Karlos Nasar breaks the world record, takes gold at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships".
  8. ^ "Weightlifter Karlos Nasar (89KG) Breaks 5 World Records at 2023 European Championships". 21 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Weightlifter Karlos Nasar (89KG) Sets Multiple New World Records at 2023 European Weightlifting Championships". 20 April 2023.
  10. ^ IWF.net. "IWF Results". Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  11. ^ iwf.net. "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  12. ^ iwf.net. "2023 IWF GRAND PRIX Results". Retrieved 11 Dec 2023.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlos_Nasar

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