Badr Salem Nayef
Qatari weightlifter (born 1972)
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Badr Salem Nayef (born Petar Tanev, Bulgarian: Петър Танев, October 29, 1972) is a Qatari weightlifter. He is the 1999 world champion.[1][2]
One of eight Bulgarian weightlifters recruited by the Qatar Olympic Committee for $1,000,000, Badr Salem Nayef became a Qatari citizen to represent the country. His old name, Petar Tanev, was left behind in the process. Qatar has been known for recruiting sportspeople from other countries, the most notable examples being fellow weightlifter Said Saif Asaad (formerly Angel Popov of Bulgaria) and world-class runner Saif Saaeed Shaheen.[3]
Notes and references
- ^ "World Championships Men: -77 kg". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^ "WEIGHT LIFTING; Qatar Man Wins By a Slim Margin". The New York Times. 2001-11-08. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
- ^ "Here comes the foreign legion". Aljazeera Magazine. 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
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World Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Middleweight
- 1905 (I): Otto Walther (GER)
- 1905 (III): André Dufour (FRA)
- 1906: Albert Deroubaix (FRA)
- 1907: Andreas Lutz (GER)
- 1908: Johann Eibel (AUT)
- 1909: Johann Eibel (AUT)
- 1910 (I): Hans Abraham (GER)
- 1910 (II): Leopold Hennermüller (AUT)
- 1911 (I): Leopold Hennermüller (AUT)
- 1911 (II): Rudolf Oswald (AUT)
- 1911 (III): Hans Abraham (GER)
- 1911 (IV): Leopold Hennermüller (AUT)
- 1913: Leopold Hennermüller (AUT)
- 1920: Karl Stritesky (AUT)
- 1922: Saul Hallap (EST)
- 1923: Karl Freiberger (AUT)
- 1937: John Terpak (USA)
- 1938: Adolf Wagner (GER)
- 1946: Khadr El-Touni (EGY)
- 1947: Stanley Stanczyk (USA)
- 1949: Khadr El-Touni (EGY)
- 1950: Khadr El-Touni (EGY)
- 1951: Pete George (USA)
- 1953: Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1954: Pete George (USA)
- 1955: Pete George (USA)
- 1957: Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1958: Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1959: Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1961: Aleksandr Kurynov (URS)
- 1962: Aleksandr Kurynov (URS)
- 1963: Aleksandr Kurynov (URS)
- 1964: Hans Zdražila (TCH)
- 1965: Viktor Kurentsov (URS)
- 1966: Viktor Kurentsov (URS)
- 1968: Viktor Kurentsov (URS)
- 1969: Viktor Kurentsov (URS)
- 1970: Viktor Kurentsov (URS)
- 1971: Vladimir Kanygin (URS)
- 1972: Yordan Bikov (BUL)
- 1973: Nedelcho Kolev (BUL)
- 1974: Nedelcho Kolev (BUL)
- 1975: Peter Wenzel (GDR)
- 1976: Yordan Mitkov (BUL)
- 1977: Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1978: Roberto Urrutia (CUB)
- 1979: Roberto Urrutia (CUB)
- 1980: Asen Zlatev (BUL)
- 1981: Yanko Rusev (BUL)
- 1982: Yanko Rusev (BUL)
- 1983: Aleksandar Varbanov (BUL)
- 1984: Karl-Heinz Radschinsky (FRG)
- 1985: Aleksandar Varbanov (BUL)
- 1986: Aleksandar Varbanov (BUL)
- 1987: Borislav Gidikov (BUL)
- 1989: Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew (URS)
- 1990: Tudor Casapu (URS)
- 1991: Pablo Lara (CUB)
- 1993: Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew (TKM)
- 1994: Pablo Lara (CUB)
- 1995: Pablo Lara (CUB)
- 1997: Yoto Yotov (BUL)
- 1998: Zlatan Vanev (BUL)
- 1999: Badr Salem Nayef (QAT)
- 2001: Nader Sufyan Abbas (QAT)
- 2002: Georgi Markov (BUL)
- 2003: Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad (IRI)
- 2005: Li Hongli (CHN)
- 2006: Taner Sağır (TUR)
- 2007: Ivan Stoitsov (BUL)
- 2009: Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
- 2010: Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan (ARM)
- 2011: Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
- 2013: Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
- 2014: Zhong Guoshun (CHN)
- 2015: Nijat Rahimov (KAZ)
- 2017: Mohamed Ehab (EGY)
- 2018: Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
- 2019: Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
- 2021: Karlos Nasar (BUL)
- 2022: Li Dayin (CHN)
- 2023: Oscar Reyes (ITA)
- 80 kg (1905–1913)
- 75 kg (1920–1991)
- 76 kg (1993–1997)
- 77 kg (1998–2017)
- 81 kg (2018–)