Bulgaria · Men's 65 kg, October 2025

Gabriel Marinov

Gabriel Marinov is a weightlifter from Bulgaria, born in 2003. The results below cover 7 competitions from 2021 to 2025. The latest result came in the men's 65 kg class, at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships.

Best total
283 kg
Best snatch
125 kg
Best clean and jerk
163 kg
Career

Gabriel Marinov's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Weight classes: 61 kg from 2021 to 2024, 65 kg in 2025. The IWF changed its class list in June 2025 (61 kg to 65 kg).

Latest result: 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 October 2025, 65 kg, total 275 kg, place 13.

Gabriel Marinov: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2021 to 2025, best 283 kg in 2023.260275290202120222023202420252021 European Junior Championships, 24 Sep 2021: 267 kg2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 279 kg2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Dec 2022: 279 kg2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 283 kg2024 European Championships, 12 Feb 2024: 281 kg2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Oct 2025: 275 kg
Gabriel Marinov: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2021 to 2025, best 283 kg in 2023.260275290202120222023202420252021 European Junior Championships, 24 Sep 2021: 267 kg2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 279 kg2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Dec 2022: 279 kg2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Sep 2023: 283 kg2024 European Championships, 12 Feb 2024: 281 kg2025 World Weightlifting Championships, 2 Oct 2025: 275 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.

Best lifts in each class

The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.

Class Years Snatch Clean and jerk Total
65 kg2025 2025 125 150 275
61 kg2021 to 2024 2021 to 2024 124 163 283
Numbers

Gabriel Marinov by the numbers

Gabriel Marinov's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.

Best Sinclair score
436.5
From 283 kg at 61 kg bodyweight, 2023 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
44th of 342
283 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 61 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
74%
At the best total, 120 kg of 163 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
Age at best total
20
Turned 20 in 2023, the year of the best total.
Competitions with a total
6 of 7
The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Gabriel Marinov makes each attempt

Gabriel Marinov made 57% of snatch attempts and 70% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.

Snatch, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Gabriel Marinov: 86%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Gabriel Marinov: 43%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Gabriel Marinov: 43%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Gabriel Marinov: 100%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Gabriel Marinov: 57%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Gabriel Marinov: 50%
Rivals

Gabriel Marinov head to head

The lifters Gabriel Marinov has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.

Rival Met Gabriel Marinov ahead Rival ahead
Bulgaria Ivan Dimov 4 1 3
Italy Sergio Massidda 3 0 3
Georgia Shota Mishvelidze 3 1 2
Peru Luis Bardalez 3 2 1
Moldova Daniel Lungu 3 3 0
Romania Valentin Iancu 3 3 0
Results

Gabriel Marinov's competition results

Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total.

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Competition Place Total Class Bodyweight Snatch 1 2 3 Clean and jerk 1 2 3
2025 World Weightlifting Championships 2 Oct 2025 13 275 65 kg 64.97 120125 kg missed125150155 kg missed160 kg missed
2024 European Championships 12 Feb 2024 1 281 61 kg 60.96 118121 kg missed121152160not taken
2023 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Sep 2023 15 283 61 kg 61 120123 kg missed124 kg missed155161163
2023 European Championships 15 Apr 2023 - - 61 kg 60.8 118 kg missed118 kg missed118 kg missed148154156 kg missed
2022 World Weightlifting Championships 5 Dec 2022 12 279 61 kg 60.8 121124126 kg missed155159 kg missed161 kg missed
2022 European Championships 28 May 2022 3 279 61 kg 60.85 116119122151157 kg missed157
2021 European Junior Championships 24 Sep 2021 3 267 61 kg 60.71 110115118 kg missed141145152
Compare

Compare Gabriel Marinov

Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Gabriel Marinov.