Bulgaria · Men's 61 kg, April 2021
Stilyan Grozdev
Stilyan Grozdev is a weightlifter from Bulgaria, born in 1999. The results below cover 15 competitions from 2014 to 2021. The latest result came in the men's 61 kg class, at the 2021 European Championships.
- Best total
- 302 kg
- Best snatch
- 136 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 167 kg
Stilyan Grozdev's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 56 kg in 2014, 62 kg from 2015 to 2018, 67 kg from 2018 to 2019, 61 kg from 2020 to 2021. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018 (62 kg to 67 kg) and again in June 2025. At 60.82 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 65 kg.
Latest result: 2021 European Championships, 3 April 2021, 61 kg, total 296 kg, place 1.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 kg2020 to 2021 | 136 | 160 | 296 |
| 67 kg2018 to 2019 | 135 | 167 | 302 |
| 62 kg2015 to 2018 | 135 | 158 | 293 |
| 56 kg2014 | 95 | 118 | 213 |
Stilyan Grozdev by the numbers
Stilyan Grozdev'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
- 457.5
- From 296 kg at 60.82 kg bodyweight, 2021 European Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 65th of 408
- 302 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 67 kg class (the class list of 2018 to 2025) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 81%
- At the best total, 135 kg of 167 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 2019, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 13 of 15
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Stilyan Grozdev makes each attempt
Stilyan Grozdev made 69% of snatch attempts and 66% 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
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Stilyan Grozdev head to head
The lifters Stilyan Grozdev 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 | Stilyan Grozdev ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ferdi Hardal |
4 | 4 | 0 |
 Ramini Shamilishvili |
4 | 4 | 0 |
| Hurşit Atak |
3 | 1 | 2 |
 Ionuț Ilie |
3 | 1 | 2 |
| Robert Stefan Manea | 3 | 2 | 1 |
 Jon Luke Mau |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Stilyan Grozdev'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.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 European Championships 3 Apr 2021 | 1 | 296 | 61 kg | 60.82 | 130 | 134 | 136 | 157 | 160 | |
| 2020 Malta International Open 23 Feb 2020 | 1 | 287 | 61 kg | 60.65 | 127 | 132 | 150 | 155 | ||
| 2019 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 11 Nov 2019 | 1 | 296 | 67 kg | 66.15 | 133 | 157 | 163 | |||
| 2019 European Junior Championships 17 Oct 2019 | 2 | 302 | 67 kg | 66.48 | 130 | 135 | 160 | 165 | 167 | |
| 2019 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Sep 2019 | - | - | 67 kg | 66.85 | 133 | |||||
| 2018 World Weightlifting Championships 1 Nov 2018 | 14 | 300 | 67 kg | 66.64 | 130 | 133 | 135 | 162 | 165 | not taken |
| 2018 European Championships 26 Mar 2018 | 2 | 293 | 62 kg | 61.75 | 129 | 132 | 135 | 152 | 158 | |
| 2017 European Championships 1 Apr 2017 | 5 | 280 | 62 kg | 61.85 | 123 | 126 | 150 | 154 | ||
| 2016 European Junior Championships 2 Dec 2016 | 1 | 278 | 62 kg | 61.48 | 120 | 125 | 126 | 147 | 152 | |
| 2016 European Youth Championships 10 Sep 2016 | 1 | 269 | 62 kg | 61.38 | 116 | 121 | 145 | 148 | ||
| 2016 European Championships 8 Apr 2016 | 6 | 269 | 62 kg | 61.36 | 117 | 121 | 124 | 145 | ||
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | - | - | 62 kg | 60.89 | 130 | 135 | 137 | |||
| 2015 European Junior Championships 2 Oct 2015 | 2 | 261 | 62 kg | 61.45 | 112 | 116 | 118 | 135 | 140 | 143 |
| 2015 European Youth Championships 1 Aug 2015 | 8 | 238 | 62 kg | 61.27 | 108 | 130 | ||||
| 2014 European Youth Championships 28 Apr 2014 | 4 | 213 | 56 kg | 55.35 | 92 | 95 | 115 | 118 |
Compare Stilyan Grozdev
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Stilyan Grozdev met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.