Claim: Weightlifter Stefan Topurov was the first to clean & jerk three times his body weight and competed at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
Evidence: He was the first lifter to clean & jerk 3 times his body weight, with a 180 kg lift in the 60 kg division at the 1983 World Weightlifting Championships. Stefan Petrov Topurov (Bulgarian: Стефан Петров Топуров) (born August 11, 1964 in Asenovgrad), is a former weightlifter, Olympian and World Champion from Bulgaria. His only Olympic appearance was at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the 60 kg division against his former teammate Naim Süleymanoğlu.