# Bozhidar Andreev

Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev (Bulgarian: Божидар Димитров Андреев; born 17 January 1997) is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He is an Olympic bronze medallist and two-time European Champion, competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 73 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

## Career
### Olympic Games

In 2021, he represented Bulgaria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 73 kg event.
In 2024, he represented Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He won the bronze medal in the men's 73 kg event.

### World Championships

In 2018, the IWF restructured the weight classes and he competed in the newly created 73 kg division at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships finishing in ninth place in the total.

### European Championships

In 2019, he competed at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships in the 73 kg division. He won a bronze medal in the snatch and won gold medals in the clean & jerk and total. His total of 345 kg being 6 kg over the reigning European Champion Briken Calja.

### Other competitions

He won the 69 kg class at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

## Major results

| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank |
| Year | Venue | Weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Olympic Games |||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 73 kg | 150 | 154 | 154 | — | 184 | 189 | 190 | — | 338 | 5 |
| 2024 | Paris, France | 73 kg | 148 | 152 | 154 | — | 183 | 187 | 190 | — | 344 | |
| World Championships |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 73 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | 8 | 182 | 191 | 191 | 11 | 335 | 9 |
| 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 73 kg | 149 | 154 | 157 | | 185 | 189 | 192 | | 346 | |
| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 73 kg | 150 | 154 | 154 | | 180 | 184 | 190 | 7 | 338 | 4 |
| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 81 kg | 154 | 158 | 158 | 6 | 190 | 195 | 195 | | 349 | 4 |
| European Championships |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Førde, Norway | 77 kg | 145 | 150 | 153 | 5 | 181 | 187 | 191 | 4 | 344 | 4 |
| 2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 73 kg | 148 | 153 | 157 | | 181 | 187 | 192 | | 345 | |
| 2021 | Moscow, Russia | 73 kg | 152 | 156 | 157 | | 182 | 188 | 190 | 4 | 334 | |
| 2022 | Tirana, Albania | 81 kg | 150 | 153 | 153 | | 185 | 190 | 195 | | 343 | |
| 2023 | Yerevan, Armenia | 73 kg | 147 | 151 | 154 | | 180 | 180 | 181 | 7 | 332 | 4 |
| 2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 73 kg | 150 | 150 | 155 | | 181 | 185 | 193 ER | | 348 ER | |
| Youth Olympic Games |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Nanjing, China | 69 kg | 125 | 130 | 133 | — | 157 | 162 | 167 | — | 300 | |
| World Youth Championships |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Košice, Slovakia | 62 kg | 110 | 113 | 116 | 5 | 128 | 133 | 133 | 6 | 246 | 6 |
| 2013 | Lima, Peru | 69 kg | 120 | 125 | 127 | | 150 | 155 | 155 | 7 | 277 | 6 |
| European Youth Championships |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Dublin, Ireland | 56 kg | 83 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 102 | 106 | 109 | 7 | 196 | 8 |
| 2012 | Bucharest, Romania | 62 kg | 108 | 111 | 113 | | 128 | 131 | 133 | | 246 | |
| 2013 | Klaipėda, Lithuania | 69 kg | 120 | 125 | 130 | | 150 | 157 | 160 | | 290 | |
| 2014 | Ciechanów, Poland | 77 kg | 130 | 136 | 138 | | 158 | 165 | 171 | | 309 | |
| European Junior & U23 Championships |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Klaipėda, Lithuania | 77 kg | 136 | 141 | 144 | 4 | 174 | 176 | 182 | | 317 | |
| 2018 | Zamość, Poland | 77 kg | 144 | 148 | 150 | | 180 | 183 | 188 | | 338 | |
| 2019 | Bucharest, Romania | 81 kg | 155 | 160 | 163 | | 190 | 196 | 198 | | 361 | |
| International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Gaziantep, Turkey | 81 kg | 152 | 152 | 155 | | 186 | 192 | 197 | | 352 | |
| Malta International Open |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Valletta, Malta | 73 kg | 147 | 151 | 156 | | 180 | 187 | 191 | | 347 | |