Karlos Nasar

Karlos Nasar (Bulgarian: Карлос Насар; born 12 May 2004) is a Bulgarian male weightlifter and one of the youngest weightlifting world record holders ever. At 17 years old, he broke the senior 81kg Clean & Jerk world record to win the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships and at 18 years old, broke the men's 89kg Clean & Jerk world record to win the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, making him the only male weight lifter to hold world records in 2 categories

Karlos Nasar
Personal information
NationalityBulgarian
Born (2004-05-12) 12 May 2004
Paris, France[1]
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
CountryBulgaria
SportWeightlifting
Weight class89 kg
ClubCherven Bryag
Coached byIvan Ivanov
Iliyan Iliev
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Bogotà–89 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Tashkent–81 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 Moscow–81 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Tirana–89 kg
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Las Vegas–73 kg
Youth World Cup Online
Gold medal – first place2020 Peru–81 kg
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 San Donato Milanese–69 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Eilat–81 kg
European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships

Career

World Championships

At 17 years old, he broke the world record in the men’s 81kg Clean & Jerk event with 208kg to win the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships,[2] simultaneously setting the junior and youth world records with a world record 374kg total

At 18 years old, he broke the world record in the men's 89 kg Clean & Jerk event with 220kg to win the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[3]

European Championships

In 2021 he competed at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships in the 81 kg category,[4] winning the silver in the snatch and in the total and the gold medal in the clean & jerk portion with new European record 206 kg ER. It was an epic fight between Antonino Pizzolato and him which Italian won with 1 kg difference in total.

Major results[5]
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan81 kg163166 EJR1692nd place, silver medalist(s)200205208WR1st place, gold medalist(s)374 WJR1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022Colombia Bogota, Colombia89 kg173173174---212217220WR1st place, gold medalist(s)------[6]
European Championships
2021Russia Moscow, Russia81 kg158162163 EJR2nd place, silver medalist(s)194200206 ER1st place, gold medalist(s)369 EJR2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022Albania Tirana, Albania89 kg171WJR1751763rd place, bronze medalist(s)203211WJR2172nd place, silver medalist(s)382WJR2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Youth Weightlifting Championships
2019United States Las Vegas, United States73 kg1231271302nd place, silver medalist(s)1541541611st place, gold medalist(s)2911st place, gold medalist(s)
Youth World Cup Online
2020Peru Lima, Peru81 kg1501501551st place, gold medalist(s)180190---1st place, gold medalist(s)3451st place, gold medalist(s)
European Youth Weightlifting Championships
2018Italy San Donato Milanese, Italy69 kg1131st place, gold medalist(s)1471st place, gold medalist(s)2601st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Israel Eilat, Israel81 kg1251331401st place, gold medalist(s)1501601701st place, gold medalist(s)3001st place, gold medalist(s)
European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships

References
  1. "Карлос Насар вицешампион в кат. 89 кг". bnr.bg. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. "IWF Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. Oliver, Brian (11 December 2022). "Teenager Nasar gets world record after bomb-out at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. "2021 European Championships Start Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  5. IWF.net. "IWF Results". Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  6. iwf.net. "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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