The Olympic champion in weightlifting found dead in his home
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The winner weightlifters at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Bulgarian Milen Dobrev found dead own house, according to Reuters. Athlete was 35 years.
«Body Dobrev found at his home in Plovdiv,” – said the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bulgaria.
At the same time on the body has not been found no traces of violence. The causes of death are still unknown.
Dobrev won triumph at the Athens Olympics in the weight category up to 94 kg. Also to his credit World Championship gold in 2003 in Vancouver and two victories at the European championships.
«I still can not get over it, – said the former coach of the Bulgarian Weightlifting Plamen Asparuhov. – It was the best man of all the people I know ».
Dobrev complete a career before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing after failing to recover from a series of injuries.
In the Bulgarian weightlifting is one of the most popular sports. Since 1972, the Bulgarian weightlifters won 11 gold medals at the Olympics.
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