Karlos Nasar

Karlos Nasar (Bulgarian: Карлос Насар; born 12 May 2004) is a Bulgarian weightlifter and one of the youngest weightlifting world record holders and champions ever. At 17 years old, he broke the senior 81kg Clean & Jerk world record (208 kg) to win the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent. Nasar became the second youngest world champion in the history of weightlifting. On the day he became champion, Karlos was 17 years and 214 days old. Before him in history is only another Bulgarian - Sevdalin Marinov, who became the world champion in the 52 kg in 1985, when he was 17 years and 47 days old. At 18 years old, Karlos broke world record in 89kg (220 kg) to win the gold medal in Clean & Jerk at 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, making him the only male weight lifter to hold world records in two different categories. At the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships he set five new World records in the 89kg event in one day in the Junior and Senior categories.[2][3]

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
Representing  Bulgaria
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tashkent–81 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Yerevan–89 kg
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,[4] 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 Clean & Jerk event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[5]

European Championships

In 2021, at the age of 16, he competed at the European Weightlifting Championships in the 81 kg category,[6] winning the silver in the snatch and in the total and the gold medal in the clean & jerk portion with a new European record of 206 kg ER. It was an epic fight between Antonino Pizzolato and him in which the Italian won with 1 kg difference in total.

In April 2023, at only 18 years old, at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia he won the gold medal in Clean & Jerk and in Total and the silver medal in Snatch in the 89-kilogram division where he broke five world records.[7] Nasar’s staggering 221-kilogram (487.2-pound) clean & jerk record lift allowed him to break the:[8]

  • Junior World Record Clean & Jerk
  • Junior World Record Total
  • Senior World Record Clean & Jerk
  • Senior World Record Total

In addition, Nasar’s gold-medal-winning, record-setting Total of 395 kilograms was built with his best competition snatch of 174 kilograms (383.6 pounds). That snatch was also a new Junior World Record, his fifth on the same day.[9] Nasar's result in Yerevan made him Best weightlifter of the European Championship in all categories. Nasar scored 1000 points on the Robbie system. Lasha Talahadze is in second place with 883.5 points, and Garik Karapetyan is third with 847.6 points.

Major results[10]
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)------[11]
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)
2023Armenia Yerevan, Armenia89 kg165170174WJR2nd place, silver medalist(s)205221WR-1st place, gold medalist(s)395WR1st place, gold 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. "Weightlifter Karlos Nasar (89KG) Shatters Multiple World Records at 2023 European Weightlifting Championships". 21 April 2023.
  3. "Day 6: Karlos Nasar Breaks Three World Records at 2023 EWF European Championships - European Weightlifting Federation". 20 April 2023.
  4. "IWF Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. Oliver, Brian (11 December 2022). "Teenager Nasar gets world record after bomb-out at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  6. "2021 European Championships Start Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  7. "Karlos Nasar breaks the world record, takes gold at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships".
  8. "Weightlifter Karlos Nasar (89KG) Breaks 5 World Records at 2023 European Championships". 21 April 2023.
  9. "Weightlifter Karlos Nasar (89KG) Sets Multiple New World Records at 2023 European Weightlifting Championships". 20 April 2023.
  10. IWF.net. "IWF Results". Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  11. iwf.net. "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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