Velichko Cholakov

Velichko Tscholakow ( Bulgarian Величко Чолаков, born January 12, 1982 in Smolyan, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian weightlifter.

Career

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he won in the weight class from 105 kg, the bronze medal with 447.5 kg. In the 2003 World Cup in Vancouver he won the silver medal at the 2004 European Championship in Kiev, the gold medal at the European Championships in 2006 and in Wladislawowo the bronze medal.

In 2008 he was unmasked as doping offenders and blocked for 4 years.