Badr Salem Nayef

{{Short description|Qatari weightlifter (born 1972)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1972|10|29}}

|birth_place= Bulgaria

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport| Men's Weightlifting}}

{{MedalCountry | {{BUL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 1998 Lahti | 77 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1999 A Coruña | 77 kg}}

{{MedalCountry | {{QAT}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1999 Athens | 77 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalBronze | 2000 Osaka | 77 kg}}

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Badr Salem Nayef (born Petar Tanev, {{langx|bg|Петър Танев}}, October 29, 1972) is a Qatari weightlifter. He is the 1999 world champion.{{cite web|title=World Championships Men: -77 kg|publisher=Sports123.com|url=http://sports123.com/wei/mw-77.html|accessdate=2009-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920085543/http://sports123.com/wei/mw-77.html|archive-date=2008-09-20|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03E1DF1F39F93BA35752C1A9679C8B63|title= WEIGHT LIFTING; Qatar Man Wins By a Slim Margin|newspaper= The New York Times|date= 2001-11-08|accessdate= 2009-01-22}}

One of eight Bulgarian weightlifters recruited by the Qatar Olympic Committee for $1,000,000, Badr Salem Nayef became a Qatari citizen to represent the country. His old name, Petar Tanev, was left behind in the process. Qatar has been known for recruiting sportspeople from other countries, the most notable examples being fellow weightlifter Said Saif Asaad (formerly Angel Popov of Bulgaria) and world-class runner Saif Saaeed Shaheen.{{cite news|url= http://english.aljazeera.net/sport/2006/11/2008526104717768681.html|title= Here comes the foreign legion|publisher= Aljazeera Magazine|date= 2006-11-23|accessdate= 2009-01-22}}