David Fischerov

{{Short description|Bulgarian weightlifer (born 1998)}}

{{use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = David Fischerov

| birth_name = David Fischer

| nationality = {{ubl

| Bulgarian (2020–present)

| Austrian (1998–2020)

}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|11|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Austria

| weight = {{convert|102|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| country = {{flagu|Bulgaria}}

| sport = Weightlifting

| weight_class = –102 kg

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{BUL}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Tirana|–102 kg}}

{{MedalCountry| {{AUT}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Zamość|–105 kg}}

}}

David Fischerov ({{langx|bg|Давид Фишеров}}; born 3 November 1998), also known as David Fischer, is an Austrian-Bulgarian weightlifter. As a junior he has spent several training camps in Bulgaria to increase his performance. After a major dispute with the Austrian weightlifting federation, he decided to compete for Bulgaria instead. He speaks the Bulgarian language fluently and was granted a Bulgarian passport in February 2020. His sister is Austrian weightlifter Sarah Fischer.{{cite web |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=9 July 2020 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1096120/weightlifting-austria-bulgaria-switch |title=Exclusive: Bitter weightlifting dispute goes public as angry Austrian opts to compete for Bulgaria |website=InsideTheGames.biz |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=27 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927100104/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1096120/weightlifting-austria-bulgaria-switch |url-status=live |quote=David Fischer}}

Career

=European Championships=

In 2021, he competed at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships in the 102 kg category,{{cite web |url=http://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/Start_Book_Eu_Senior_2021.pdf |date=2 April 2021 |title=2021 European Weightlifting championships |website=EWFef.com |publisher=European Weightlifting Federation |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=7 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407012701/http://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/Start_Book_Eu_Senior_2021.pdf |url-status=dead}} winning the silver in the clean & jerk portion and the 4th in the total. Next year 2022 at 2022 European Weightlifting Championships in the 102 kg category, he become European champion, winning gold in snatch, clean and jerk and total 392 kg.{{Cite web |title=2022 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Results_Book_2022_European_ALB.pdf |website=EWF.sport |publisher=European Weightlifting Federation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606070924/https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Results_Book_2022_European_ALB.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2022 |access-date=6 June 2022 |url-status=live}}

Major results

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! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year

! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue

! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight

! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg)

! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg)

! rowspan=2 width=60 | Total

! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank

width=60 | 1

! width=60 | 2

! width=60 | 3

! width=45 | Rank

! width=60 | 1

! width=60 | 2

! width=60 | 3

! width=45 | Rank

colspan=13|World Championships
2022align=left| {{flagicon|COL}} Bogota, Colombia102 kg17017417510------------------{{cite web|url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=562|title = 2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results|author = iwf.net|accessdate=24 March 2023}}
colspan=13 | European Championships
2022align="left" |{{flagicon|ALB}} Tirana, Albania102 kg170175177{{gold1}}209212215{{gold1}}392{{gold1}}
2021align="left" |{{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow, Russia102 kg1601651686205210213{{silver2}}3784 {{cite web |url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=508 |title=2021 European Weightlifting Championships Results |website=IWF.sport |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=12 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912151943/https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=508 |url-status=live}}
colspan="13" |European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships
2018align="left" |{{flagicon|POL}} Zamość, Poland105 kg1621621655200205211{{silver2}}367 {{silver2}} {{cite web |url=http://result.ewfed.com/eventlist/e/107 |title=2018 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results |website=EWFed.com |publisher=European Weightlifting Federation |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=27 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927081551/http://result.ewfed.com/eventlist/e/107 |url-status=dead}}

References

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