Stojan Todorchev
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Stojan Todorchev (born October 27, 1984, Perusztica, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

) is a leading strongman
Strongman (strength athlete)
In the 19th century, the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength or circus performers of similar ilk who displayed feats of strength such as the bent press , supporting large amounts of...

 competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...

 competition.

Biography

Stojan Todorczev was twice Bulgaria's Strongest Man in 2004 and 2005 and finished sixth in the 2007 edition of Europe's Strongest Man
Europe's Strongest Man
Europe's Strongest Man is an annual strength athletics competition which began in 1980. The event is held in various locations throughout Europe, and features exclusively European strongman competitors. Mariusz Pudzianowski currently holds the record for most wins with 6 titles...

. He then went on to compete in the World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...

 in 2007 where he finished third in his qualifying groupo behind Don Pope
Don Pope
Don Pope is a strongman competitor from the USA. He is best known for participating in the World's Strongest Man finals of 2005, 2006 and 2007. His best finish was 3rd at the 2006 World's Strongest Man competition. Don has a maximum dead lift of 800 pounds, and can squat nearly 1000 pounds. He...

 and Sebastian Wenta
Sebastian Wenta
Sebastian Wenta is a shot putter, strongman and Highland Games competitor from Poland. Wenta's athletic career started with volleyball, and he eventually moved onto the shot put and discus throw. He began competing in strongman in 2005 and has quickly risen through the ranks...

 and therefore missed out by one place on the final.

Competition Record

  • 2004
    • 1. - Bulgaria's Strongest Man
  • 2005
    • 1. - Bulgaria's Strongest Man
  • 2006
    • 1. - World Strongman Cup Federation 2006: Wiedeń
      World Strongman Cup Federation
      The World Strongman Cup Federation is a worldwide organisation within strength athletics that claims to be the sport's organising body with the aim of making "the Strongman Sport more popular and accessible for a wide range of the people." Its motto is "be strong". It is also a charity...

    • 3. - World Strongman Cup Federation 2006: Grodzisk Mazowiecki
      World Strongman Cup Federation
      The World Strongman Cup Federation is a worldwide organisation within strength athletics that claims to be the sport's organising body with the aim of making "the Strongman Sport more popular and accessible for a wide range of the people." Its motto is "be strong". It is also a charity...

    • 3. - World Strongman Cup Federation 2006: Podolsk
      World Strongman Cup Federation
      The World Strongman Cup Federation is a worldwide organisation within strength athletics that claims to be the sport's organising body with the aim of making "the Strongman Sport more popular and accessible for a wide range of the people." Its motto is "be strong". It is also a charity...

  • 2007
    • 2. - Polish Grand Prix
    • 6. - Europe's Strongest Man 2007
      Europe's Strongest Man
      Europe's Strongest Man is an annual strength athletics competition which began in 1980. The event is held in various locations throughout Europe, and features exclusively European strongman competitors. Mariusz Pudzianowski currently holds the record for most wins with 6 titles...

    • 2. - World Strongman Cup Federation 2007: Moscow
      World Strongman Cup Federation
      The World Strongman Cup Federation is a worldwide organisation within strength athletics that claims to be the sport's organising body with the aim of making "the Strongman Sport more popular and accessible for a wide range of the people." Its motto is "be strong". It is also a charity...

    • 2. - World Strongman Cup Federation 2007: Dartford
      World Strongman Cup Federation
      The World Strongman Cup Federation is a worldwide organisation within strength athletics that claims to be the sport's organising body with the aim of making "the Strongman Sport more popular and accessible for a wide range of the people." Its motto is "be strong". It is also a charity...

    • 1. - Grand Prix of Khanty-Mansijsk (WSMC)
  • 2008
    • 3. - World Strongman Federation: Irkuck
    • 1. - The Globe's Strongest Man, Grand Prix Moskwy
    • 4. - Strongman Champions League 2008: Sofia
      Strongman Champions League
      The Strongman Champions League is a strongman competition circuit, bestowing the Champions League Winner title to the overall winner, and is competed for by a pool of strength athletes containing some of the most notable in the sport, including Žydrūnas Savickas, Travis Ortmayer, Mikhail Koklyaev,...

    • 7. - Europe's Strongest Man 2008
      Europe's Strongest Man
      Europe's Strongest Man is an annual strength athletics competition which began in 1980. The event is held in various locations throughout Europe, and features exclusively European strongman competitors. Mariusz Pudzianowski currently holds the record for most wins with 6 titles...

    • 2. - Poland vs Europe
  • 2009
    • 5. - Super Series 2009: Bukareszt
      Strongman Super Series
      The Strongman Super Series, known from 2005 to 2008 as the World's Strongest Man Super Series and reverting in 2009 to the World Strongman Super Series, is a sequence of grand prix events in the sport of strength athletics...

    • 3. - The Globe's Strongest Man, Grand Prix Moscow
    • 2. - Super Series 2009: Venice Beach
      Strongman Super Series
      The Strongman Super Series, known from 2005 to 2008 as the World's Strongest Man Super Series and reverting in 2009 to the World Strongman Super Series, is a sequence of grand prix events in the sport of strength athletics...

    • 2. - Super Series 2009: Göteborg
      Strongman Super Series
      The Strongman Super Series, known from 2005 to 2008 as the World's Strongest Man Super Series and reverting in 2009 to the World Strongman Super Series, is a sequence of grand prix events in the sport of strength athletics...

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