SOFIA - Bulgarian former Olympic weightlifting champion Milen Dobrev has died at just 35 after suffering a heart-attack, his family said Saturday.
Bulgaria's Milen Dobrev competes during the men's 94 kg weighlifting competition of the Olympic games in Athens, August 23, 2004
The 2004 champion in the under-94kg division was found at his home in Plovdiv, in the south of the country.
He was also world champion in 2003 and twice European champion before retiring in 2008.