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Naim Suleymanoglu

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The Resume

    (January 23, 1967-November 18, 2017)
    Born in Ptichar, Bulgaria
    Birth name is Naim Suleimanov
    Nicknamed ‘Pocket Hercules’
    Won three Summer Olympic gold weightlifting medals in the featherweight category (1988, 1992, 1996)
    Achieved the Olympic order (2001)

Why he might be annoying:

    He is a heavy smoker, sometimes smoking 50 cigarettes a day.
    His torso is disproportionately long.
    Most of the houses he owns came from the Turkish government after he defected from Bulgaria (1986).
    So that he could compete for his new nation, the Bulgarian government successfully demanded $1,000,000 from Turkey.
    He came out of a three-year retirement to attempt a fourth gold at the Sydney Olympics (2000).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is only the second lifter in history to clean and jerk three times his own body weight.
    Because Bulgaria was part of the Soviet boycott, he was unable to compete in the Los Angeles Olympics (1984).
    He was graceful in his official retirement (‘goodbye, it’s over’).
    He ran for national office in 1999 as an independent, and in 2002 as a mayoral candidate in an Istanbul province district. He lost both bids.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 57 Votes: 75.44% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 31 Votes: 67.74% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 54 Votes: 68.52% Annoying