Career
George is the son of Bulgarian immigrants from Macedonia.
George is the son of Bulgarian immigrants from Macedonia.
He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a bronze and a silver medal, respectively. Jim was a four-time Amateur Athletic Union champion and the 1959 Pan American champion in the light-heavyweight division. He also won four medals at the world championships (1955–1959) and set two world record (1956), in the snatch and clean and jerk.