Naim Suleymanoglu, original name Naim Suleimanov, Bulgarian Naum Shalamanov, byname Pocket Hercules, (born January 23, 1967, Ptichar, Bulgaria—died November 18, 2017, Istanbul, Turkey), Bulgarian-born Turkish weightlifter who dominated the sport in the mid-1980s and ’90s.

Suleymanoglu, the son of a miner of Turkish descent, began lifting weights at age 10, and at age 14 he came within 2.5 kg (5.5 pounds) of a world record. At age 15 he set his first world record. He was prevented from competing in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles by Bulgaria’s boycott. Standing at a height of 1.5 metres (4 feet 11 inches), he became dominant in the lighter body-weight categories.