| Georgi Palazov | |
| Fullname: | Georgi Palazov |
| Strokes: | Butterfly, medley |
| Club: | National Sports Academy |
| Birth Date: | 4 February 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Burgas, Bulgaria |
| Height: | 1.930NaN0 |
| Weight: | 930NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Georgi Palazov (Bulgarian: Георги Палазов; born 4 February 1980 in Burgas) is a Bulgarian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and medley events.[1] He represented Bulgaria at three Olympic Games – 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Palazov achieved his best possible result at the Olympics, when he finished thirty-ninth in the men's 200 m butterfly in 2008, with a time of 2:01.84.[2] Palazov also competed in the men's 400 m individual medley in Sydney, where he set a national record, with a time of 4:35.92, finishing only in fortieth place.[3] [4]
In addition to his numerous achievements at the Olympics, Palazov had also set two national records for the 100 m and 200 m butterfly events at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and the other for the 50 m butterfly event at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain.