List of Bulgarian sportspeople explained

Famous or notable Bulgarian sportspeople include:

Athletics

• Yordanka Blagoeva - Olympic silver and bronze medalist
• Rostislav Dimitrov^[1]
• Svetla Dimitrova
• Yordanka Donkova^[2] - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
• Ivanka Khristova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
• Tsvetanka Khristova - Olympic silver and bronze medalist
• Stefka Kostadinova^[3] - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
• Ivet Lalova - European Champion
• Tereza Marinova^[4] - Olympic gold medalist
• Khristo Markov - Olympic gold medalist
• Svetla Mitkova
• Petya Pendareva^[5]
• Mariya Petkova - Double Olympic silver medalist
• Petar Petrov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Iva Prandzheva^[6]
• Nikolina Shtereva - Olympic silver medalist
• Vasilka Stoeva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Atanas Tarev
• Daniela Yordanova
• Diana Yorgova - Olympic silver medalist
• Ginka Zagorcheva

Badminton

• Petya Nedelcheva
• Linda Zechiri

Basketball

• Denis Agre
• Krasimira Bogdanova
• Diana Braynova-Dilova
• Vanya Dermendzhieva
• Silviya Germanova
• Nadka Golcheva
• Krasimira Gyurova
• Kosta Iliev
• Petkana Makaveeva
• Penka Metodieva
• Angelina Mikhaylova
• Snezhana Mikhaylova
• Kostadinka Radkova
• Margarita Shtarkelova
• Gergina Skerlatova
• Evladiya Slavcheva-Stefanova
• Mariya Stoyanova
• Penka Stoyanova
• Todorka Yordanova

Biathlon

• Krasimir Anev
• Ekaterina Dafovska - Olympic gold medalist
• Pavlina Filipova
• Vladimir Iliev
• Irina Nikulchina - Olympic bronze medalist

Boxing

• Angel Angelov - Olympic silver medalist
• Boris Georgiev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Aleksandar Khristov - Olympic silver medalist
• Vladimir Kolev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Georgi Kostadinov - Olympic gold medalist
• Petar Lesov - Olympic gold medalist
• Ivailo Marinov - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
• Ivan Mihailov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Alexander Nikolov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Boris Nikolov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Daniel Petrov - Olympic gold and silver medalist
• Tervel Pulev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Svilen Rusinov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Georgi Stankov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Serafim Todorov - Olympic silver medalist
• Tontcho Tontchev - Olympic silver medalist

Canoeing

• Borislav Ananiev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Borislav Borisov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Nikolay Bukhalov - Double Olympic gold medalist
• Ivan Burtchin - Olympic bronze medalist
• Fedia Damianov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Andrian Dushev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova - Olympic gold, double silver and bronze medalist
• Nikolai Ilkov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Borislava Ivanova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Milko Kazanov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Lazar Khristov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Lyubomir Lyubenov - Olympic gold and silver medalist
• Ivan Manev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Martin Marinov - Double Olympic bronze medalist
• Petar Merkov - Double Olympic silver medalist
• Bozhidar Milenkov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Diana Paliiska - Olympic silver and bronze medalist
• Ognyana Petrova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Blagovest Stoyanov - Olympic bronze medalist

Cross-country skiing

• Ivan Lebanov - Olympic bronze medalist

Equestrian

• Petar Mandajiev - Olympic silver medalist

Fencing

• Vasil Etropolski - World Champion

Figure skating

• Albena Denkova
• Maxim Staviski

Football

• Dimitar Berbatov
• Lachezar Dafkov
• Georgi Danov
• Zdravko Dermenov
• Stanimir Dimitrov
• Emil Donchev
• Nikolay Godzhev
• Georgi Gradev
• Stoyan Grigorov
• Krastina Ivanova
• Milan Karatantchev
• Kaloyan Kopchev
• Miroslav Kosev
• Aneliya Kukunova
• Blagomir Mastagarkov
• Aleksandar Mitushev
• Yonko Nedelchev
• Lyubomir Nyagolov
• Boris Papazov
• Genko Papazov
• Hristo Petev
• Dimitar Ralchev
• Tsvetelin Ralchovski
• Raycho Raychev
• Svetoslav Sakadzhiyski
• Samir Seliminski
• Aleksandar Shalamanov
• Shaban Shefket
• Veselin Shulev
• Hristo Stoichkov
• Simona Stoyanova
• Archontis Stoyianov
• Ivana Taneva
• Stelian Trasborg
• Dimitar Tsenovski
• Yuksel Yumerov

Gymnastics

• Stoyan Deltchev - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
• Diana Dudeva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Adriana Dunavska - Olympic silver medalist
• Lubomir Geraskov - Olympic gold medalist
• Maria Gigova - Multiple World Champion
• Diliana Gueorguieva
• Lilia Ignatova
• Zhaneta Ilieva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Velik Kapsazov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Eleonora Kezhova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Elizabeth Koleva
• Mila Marinova
• Zornitsa Marinova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Sylvia Miteva
• Elizabeth Paisieva
• Bianka Panova
• Simona Peycheva
• Diana Popova
• Iliana Raeva
• Anelia Ralenkova
• Kristina Rangelova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Neshka Robeva
• Boriana Stoyanova - World Champion
• Ivelina Taleva - Olympic silver medalist
• Galina Tancheva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Vladislava Tancheva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Julia Trashlieva
• Yordan Yovchev - Olympic silver, triple olympic bronze medalist

Martial arts

• Tsvetana Bozhilova - judoka
• Georgi Georgiev - Olympic bronze medalist judoka
• Alexandar Komanov - karateka and mixed martial arts fighter
• Iliyan Nedkov - Olympic bronze medalist judoka
• Stanoy Tabakov - sambo and mixed martial arts fighter
• Betina Temelkova (born 1997) - Bulgarian-Israeli judoka
• Dimitar Zapryanov - Olympic silver medalist judoka

Rowing

• Anka Bakova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Lalka Berberova - Olympic silver medalist
• Rumelyana Boncheva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Bogdan Dobrev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Nadiya Filipova - Olympic silver medalist
• Anka Georgieva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Kapka Georgieva - Olympic silver medalist
• Magdalena Georgieva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Ginka Gyurova - Double Olympic silver medalist
• Siyka Kelbecheva - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
• Stoyanka Kurbatova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
• Stefka Madina - Olympic bronze medalist
• Mariyka Modeva - Double Olympic silver medalist
• Dolores Nakova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Rumyana Neykova - Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
• Mincho Nikolov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Violeta Ninova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Svetla Otsetova - Olympic gold medalist
• Lyubomir Petrov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Ivo Rusev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Mariana Serbezova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Radka Stoyanova - Olympic silver medalist
• Rita Todorova - Olympic silver medalist
• Lilyana Vaseva - Olympic silver medalist
• Iskra Velinova - Olympic silver medalist
• Ivo Yanakiev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Reni Yordanova - Olympic silver medalist
• Zdravka Yordanova - Olympic gold medalist

Shooting

• Lyubcho Dyakov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Maria Grozdeva - Double Olympic gold, triple Olympic bronze medalist
• Tanyu Kiryakov - Double Olympic gold medalist
• Vesela Letcheva - Double Olympic silver medalist
• Nonka Matova - Olympic silver medalist
• Emil Milev - Olympic silver medalist

Skiing

• Kilian Albrecht - alpine skiing
• Marina Georgieva-Nikolova - Short track speed skiing
• Petar Popangelov - alpine skiing
• Evgenia Radanova - Double Olympic silver and Olympic bronze medalist in short track speed skiing
• Kiril Trayanov - alpine skiing and vert skating
• Vladimir Zografski - World junior champion in ski jumping

Snowboarding

• Aleksandra Zhekova

Swimming

• Mihail Alexandrov
• Tanya Dangalakova - Olympic gold medalist
• Antoaneta Frenkeva - Olympic silver and bronze medalist
• Bistra Gospodinova
• Denislav Kalchev
• Ivanka Moralieva
• Petar Stoychev - World Champion in open water swimming

Table tennis

• Daniela Guergueltcheva - European Champion

Tennis

• Grigor Dimitrov
• Sesil Karatantcheva
• Katerina Maleeva
• Magdalena Maleeva
• Manuela Maleeva
• Tsvetana Pironkova

Vert skating

• Pavel Mitrenga

Volleyball

• Todor Aleksiev
• Yordan Angelov - Olympic silver medalist
• Verka Borisova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Tsvetana Bozhurina - Olympic bronze medalist
• Dimitar Dimitrov - Olympic silver medalist
• Stefan Dimitrov - Olympic silver medalist
• Rositsa Dimitrova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Tanya Dimitrova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Maya Georgieva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Margarita Gerasimova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Tanya Gogova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Stoyan Gunchev - Olympic silver medalist
• Hristo Iliev - Olympic silver medalist
• Valentina Ilieva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Rumyana Kaisheva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Matey Kaziyski
• Anka Khristolova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Petko Petkov - Olympic silver medalist
• Kristiana Petlichka
• Silviya Petrunova - Olympic bronze medalist
• Dobriana Rabadzhieva
• Teodor Salparov
• Kaspar Simeonov - Olympic silver medalist
• Tsvetan Sokolov
• Vanya Sokolova
• Galina Stancheva - Olympic bronze medalist
• Hristo Stoyanov - Olympic silver medalist
• Radostin Stoychev
• Mitko Todorov - Olympic silver medalist
• Tsano Tsanov - Olympic silver medalist
• Hristo Tsvetanov
• Emil Valtchev - Olympic silver medalist
• Antonina Zetova
• Dimitar Zlatanov - Olympic silver medalist

Weightlifting

• Yordan Bikov - Olympic gold medalist
• Blagoy Blagoev - Olympic silver medalist
• Galabin Boevski - Olympic gold medalist
• Stefan Botev - Double olympic bronze medalist
• Velichko Cholakov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Milen Dobrev - Olympic gold medalist
• Borislav Gidikov - Olympic gold medalist
• Valentin Hristov - Olympic silver medalist
• Ivan Ivanov - Olympic gold medalist
• Nedelcho Kolev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Aleksandar Kraychev - Olympic silver medalist
• Mladen Kuchev - Olympic silver medalist
• Sevdalin Marinov - Olympic gold medalist
• Georgi Markov - Olympic silver medalist
• Sevdalin Minchev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Yordan Mitkov - Olympic gold medalist
• Andon Nikolov - Olympic gold medalist
• Norair Nurikyan - Double Olympic gold medalist
• Nikolay Peshalov - Olympic gold, silver, double bronze medalist
• Yanko Rusev - Olympic gold medalist
• Krastyu Semerdzhiev - Olympic silver medalist
• Atanas Shopov - Olympic silver and bronze medalist
• Trendafil Stoychev - Olympic silver medalist
• Georgi Todorov - Olympic silver medalist
• Stefan Topurov - Olympic silver medalist
• Alan Tsagaev - Olympic silver medalist
• Aleksandar Varbanov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Valentin Yordanov - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
• Yoto Yotov - Double Olympic silver medalist
• Asen Zlatev - Olympic gold medalist

Wrestling

• Ismail Abilov - Olympic gold medalist
• Lyutvi Ahmedov - Olympic silver medalist
• Ivo Angelov - World champion
• Stefan Angelov - Double Olympic bronze medalist
• Stoyan Apostolov - Olympic silver medalist
• Stoyan Balov - Olympic silver medalist
• Serafim Barzakov - Olympic silver medalist
• Krali Bimbalov - Olympic silver medalist
• Slavcho Chervenkov - Olympic silver medalist
• Dimitar Dobrev - Olympic gold and silver medalist
• Vladimir Dubov - World silver medalist
• Miho Dukov - Olympic silver medalist
• Osman Duraliev - Olympic silver medalist
• Prodan Gardzhev - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
• Rangel Gerovski - Olympic silver medalist
• Valentin Getsov - Olympic silver medalist
• Kamen Goranov - Olympic silver medalist
• Hasan Isaev - Olympic gold medalist
• Angel Kerezov - Olympic silver medalist
• Petar Kirov - Double Olympic gold medalist
• Ivan Kolev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Stancho Kolev - Double Olympic silver medalist
• Atanas Komchev - Olympic gold medalist
• Dimo Kostov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Georgi Markov - Olympic gold medalist
• Hussein Mehmedov - Olympic silver medalist
• Mladen Mladenov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Said Mustafov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Armen Nazaryan - Double Olympic gold medalist
• Ognyan Nikolov - Olympic silver medalist
• Stoyan Nikolov - Olympic silver medalist
• Pavel Pavlov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Dinko Petrov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Kiril Petkov - Olympic silver medalist
• Boyan Radev - Double Olympic gold medalist
• Valentin Raychev - Olympic gold medalist
• Georgi Raykov - Olympic gold medalist
• Alexander Rusev - Professional wrestler
• Nermedin Selimov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Simeon Shterev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Petko Sirakov - Olympic silver medalist
• Nikola Stanchev - Olympic gold medalist
• Rahmat Sukra - Olympic bronze medalist
• Kiril Terziev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Enyu Todorov - Olympic silver medalist
• Aleksandar Tomov - Triple Olympic silver medalist
• Bratan Tsenov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Ivan Tsonov - Olympic silver medalist
• Enyu Valchev - Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
• Zhivko Vangelov - Olympic silver medalist
• Radoslav Velikov - Olympic bronze medalist
• Yavor Yanakiev - Olympic bronze medalist
• Ivan Yankov - Olympic silver medalist
• Valentin Yordanov - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
• Taybe Yusein - Double World silver medalist
• Nejdet Zalev - Olympic silver medalist
• Stanka Zlateva - Double Olympic silver medalist

See also

• List of Bulgarians
• List of flag bearers for Bulgaria at the Olympics
• List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Bulgaria
• List of Olympic female gymnasts for Bulgaria

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletes . iaaf.org . 2012-10-21.
2. Web site: Athletes . iaaf.org . 2012-10-21.
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