Spas Bukhalov Explained

Spas Bukhalov (Cyrillic: Спас Бухалов; born 14 November 1980) is a Bulgarian pole vaulter.

He won the 2001 Balkan Games[1] and finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the Olympic Games in 2004 as well as the World Championships in 2003 and 2007 without reaching the final.

His personal best jump is 5.82 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Sofia. This is the Bulgarian, and Balkan, record.[2]

He was born in Plovdiv.[3]

Competition record

Representing
2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands1st (q)[4] 5.30 m
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France15th (q)5.60 m
2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece27th (q)5.50 m
2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain9th (q)5.60 m
2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia14th (q)5.45 m
European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden18thNM
2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom6th5.41 m
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan14th (q)5.65 m
2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, SpainNM
Olympic GamesBeijing, China25th (q)5.45 m
2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy8th5.41 m
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany22nd (q)5.40 m
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar18th (q)5.30 m

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/bg.htm Balkan Games/Championships
  2. http://athletix.org/?p=1894 All time best Balkan athletes, men
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418075411/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/spas-bukhalov-1.html Spas Bukhalov
  4. No mark in the final.