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    List of Bulgarian sportspeople

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    Famous or notable Bulgarian sportspeople include:

    Athletics

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    • 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

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    • Petya Nedelcheva
    • Linda Zechiri

    Basketball

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    • Denis Agre
    • Krasimira Bogdanova
    • Diana Dilova-Braynova
    • 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

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

    Boxing

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • Ivan Lebanov - Olympic bronze medalist

    Equestrian

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    • Petar Mandajiev - Olympic silver medalist

    Fencing

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    • Vasil Etropolski - World Champion

    Figure skating

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    • Albena Denkova
    • Maxim Staviski

    Football

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    • Dimitar Berbatov
    • Lachezar Dafkov
    • Georgi Danov
    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • Aleksandra Zhekova

    Swimming

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    • 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

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    • Daniela Guergueltcheva - European Champion

    Tennis

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

    Vert skating

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    • Pavel Mitrenga

    Volleyball

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

    References

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    1. ^ "Athletes". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
    2. ^ "Athletes". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
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