Bulgaria at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Bulgaria at the
2006 Winter Olympics

IOC code| BUL
NOC| Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website| www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Turin
Competitors| 21 in 8 sports
Flag bearers | Ekaterina Dafovska (opening)
Evgenia Radanova (closing)[1][2]
Medals
Ranked 21st|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

Bulgaria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

## Medalists

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Main article: 2006 Winter Olympics medal table

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Silver | Evgenia Radanova | Short track speed skating | Women's 500 m

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event

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Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Total  | Rank
Stefan Georgiev | Men's slalom | 58.30  | 54.25  | n/a  | 1:52.55  | 25
Men's combined | 1:43.86  | DNF
Maria Kirkova | Women's slalom | 46.58  | DNF
Mihail Sediankov | Men's slalom | DNF
Men's combined | 1:46.10  | 49.11  | 48.69  | 3:23.90  | 31
Dean Todorov | Men's slalom | 1:00.69  | DNF

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event

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Time  | Misses  | Rank
Vitaliy Rudenchyk | Sprint | 27:59.1  | 1 (0+1)  | 21
Pursuit | 39:04.76  | 4 (1+1+2+0)  | 33
Individual | 1:02:30.0  | 6 (0+3+1+2)  | 61

Women
Athlete  | Event

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Time  | Misses  | Rank
Ekaterina Dafovska | Sprint | 24:23.2  | 2 (0+2)  | 33
Pursuit | 42:07.68  | 3 (0+1+3+2)  | 28
Mass start | 42:09.4  | 3 (1+1+0+1)  | 8
Individual | 52:45.1  | 3 (0+1+1+1)  | 11
Pavlina Filipova | Sprint | 24:53.2  | 2 (1+1)  | 46
Pursuit | 43:04.53  | 8 (0+1+2+3)  | 32
Individual | 56:07.7  | 5 (1+0+1+3)  | 43
Nina Kadeva | Individual | 57:15.0  | 5 (2+1+0+2)  | 54
Irina Nikulchina | Sprint | 24:30.4  | 4 (2+2)  | 36
Pursuit | 42:26.84  | 7 (1+0+3+3)  | 30
Individual | 54:29.3  | 6 (1+2+2+1)  | 28
Radka Popova | Sprint | 26:01.1  | 2 (0+2)  | 58
Pursuit | LAP | 3 (0+1+0+2)  | n/a
Pavlina Filipova
Radka Popova
Irina Nikulchina
Ekaterina Dafovska | Relay | 1:20:38.7  | 17 (5+12)  | 8

Key: LAP indicates an athlete was lapped, and did not finish the race.

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Distance
Athlete  | Event

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Total  | Rank
Ivan Bariakov | Men's 15 km classical | 44:06.3  | 67
Men's 30 km pursuit | DNF

Sprint
Athlete  | Event  | Qualifying  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Total  | Rank  | Total  | Rank  | Total  | Rank  | Total  | Rank
Ivan Bariakov | Men's sprint | 2:32.18  | 71  | did not advance

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | CD  | SP/OD  | FS/FD  | Total

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Ivan Dinev | Men's | n/a  | 63.64  | 15 Q | 116.47  | 18  | 180.11  | 17
Albena Denkova
Maxim Staviski | Ice dance | 37.65  | 3  | 55.85  | 5  | 96.03  | 5  | 189.53  | 5
Rumyana Spasova
Stanimir Todorov | Pairs | n/a  | 37.27  | 19  | 73.98  | 18  | 111.25  | 19

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short program

## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event

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Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total  | Rank
Peter Iliev | Men's singles | 54.806  | 55.189  | 55.761  | 53.927  | 3:39.683  | 31

## Short track speed skating

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Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Evgenia Radanova | Women's 500 m | 45.703  | 1 Q | 44.252  | 1 Q | 44.711  | 2 Q | 44.374  |
Women's 1000 m | 1:35.765  | 1 Q | disqualified
Women's 1500 m | 2:27.155  | 1 Q | n/a  | 2:27.145  | 3  | Final B
2:29.314  | 6

Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Qualifying  | First round  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Total  | Rank
Petar Fartunov | Men's normal hill | 85.0  | 49  | Did not advance
Men's large hill | 26.6  | 52  | Did not advance
Georgi Zharkov | Men's normal hill | 77.5  | 51  | Did not advance
Men's large hill | 59.3  | 44  | Did not advance

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

## Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Parallel GS
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Time  | Rank  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
Aleksandra Zhekova | Women's parallel giant slalom | 1:25.01  | 25  | Did not advance

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross
Athlete  | Event  | Qualifying  | 1/8 Finals  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Time  | Rank  | Position  | Position  | Position  | Position  | Rank
Aleksandra Zhekova | Women's snowboard cross | 1:35.50  | 22  | Did not advance

## References

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* "Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Bulgaria". Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2006-02-06.

1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved Feb 22, 2009.
2. ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Retrieved Feb 22, 2009.

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Nations at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy

Africa|

* Algeria
* Ethiopia
* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Senegal
* South Africa

America|

* Argentina
* Bermuda
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Costa Rica
* United States
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* India
* Iran
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
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* Kyrgyzstan
* Lebanon
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Uzbekistan

Europe|

* Albania
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* Armenia
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* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
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* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
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* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia-Montenegro
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

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Bulgaria did not participate in 1984 due to a boycott.
*[DNF]: Did not finish
*[LAP]: Lapped
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