List of Bulgarian sportspeople

Famous or notable Bulgarian sportspeople include:

## Athletics

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* Petya Nedelcheva
* Linda Zechiri

## Basketball

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

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

## Boxing

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* Ivan Lebanov \- Olympic bronze medalist

## Equestrian

[edit]

* Petar Mandajiev \- Olympic silver medalist

## Fencing

[edit]

* Vasil Etropolski \- World Champion

## Figure skating

[edit]

* Albena Denkova
* Maxim Staviski

## Football

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* Aleksandra Zhekova

## Swimming

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* Daniela Guergueltcheva \- European Champion

## Tennis

[edit]

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

## Vert skating

[edit]

* Pavel Mitrenga

## Volleyball

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* 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

[edit]

* Bulgaria portal

* 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

[edit]

1. ^ "Athletes". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
2. ^ "Athletes". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
3. ^ "Athletes". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
4. ^ "Athletes". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
5. ^ "Athletes". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
6. ^ "Athletes". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2012-10-21.

* v
* t
* e

Bulgaria articles

History|

* Odrysian kingdom
* Old Great Bulgaria
* First Bulgarian Empire
* Second Bulgarian Empire
* Ottoman period
* Principality
* 3rd Tsardom
* War I
* War II
* People's Republic
* Bulgaria since 1990

Geography|

* Balkan Mountains
* Balkan Peninsula
* Black Sea coast
* Cities and towns
* Earthquakes
* Islands
* Provinces
* Pirin
* Rila
* Rivers
* Rhodope Mountains
* Sredna Gora
* Villages

Politics|

* Constitution
* Elections
* Foreign relations
* Government
* Human rights
* LGBT
* Law
* enforcement
* Armed Forces
* Chief of the Defence
* National Assembly
* Chairperson
* Political parties
* President
* Prime Minister

Economy|

* Agriculture
* Economic statistics
* Energy
* Industry
* Lev (currency)
* National bank
* Science and technology
* Stock Exchange
* Tourism
* Transport
* Rail

Society|

* Crime
* Education
* Health
* Languages
* People
* Demographics
* Religion

Culture|

* Media
* Cinema
* Coat of arms
* Cuisine
* wine
* Customs
* Dances
* Language
* Literature
* Music
* Public holidays
* Sports
* World Heritage Sites

* Outline

* Category
* Portal

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template