Atanas Atanasov ( bg, Атанас Атанасов; born 7 October 1956) is a retired

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er. He won the 1981, 1984 and 1985 Balkan Championships. He finished eighth at the 1982 European Championships, twelfth at the 1983 World Championships, seventh at the 1985 European Indoor Championships, and seventh at the

1986 Goodwill Games The 1986 Goodwill Games was the inaugural edition of the international multi-sport event created by Ted Turner, which was held from 5 – 20 July 1986. The main stadium was the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. The Game ...

. He became Bulgarian champion in 1990. Domestic rivals were

Ivan Tuparov Ivan Todorov Tuparov ( bg, Иван Тодоров Тупаров, born 15 November 1959) is a retired Bulgarian long jumper. He was born in Rakitovo. At the 1977 European Junior Championships he won the silver medal in the long jump. He competed ...

Atanas Chochev Atanas Chochev ( bg, Атанас Чочев) (born January 17, 1957) is a retired Bulgarian triple jumper and long jumper. His personal best jump was 8.19 metres, achieved in July 1981 in Sofia. This ranks him seventh among Bulgarian long jumpers ...

, Vladimir Amidzhinov and Daniel Ivanov. His personal best jump was 8.31 metres, achieved in July 1984 in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

. He has later coached long jumpers such as

Nikolay Atanasov Nikolay Atanasov ( bg, Николай Атанасов; born 11 December 1974 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Pirgos. He competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2003 and ...

(no relation) and

Antonia Yordanova Antoniya Yordanova ( bg, Антония Йорданова; born 17 August 1976, in Kyustendil) is a retired Bulgarian long jumper. She was selected to compete for the Bulgarian Olympic team in the long jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics after reco ...

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1956 births Living people Bulgarian male long jumpers Bulgarian athletics coaches Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub