Atanas Atanasov ( bg, Атанас Атанасов; born 19 September 1945) 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 ...

n runner who specialized in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

and

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

. He won the 1968 and 1969 Balkan Championships. At the 1971 European Indoor Championships he finished fourth in the 4 x 800 metres relay with the Bulgarian team (Atanasov,

Petar Kyatovski Petar Kyatovski ( bg, Петър Кятовски; born 18 October 1946) is a retired Bulgarian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. At the 1971 European Indoor Championships he finished fifth in the 800 metres. With the Bulg ...

, Dimcho Deribeev,

Petar Khikov Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. ...

). He also competed in the 800 metres without reaching the final round. In 1972 he set Bulgarian records in the 800 metres with 1:48.6 minutes and 1500 metres with 3:40.6 minutes. He became Bulgarian 800 metres champion in 1971 and 1972. In the

he became Bulgarian champion in 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1975. He also became

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

champion in 1968 and 1975. He became Bulgarian indoor champion in 1971 and 1976 (1500 metres) as well as 1972 (

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

). He is the father of long jumper

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 ...

External links

Profile at ''All-Athletics.com''

References

1945 births Living people Bulgarian male middle-distance runners Bulgarian male long-distance runners {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub