Atanas Kirilov Tarev ( bg, Атанас Кирилов Търев; born 31 January 1958 in

Plovdiv Province Plovdiv Province ( bg, Област Пловдив: ''Oblast Plovdiv'', former name Plovdiv okrug) is a province in central southern Bulgaria. It comprises 18 municipalities (общини, ''obshtini'', sing. общинa, ''obshtina'') on a ter ...

) is a retired

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er from

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. He won a bronze medal at the inaugural

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in 1983, and won the European Indoor Championships in 1986. The same year he jumped 5.80 metres, a personal best.

International competitions

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