Dimitar Petrov Khlebarov ( bg, Димитър Петров Хлебаров; 3 September 1934 – 28 October 2009) was

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er from

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. He set his personal best (4.96 metres) on 26 September 1965 at a meet in

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. He was born in

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1934 births 2009 deaths Bulgarian male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Bulgaria Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Yambol Universiade gold medalists for Bulgaria Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade 21st-century Bulgarian people 20th-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub