Iliyan Efremov (

Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...

: Илиян Ефремов; born 2 August 1970) is a

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 ...

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

er. He finished tenth at the 1988 World Junior Championships and thirteenth at the 2006 European Championships. He also won gold medals at the 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Balkan Games. In addition he competed at the Olympic Games in

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and

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as well as the World Championships in

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and

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without reaching the final. His personal best jump was 5.70 metres, achieved in June 1998 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 ...

. This ranks him fourth among Bulgarian pole vaulters, behind

Spas Bukhalov Spas Bukhalov (Cyrillic: Спас Бухалов; born 14 November 1980) is a Bulgarian pole vaulter. He won the 2001 Balkan Games and finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the Olympic Games in 2004 as well ...

Atanas Tarev Atanas Kirilov Tarev ( bg, Атанас Кирилов Търев; born 31 January 1958 in Plovdiv Province) is a retired pole vaulter from Bulgaria. He won a bronze medal at the inaugural World Championships A world championship is generally a ...

, Nikolay Nikolov, and joint with

Stanimir Penchev Stanimir Penchev ( bg, Станимир Пенчев; born 19 February 1959) is a retired Bulgarian pole vaulter. He finished ninth at the 1987 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, 1987 European Indoor Championships. His personal best jump ...

and Delko Lesev.All time best Balkan athletes, men
- The Athletics Site

References

* 1970 births Living people Bulgarian male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub