Ivan Todorov Tuparov ( bg, Иван Тодоров Тупаров, born 15 November 1959) 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 Macedo ...

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 ...

er. He was born in

Rakitovo Rakitovo ( ) is a town in the Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria. the population is 8 952. It is located in the northern part of the Rhodopi mountains at 12 km to the east of Velingrad and 7 km to the southwest of the Batak Reservoir. The ...

. At the 1977 European Junior Championships he won the silver medal in the long jump. He competed at the 1980 Olympic Games without reaching the final. He finished ninth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships, and eighth at the 1981 European Indoor Championships. At the 1982 European Championships he finished twelfth in the

final and also eighth in the 4 x 100 metres relay together with

Ivaylo Karanyotov Ivaylo Karanyotov ( bg, Ивайло Караньотов, born 26 February 1958) is a retired Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. He was born in Sofia. He reached the semi-final in the 60 metres at the 1977 European Indoor Cha ...

, Nikolay Markov and Petar Petrov. He became Bulgarian champion in 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1984, and Bulgarian indoor champion in 1979, 1980 and 1982. His personal best jump was 8.07 metres, achieved in June 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 h ...

.World men's all-time best long jump
(last updated 2001)

References

1959 births Living people Bulgarian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub