Khristo Ganchev Markov ( bg, Христо Ганчев Мaрков; born 27 January 1965, in Dimitrovgrad) is a former

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er from

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 ...

, best known for becoming Olympic champion in

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. He also won the European and world championships. Markov was also the coach of compatriot

Tereza Marinova Tereza Moncheva Marinova ( bg, Тереза Мончева Маринова; born 5 September 1977 in Pleven) is a Bulgarian athlete who specialised in the triple jump. She was the gold medallist in that event at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a b ...

(between 1997 and 2008), who won gold in the same discipline at the

2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

Personal bests

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

- 17.92 (1987) *

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 ...

- 8.23 *

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 ...

- 5.40 (1994)

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1965 births Living people Bulgarian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Bulgaria Olympic gold medalists for Bulgaria People from Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria World Athletics Championships athletes for Bulgaria World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Bulgarian expatriates in Qatar Members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria) World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Friendship Games medalists in athletics {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub