Petar Dachev ( bg, Петър Дачев, born 15 June 1979,

Troyan Troyan ( bg, Троян ) List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, is a town remembering the name of Roman Emperor Trajan, in Lovech Province in central Bulgaria with population of 21,997 inhabitants, as of December 2009. It is the administrative ...

) 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 Macedon ...

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 gr ...

er, best known for his gold medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships. His personal best was 8.30 metres, achieved in June 2000 in

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

. This ranks him fourth among Bulgarian long jumpers, behind

Ivaylo Mladenov Ivaylo Petkov Mladenov ( bg, Ивайло Петков Младенов; born 6 October 1973) is a retired Bulgarian long jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 1994 European Championships. He was born in Vratsa and represented the cl ...

, Atanas Atanasov and Nikolay Atanasov.All time best Balkan athletes
- The Athletics Site

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1979 births Living people Bulgarian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bulgaria European Athletics Championships medalists People from Troyan 21st-century Bulgarian people 20th-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub