Teodor Salparov ( bg, Теодор Салпаров born 16 August 1982) is a Bulgarian

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player, a member of the

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and the Bulgarian club

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. He was a participant in the

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(

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), and was a bronze medalist in the 2006 World Championship, 2007 World Cup and 2009 European Championship.

Career

Clubs

In 2014 went to Russian Zenit Kazan. In March 2015 he achieved gold medal of

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with Russian club. In 2017 Salparov signed for Bulgarian Neftochimic. His teammates in Bulgaria national team Georgi Bratoev and

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signed for the Burgas team the same year. With the Bulgarian team, Salparov became 2 time national champion.

National team

On September 4, 2009 Bulgarian national team, including Salparov, won the bronze medal at the European Championship 2009. They beat

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in 3rd place match 3-0.''Bulgaria Triumphs over Italy in Euro Volleyball Championship Game''
- novinite.com - 04-09-2009

Sporting achievements

Clubs

FIVB Club World Championship

2015 - with Zenit Kazan * Silver medal with cup

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- with Zenit Kazan

CEV Champions League

2006/2007 - with

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2009/2010 - with

2014/2015 - with Zenit Kazan * Gold medal with cup

2015/2016 - with Zenit Kazan * Gold medal with cup

2016/2017 - with Zenit Kazan

National championships

* 2006/2007 Simple gold cup

Russian Cup, with

* 2006/2007 Silver medal with cup

Russian Championship, with

* 2007/2008 Gold medal with cup

Bulgarian Championship, with

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* 2008/2009 Gold medal with cup

Bulgarian Championship, with

* 2009/2010 Bronze medal with cup

Russian Championship, with

* 2014/2015 Simple gold cup

Russian Cup, with Zenit Kazan * 2015/2016 Gold medal with cup

Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan * 2016/2017 Gold medal with cup

Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan * 2017/2018 Gold medal with cup

Bulgarian Championship, with Neftochimic Burgas * 2018/2019 Gold medal with cup

Bulgarian Championship, with Neftochimic Burgas

National team

* 2006

FIVB World Championship * 2007 Bronze medal with cup

FIVB World Cup * 2009 Bronze medal with cup

CEV European Championship

Individual

* 2010 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner - Best Libero * 2012 Olympic Games London - Best Digger * 2015

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- Best Libero

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salparov, Teodor 1982 births Living people People from Gabrovo Sportspeople from Gabrovo Province Bulgarian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Bulgaria Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Galatasaray S.K. (men's volleyball) players VC Zenit Kazan players Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in France Bulgarian expatriates in Russia Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate volleyball players in France Expatriate volleyball players in Russia Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey