Bulgaria competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta, United States. 110 competitors, 74 men and 36 women, took part in 89 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Georgieva Kostadinova ( bg, Стефка Георгиева Костадинова; born March 25, 1965) is a Bulgarian retired athlete who competed in the high jump. Her world record of 2.09 metres has stood since 1987. She was the 1996 ...

— Athletics, Women's High Jump * Daniel Petrov — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight *

Valentin Yordanov Valentin Dimitrov Yordanov ( bg, Валентин Димитров Йорданов; born January 26, 1960), also transliterated Jordanov, is a retired Bulgarian freestyle wrestler who competed in the up to 52 kg weight class. He is an Oly ...

— Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)

Silver

Serafim Todorov Serafim Simeonov Todorov ( bg, Серафим Симеонов Тодоров; born 6 July 1969) is a former Bulgarian Olympic amateur boxer. He won three consecutive gold medals at both the World and European Championships, and silver at the 199 ...

— Boxing, Men's Featherweight *

Tontcho Tontchev Toncho Dimitrov Tonchev ( bg, Тончо Димитров Тончев) (born December 1, 1972 in Sliven) is a Bulgarian boxer, who won the Lightweight Silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Tontchev also represented his native country ...

— Boxing, Men's Lightweight *

Krasimir Dunev Krasimir Dunev ( bg, Красимир Дунев) (born 11 September 1972) is a Bulgarian gymnast. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, ...

— Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar * Emil Milev — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol *

Diana Iorgova Diana Iorgova ( bg, Диана Йоргова) (born 11 April 1971 in Ruse) is a Bulgarian sport shooter. She competed in the pistol shooting events at the Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996, and 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, cloc ...

— Shooting, Women's Sport Pistol *

Yoto Yotov Yoto Vasilev Yotov ( bg, Йото Василев Йотов, born May 22, 1969) is a Bulgarian–Croatian weightlifter. Yoto Yotov is one of the greatest Bulgarian weightlifters of all time. He is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, three-time wor ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (76 kg) * Maia Tabakova,

Ivelina Taleva Ivelina Taleva ( bg, Ивелина Талева, born 25 March 1977) is a Bulgarian gymnast. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a silver medal in the rhythmic Rhythmic may refer to: * Related to rhythm * Rhy ...

, Vjara Vatachka, Ina Deltcheva,

Valentina Kevlian Valentina Kevliyan (or Valentina Kevlian, bg, Валентина Кевлиян; born 11 March 1978 in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. At the 1996 Olympic Games, held in Atlanta, she won a silver medal as part of the Bulgarian rhythmi ...

, and Maria Koleva — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic Group Competition

Bronze

* Tanyu Kiryakov — Shooting, Men's Air Pistol *

Mariya Grozdeva Maria Zdravkova Grozdeva-Grigorova ( bg, Мария Здравкова Гроздева-Григорова; born on 23 June 1972) is a Bulgarian retired sport shooter, who competed in 25 metre pistol and 10 metre air pistol. She is the only wom ...

— Shooting, Women's Air Pistol *

Sevdalin Minchev Sevdalin Minchev Angelov ( bg, Севдалин Минчев Ангелов; born July 25, 1974 in Gorna Oryahovitsa, Veliko Tarnovo) is a retired male weightlifter from Bulgaria. He is a four-time Olympian (1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004). Minchev is ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (54 kg) * Nikolay Peshalov — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight (59 kg) *

Andrian Dushev Andrian Pavlov Dushev ( bg, Андриан Павлов Душев; born June 6, 1970) is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the 1989 to 2000. Republican champion many times during his career he was first called up to the national team o ...

and

Milko Kazanov Milko Georgiev Kazanov ( bg, Милко Георгиев Казанов, sometimes listed as Milko Kazakov, born 11 February 1970 in Rousse) is a Bulgarian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to 2005. Competing in four Summer ...

— Canoeing, Men's K2 1,000 metres Kayak Pairs

Archery

Bulgaria sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round.

Athletics

Men's Long Jump *

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 ...

** Qualification — NM (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon *

Khristo Stefanov Khristo Stefanov (born 21 December 1970) is a Bulgarian former long-distance runner. In April 1996 he won the Hannover Marathon in Germany in 2:12.25 and was named on the Olympic team for that event. He competed in the men's marathon at the 19 ...

— 2:18.29 (→ 30th place) *

Petko Stefanov Petko Stefanov ( bg, Петко Стефанов, born 19 January 1972) is a Bulgarian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially ...

— 2:29.06 (→ 80th place) Women's High Jump *

** Qualification — 1.93m ** Final — 2.05m (→ Gold Medal) *

Venelina Veneva Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (née ''Veneva,'' bg, Венелина Венева-Матеева, born June 13, 1974 in Ruse) is a Bulgarian high jumper. Biography Talented at a young age, she jumped 1.93 metres indoor in 1990 to record a world best p ...

** Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance) Women's Javelin Throw * Sonya Radicheva ** Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance) Women's Discus Throw *

Atanaska Angelova Atanaska Stefanova Angelova ( bg, Атанаска Стефанова Ангелова; born 21 September 1972 in Rousse) is a retired female discus thrower from Bulgaria. She set her personal best (58.94 metres) in the women's discus throw event o ...

** Qualification — 59.82m (→ did not advance) Women's Shot Put *

Svetla Mitkova Svetla ( bg, Светла) is a feminine given name. It may refer to: *Svetla Bozhkova (born 1951), retired female discus thrower, who competed for Bulgaria at two Summer Olympics: 1972 and 1980 *Svetla Dimitrova (born 1970), Bulgarian athlete who ...

** Qualification — 17.48m (→ did not advance) Women's Long Jump * Iva Prandzheva ** Qualification — 6.62m ** Final — 6.82m (→ DSQ) Women's Triple Jump * Iva Prandzheva ** Qualification — 14.61m ** Final — 14.92m (→ DSQ)

Badminton

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (— 48 kg) * Daniel Petrov → Gold Medal ** First Round — Bye ** Second Round — Defeated Nshan Munchyan (Armenia), 11-5 ** Quarter Finals — Defeated Somrot Kamsing (Thailand), 18-6 ** Semi Finals — Defeated Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine), 17-8 ** Final — Defeated

Mansueto Velasco Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco Jr. (born January 10, 1974) is a Filipino retired boxer, comedian and actor from Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Competing in the 48 kg category he won a gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games and a silver at the 1 ...

(Philippines), 19-6 Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg) *

Yuliyan Strogov Yuliyan Mikhaylov Strogov ( bg, Юлиян Михайлов Строгов; born March 28, 1972) is a boxer from Bulgaria. He was born in Dobrich. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he was stopped in the second round of the Men's Flyweight (51 kg ...

** First Round — Lost to

Damaen Kelly Damaen Kelly (born 3 April 1973) (also incorrectly known as ''Damien Kelly'') is a British former professional boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who competed from 1997 to 2006. He held the IBO flyweight title from 2000 to 2001 and the IBO ...

(Ireland), 11-12 Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg) *

Aleksandar Khristov Aleksandar Khristov ( bg, Александър Христов) (born 28 July 1964) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who became world champion and represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the ...

** First Round — Lost to Carlos Barreto (Venezuela), 3-9 Men's Featherweight (— 57 kg) *

→ Silver Medal ** First Round — Defeated Yevheniy Shestakov (Ukraine), 11-4 ** Second Round — Defeated Robert Peden (Australia), 20-8 ** Quarter Finals — Defeated

Falk Huste Falk Huste (born November 6, 1971 in Greiz, Thüringen) is a boxer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland. He is the ...

(Germany), 14-6 ** Semi Finals — Defeated

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(United States), 10-9 ** Final — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand), 5-8 Men's Lightweight (— 60 kg) *

→ Silver Medal ** First Round — Defeated Oktavian Taykou (Moldova), referee stopped contest in second round ** Second Round — Defeated Dennis Zimba (Zambia), 17-9 ** Quarter Finals — Defeated

Michael Strange Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs (October 1, 1890 – November 5, 1950) was an American poet, playwright and theatre actress. Oelrichs first used the masculine pen name Michael Strange to publish her poetry in order to distance her society reput ...

(Canada), 16-10 ** Semi Finals — Defeated Terrance Cauthen (United States), 15-12 ** Final — Lost to

Hocine Soltani Hocine Soltani (December 1972 – March 2002) was an Algerian boxer, who won two Olympic medals. In 1992, the southpaw placed third in the featherweight division (54–57 kg), and at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the ...

(Algeria), 3-3 (referee decision) Men's Light Welterweight (— 63,5 kg) *

Radoslav Suslekov Radoslav Suslekov ( bg, Радослав Суслеков, born 13 July 1974) is a boxer from Bulgaria. He was born in Burgas. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he was stopped in the first round of the Light welterweight (63.5 kg) divisio ...

** First Round — Lost to

Babak Moghimi Babak Moghimi ( fa, بابک مقیمی; born 1 January 1978) is an Iranian boxer. He competed at the 1996 summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the ...

(Iran), 3-11

Canoeing

Diving

Women's 10m Platform * Radoslava Georgieva ** Semi Finals — 402.54 pt(→ 16th place)

Fencing

Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Bulgaria in 1996. ; Men's épée * Iliya Mechkov ; Women's foil * Anna Angelova * Ivana Georgieva

Gymnastics

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Butterfly *

Denislav Kalchev Denislav Kharalamiev Kalchev ( bg, Денислав Хараламиев Калчев, born 1 July 1973 in Silistra) is a retired butterfly and medley swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team (four men and o ...

** Heat — 54.81 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 200m Individual Medley *

** Heat — 2:08.16 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Tennis

Volleyball

Men's Indoor Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A) ** Lost to Cuba (0-3) ** Defeated Brazil (3-0) ** Lost to Argentina (1-3) ** Defeated Poland (3-0) ** Defeated United States (3-2) *Quarterfinals ** Lost to Netherlands (1-3) *Classification Matches ** 5th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (1-3) ** 7th/8th place: Defeated Argentina (3-1) → 7th place *Team Roster ** Lubomir Ganev **

Ivaylo Gavrilov Ivailo Gavrilov ( bg, Ивайло Гаврилов) (born ) is a former Bulgarian male volleyball player. He was part of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He played for Olympiacos and Moka Rica Forlì Ital ...

** Plamen Hristov ** Evgeni Ivanov ** Nikolay Ivanov **

Plamen Konstantinov Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov ( bg, Пламен Георгиев Константинов) (born 14 June 1973) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, head coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and ...

Lyudmil Naydenov Lyudmil Naydenov ( bg, Людмил Найденов) (born ) is a former Bulgarian male volleyball player. He was part of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship and 1996 Summer Olympics.

** Nayden Naydenov **

Petar Ouzounov Peter Uzunov ( bg, Петър Узунов) (born ) is a former Bulgarian male volleyball player. He was part of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of t ...

Martin Stoev Martin Stoyanov Stoev ( bg, Мартин Стоянов Стоев; born 3 December 1971 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian volleyball coach and former player. He currently is head coach of the Romanian team CVM Tomis Constanța. He played volleyball fro ...

Dimo Tonev Dimo Tonev ( bg, Димо Тонев; born ) is a former Bulgarian male volleyball player. He was part of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship and 1996 Summer Olymp ...

(captain) **

Nikolay Jeliazkov Nikolay Jeliazkov or Zheliazkov ( bg, Николай Желязков) (born ) is a former Bulgarian male volleyball player and coach. He was part of the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship ...

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight * Krastu Milev ** Final — 160.0 + 200.0 = 360.0 (→ 8th place)

Wrestling

References

External links

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