Nikolay Antonov ( bg, Николай Антонов, born 17 August 1968 in

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) is a retired

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n athlete. He started as a

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

sprinter, and won the 1991 World Indoor Championships and 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships. In 1993 he switched to

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 ...

. His personal best time was 20.20 seconds, achieved at the 1991 World Championships earned him the title "the fastest white man on the planet". It is also the Bulgarian record. Antonov defeated

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in the 200 metres in March 1992 at an indoor meet in San Sebastian, Spain. He was timed in 20.51, Lewis in 20.75. His personal best long jump was 8.21 metres, achieved in July 1994 in Plovdiv. This ranks him fifth among Bulgarian long jumpers, behind Ivaylo Mladenov, Atanas Atanasov,

Nikolay Atanasov Nikolay Atanasov ( bg, Николай Атанасов; born 11 December 1974 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Pirgos. He competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2003 and ...

and Petar Dachev.All time best Balkan athletes, men
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Antonov, Nikolay 1968 births Living people People from Razgrad Bulgarian male sprinters Bulgarian male long jumpers Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes of Bulgaria Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Bulgaria World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners

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