Nikolay Antonov (, born 17 August 1968) is a retired Bulgarian athlete. He started as a 200 metres sprinter, and won the 1991 World Indoor Championships and 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships. In 1993 he switched to long jump.
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 Carl Lewis 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 and Petar Dachev. - The Athletics Site (Internet Archive)
International competitions 1986World Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece7th100 m10.53wind: +0.9 m/s4th200 m21.37wind: +0.2 m/s10th (h)4 × 100 m relay40.561988European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 2nd200 m20.651989European Indoor ChampionshipsThe Hague, Bulgaria –200 mDQ1990European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom 2nd200 m21.04European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia5th200 m20.68wind: 0.0 m/s1991World Indoor ChampionshipsSeville, Spain 1st200 m20.67 World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan7th200 m20.59 1992European Indoor ChampionshipsGenoa, Italy 1st200 m20.41Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain6th (sf)200 m20.551993World Indoor ChampionshipsToronto, Canada 5th200 m21.20 World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany 6thLong jump7.97 m1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland22nd (q)Long jump7.63 mwind: 0.0 m/s
See also List of World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (men) List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (men) List of Balkan Athletics Championships winners (men) List of Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners
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