List of Bulgarian sportspeople

Famous or notable Bulgarian sportspeople include:

Athletics Yordanka Blagoeva - Olympic silver and bronze medalist Rostislav Dimitrov Svetla Dimitrova Yordanka Donkova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist Ivanka Khristova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist Tsvetanka Khristova - Olympic silver and bronze medalist Stefka Kostadinova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist Ivet Lalova - European Champion Tereza Marinova - Olympic gold medalist Khristo Markov - Olympic gold medalist Svetla Mitkova Petya Pendareva Mariya Petkova - Double Olympic silver medalist Petar Petrov - Olympic bronze medalist Iva Prandzheva Nikolina Shtereva - Olympic silver medalist Vasilka Stoeva - Olympic bronze medalist Atanas Tarev Daniela Yordanova Diana Yorgova - Olympic silver medalist Ginka Zagorcheva

Badminton Petya Nedelcheva Linda Zechiri

Basketball

Denis Agre Krasimira Bogdanova Diana Dilova-Braynova Vanya Dermendzhieva Silviya Germanova Nadka Golcheva Krasimira Gyurova Kosta Iliev Petkana Makaveeva Penka Metodieva Angelina Mikhaylova Snezhana Mikhaylova Kostadinka Radkova Margarita Shtarkelova Gergina Skerlatova Evladiya Slavcheva-Stefanova Mariya Stoyanova Penka Stoyanova Todorka Yordanova

Biathlon Krasimir Anev Ekaterina Dafovska - Olympic gold medalist Pavlina Filipova Vladimir Iliev Irina Nikulchina - Olympic bronze medalist

Boxing Angel Angelov - Olympic silver medalist Boris Georgiev - Olympic bronze medalist Aleksandar Khristov - Olympic silver medalist Vladimir Kolev - Olympic bronze medalist Georgi Kostadinov - Olympic gold medalist Petar Lesov - Olympic gold medalist Ivailo Marinov - Olympic gold and bronze medalist Ivan Mihailov - Olympic bronze medalist Alexander Nikolov - Olympic bronze medalist Boris Nikolov - Olympic bronze medalist Daniel Petrov - Olympic gold and silver medalist Tervel Pulev - Olympic bronze medalist Svilen Rusinov - Olympic bronze medalist Georgi Stankov - Olympic bronze medalist Serafim Todorov - Olympic silver medalist Tontcho Tontchev - Olympic silver medalist

Canoeing Borislav Ananiev - Olympic bronze medalist Borislav Borisov - Olympic bronze medalist Nikolay Bukhalov - Double Olympic gold medalist Ivan Burtchin - Olympic bronze medalist Fedia Damianov - Olympic bronze medalist Andrian Dushev - Olympic bronze medalist Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova - Olympic gold, double silver and bronze medalist Nikolai Ilkov - Olympic bronze medalist Borislava Ivanova - Olympic bronze medalist Milko Kazanov - Olympic bronze medalist Lazar Khristov - Olympic bronze medalist Lyubomir Lyubenov - Olympic gold and silver medalist Ivan Manev - Olympic bronze medalist Martin Marinov - Double Olympic bronze medalist Petar Merkov - Double Olympic silver medalist Bozhidar Milenkov - Olympic bronze medalist Diana Paliiska - Olympic silver and bronze medalist Ognyana Petrova - Olympic bronze medalist Blagovest Stoyanov - Olympic bronze medalist

Cross-country skiing Ivan Lebanov - Olympic bronze medalist

Equestrian Petar Mandajiev - Olympic silver medalist

Fencing Vasil Etropolski - World Champion

Figure skating Albena Denkova Maxim Staviski

Football

Dimitar Berbatov Georgi Danov Stanimir Dimitrov Nikolay Godzhev Georgi Gradev Krastina Ivanova Milan Karatantchev Kaloyan Kopchev Miroslav Kosev Aneliya Kukunova Blagomir Mastagarkov Yonko Nedelchev Lyubomir Nyagolov Boris Papazov Genko Papazov Dimitar Ralchev Raycho Raychev Samir Seliminski Aleksandar Shalamanov Shaban Shefket Veselin Shulev Hristo Stoichkov Simona Stoyanova Archontis Stoyianov Ivana Taneva Stelian Trasborg Dimitar Tsenovski Yuksel Yumerov

Gymnastics Stoyan Deltchev - Olympic gold and bronze medalist Diana Dudeva - Olympic bronze medalist Adriana Dunavska - Olympic silver medalist Lubomir Geraskov - Olympic gold medalist Maria Gigova - Multiple World Champion Diliana Gueorguieva Lilia Ignatova Zhaneta Ilieva - Olympic bronze medalist Velik Kapsazov - Olympic bronze medalist Eleonora Kezhova - Olympic bronze medalist Elizabeth Koleva Mila Marinova Zornitsa Marinova - Olympic bronze medalist Sylvia Miteva Elizabeth Paisieva Bianka Panova Simona Peycheva Diana Popova Iliana Raeva Anelia Ralenkova Kristina Rangelova - Olympic bronze medalist Neshka Robeva Boriana Stoyanova - World Champion Ivelina Taleva - Olympic silver medalist Galina Tancheva - Olympic bronze medalist Vladislava Tancheva - Olympic bronze medalist Julia Trashlieva Yordan Yovchev - Olympic silver, triple olympic bronze medalist

Martial arts Tsvetana Bozhilova - judoka Georgi Georgiev - Olympic bronze medalist judoka Alexandar Komanov - karateka and mixed martial arts fighter Iliyan Nedkov - Olympic bronze medalist judoka Aleksandra Stubleva - karateka Stanoy Tabakov - sambo and mixed martial arts fighter Betina Temelkova (born 1997) - Bulgarian-Israeli judoka Dimitar Zapryanov - Olympic silver medalist judoka

Rowing Anka Bakova - Olympic bronze medalist Lalka Berberova - Olympic silver medalist Rumelyana Boncheva - Olympic bronze medalist Bogdan Dobrev - Olympic bronze medalist Nadiya Filipova - Olympic silver medalist Anka Georgieva - Olympic bronze medalist Kapka Georgieva - Olympic silver medalist Magdalena Georgieva - Olympic bronze medalist Ginka Gyurova - Double Olympic silver medalist Siyka Kelbecheva - Olympic gold and bronze medalist Stoyanka Kurbatova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist Stefka Madina - Olympic bronze medalist Mariyka Modeva - Double Olympic silver medalist Dolores Nakova - Olympic bronze medalist Rumyana Neykova - Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist Mincho Nikolov - Olympic bronze medalist Violeta Ninova - Olympic bronze medalist Svetla Otsetova - Olympic gold medalist Lyubomir Petrov - Olympic bronze medalist Ivo Rusev - Olympic bronze medalist Mariana Serbezova - Olympic bronze medalist Radka Stoyanova - Olympic silver medalist Rita Todorova - Olympic silver medalist Lilyana Vaseva - Olympic silver medalist Iskra Velinova - Olympic silver medalist Ivo Yanakiev - Olympic bronze medalist Reni Yordanova - Olympic silver medalist Zdravka Yordanova - Olympic gold medalist

Shooting Lyubcho Dyakov - Olympic bronze medalist Maria Grozdeva - Double Olympic gold, triple Olympic bronze medalist Tanyu Kiryakov - Double Olympic gold medalist Vesela Letcheva - Double Olympic silver medalist Nonka Matova - Olympic silver medalist Emil Milev - Olympic silver medalist

Skiing Kilian Albrecht - alpine skiing Marina Georgieva-Nikolova - Short track speed skiing Petar Popangelov - alpine skiing Evgenia Radanova - Double Olympic silver and Olympic bronze medalist in short track speed skiing Kiril Trayanov - alpine skiing and vert skating Vladimir Zografski - World junior champion in ski jumping

Snowboarding Aleksandra Zhekova

Swimming Mihail Alexandrov Tanya Dangalakova - Olympic gold medalist Antoaneta Frenkeva - Olympic silver and bronze medalist Bistra Gospodinova Denislav Kalchev Ivanka Moralieva Petar Stoychev - World Champion in open water swimming

Table tennis Daniela Guergueltcheva - European Champion

Tennis Grigor Dimitrov Sesil Karatantcheva Katerina Maleeva Magdalena Maleeva Manuela Maleeva Tsvetana Pironkova

Vert skating Pavel Mitrenga

Volleyball Todor Aleksiev Yordan Angelov - Olympic silver medalist Verka Borisova - Olympic bronze medalist Tsvetana Bozhurina - Olympic bronze medalist Dimitar Dimitrov - Olympic silver medalist Stefan Dimitrov - Olympic silver medalist Rositsa Dimitrova - Olympic bronze medalist Tanya Dimitrova - Olympic bronze medalist Maya Georgieva - Olympic bronze medalist Margarita Gerasimova - Olympic bronze medalist Tanya Gogova - Olympic bronze medalist Stoyan Gunchev - Olympic silver medalist Hristo Iliev - Olympic silver medalist Valentina Ilieva - Olympic bronze medalist Rumyana Kaisheva - Olympic bronze medalist Matey Kaziyski Anka Khristolova - Olympic bronze medalist Petko Petkov - Olympic silver medalist Kristiana Petlichka Silviya Petrunova - Olympic bronze medalist Dobriana Rabadzhieva Teodor Salparov Kaspar Simeonov - Olympic silver medalist Tsvetan Sokolov Vanya Sokolova Galina Stancheva - Olympic bronze medalist Hristo Stoyanov - Olympic silver medalist Radostin Stoychev Mitko Todorov - Olympic silver medalist Tsano Tsanov - Olympic silver medalist Hristo Tsvetanov Emil Valtchev - Olympic silver medalist Antonina Zetova Dimitar Zlatanov - Olympic silver medalist

Weightlifting Yordan Bikov - Olympic gold medalist Blagoy Blagoev - Olympic silver medalist Galabin Boevski - Olympic gold medalist Stefan Botev - Double olympic bronze medalist Velichko Cholakov - Olympic bronze medalist Milen Dobrev - Olympic gold medalist Borislav Gidikov - Olympic gold medalist Valentin Hristov - Olympic silver medalist Ivan Ivanov - Olympic gold medalist Nedelcho Kolev - Olympic bronze medalist Aleksandar Kraychev - Olympic silver medalist Mladen Kuchev - Olympic silver medalist Sevdalin Marinov - Olympic gold medalist Georgi Markov - Olympic silver medalist Sevdalin Minchev - Olympic bronze medalist Yordan Mitkov - Olympic gold medalist Andon Nikolov - Olympic gold medalist Norair Nurikyan - Double Olympic gold medalist Nikolay Peshalov - Olympic gold, silver, double bronze medalist Yanko Rusev - Olympic gold medalist Krastyu Semerdzhiev - Olympic silver medalist Atanas Shopov - Olympic silver and bronze medalist Trendafil Stoychev - Olympic silver medalist Georgi Todorov - Olympic silver medalist Stefan Topurov - Olympic silver medalist Alan Tsagaev - Olympic silver medalist Aleksandar Varbanov - Olympic bronze medalist Valentin Yordanov - Olympic gold and bronze medalist Yoto Yotov - Double Olympic silver medalist Asen Zlatev - Olympic gold medalist

Wrestling Ismail Abilov - Olympic gold medalist Lyutvi Ahmedov - Olympic silver medalist Ivo Angelov - World champion Stefan Angelov - Double Olympic bronze medalist Stoyan Apostolov - Olympic silver medalist Stoyan Balov - Olympic silver medalist Serafim Barzakov - Olympic silver medalist Krali Bimbalov - Olympic silver medalist Slavcho Chervenkov - Olympic silver medalist Dimitar Dobrev - Olympic gold and silver medalist Vladimir Dubov - World silver medalist Miho Dukov - Olympic silver medalist Osman Duraliev - Olympic silver medalist Prodan Gardzhev - Olympic gold and bronze medalist Rangel Gerovski - Olympic silver medalist Valentin Getsov - Olympic silver medalist Kamen Goranov - Olympic silver medalist Hasan Isaev - Olympic gold medalist Angel Kerezov - Olympic silver medalist Petar Kirov - Double Olympic gold medalist Ivan Kolev - Olympic bronze medalist Stancho Kolev - Double Olympic silver medalist Atanas Komchev - Olympic gold medalist Dimo Kostov - Olympic bronze medalist Georgi Markov - Olympic gold medalist Hussein Mehmedov - Olympic silver medalist Mladen Mladenov - Olympic bronze medalist Said Mustafov - Olympic bronze medalist Armen Nazaryan - Double Olympic gold medalist Ognyan Nikolov - Olympic silver medalist Stoyan Nikolov - Olympic silver medalist Pavel Pavlov - Olympic bronze medalist Dinko Petrov - Olympic bronze medalist Kiril Petkov - Olympic silver medalist Boyan Radev - Double Olympic gold medalist Valentin Raychev - Olympic gold medalist Georgi Raykov - Olympic gold medalist Alexander Rusev - Professional wrestler Nermedin Selimov - Olympic bronze medalist Simeon Shterev - Olympic bronze medalist Petko Sirakov - Olympic silver medalist Nikola Stanchev - Olympic gold medalist Rahmat Sukra - Olympic bronze medalist Kiril Terziev - Olympic bronze medalist Enyu Todorov - Olympic silver medalist Aleksandar Tomov - Triple Olympic silver medalist Bratan Tsenov - Olympic bronze medalist Ivan Tsonov - Olympic silver medalist Enyu Valchev - Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist Zhivko Vangelov - Olympic silver medalist Radoslav Velikov - Olympic bronze medalist Yavor Yanakiev - Olympic bronze medalist Ivan Yankov - Olympic silver medalist Valentin Yordanov - Olympic gold and bronze medalist Taybe Yusein - Double World silver medalist