# 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
* Lachezar Dafkov
* Georgi Danov
* Stanimir Dimitrov
* Emil Donchev
* Nikolay Godzhev
* Georgi Gradev
* Stoyan Grigorov
* Krastina Ivanova
* Milan Karatantchev
* Kaloyan Kopchev
* Miroslav Kosev
* Aneliya Kukunova
* Blagomir Mastagarkov
* Aleksandar Mitushev
* Yonko Nedelchev
* Lyubomir Nyagolov
* Boris Papazov
* Genko Papazov
* Hristo Petev
* Dimitar Ralchev
* Tsvetelin Ralchovski
* Raycho Raychev
* Svetoslav Sakadzhiyski
* 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
* 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
* Nejdet Zalev - Olympic silver medalist
* Stanka Zlateva - Double Olympic silver medalist