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href="/wiki/2009_Wimbledon_Championships" title="2009 Wimbledon Championships">2009 Wimbledon Championships</a> first round.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> has established traditions in a great variety of sports. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olympics">Olympics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the Olympics">Bulgaria at the Olympics</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Olympian_Swimming_pool,_Varna.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Olympian_Swimming_pool%2C_Varna.jpg/250px-Olympian_Swimming_pool%2C_Varna.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Olympian_Swimming_pool%2C_Varna.jpg/500px-Olympian_Swimming_pool%2C_Varna.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>An Olympic-standard swimming pool in <a href="/wiki/Varna,_Bulgaria" title="Varna, Bulgaria">Varna</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bulgaria participates both in the Summer and Winter Olympics, and its first appearance dates back to the <a href="/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics" title="1896 Summer Olympics">first modern Olympic Games</a> in 1896, when the Swiss gymnast <a href="/wiki/Charles_Champaud" title="Charles Champaud">Charles Champaud</a> represented the country. Since then Bulgaria has appeared in most Summer Olympiads, and as of 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Bulgaria&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> has won a total of 224 medals: 54 gold, 88 silver, and 82 bronze. The most successful participations took place at <a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">Munich</a> (21 medals), <a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics" title="1976 Summer Olympics">Montreal</a> (22 medals), <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">Moscow</a> (41), <a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">Seoul</a> (35). At the Winter Olympic Games, Bulgaria has a less impressive record: only 6 medals (of which only one gold) out of 19 participations. </p><p>Some of the most prominent Olympians include <a href="/wiki/Mariya_Grozdeva" class="mw-redirect" title="Mariya Grozdeva">Mariya Grozdeva</a> (shooting), <a href="/wiki/Ekaterina_Dafovska" title="Ekaterina Dafovska">Ekaterina Dafovska</a> (biathlon), <a href="/wiki/Armen_Nazaryan" title="Armen Nazaryan">Armen Nazaryan</a> (wrestling), <a href="/wiki/Stefka_Kostadinova" title="Stefka Kostadinova">Stefka Kostadinova</a> (high jump, holder of the world record since 1987), <a href="/wiki/Yordanka_Donkova" title="Yordanka Donkova">Yordanka Donkova</a> (100 m, holder of the world record since 1988), <a href="/wiki/Yordan_Yovchev" title="Yordan Yovchev">Yordan Yovchev</a> (gymnastics), <a href="/wiki/Neshka_Robeva" title="Neshka Robeva">Neshka Robeva</a> (gymnastics), <a href="/wiki/Rumyana_Neykova" title="Rumyana Neykova">Rumyana Neykova</a> (rowing). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wrestling" title="Wrestling">Wrestling</a> is the most successful discipline. Bulgarian wrestlers have earned a total of 68 medals - 16 gold, 32 silver and 20 bronze. <a href="/wiki/Olympic_weightlifting" title="Olympic weightlifting">Weightlifting</a> is the second most successful sports with a total of 36 medals. Without doubt this is one of Bulgaria's highest priority sports with around 1,000 gold medals in different competitions, although cases of <a href="/wiki/Doping_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doping (sport)">doping</a> have occurred among Bulgarian weightlifters, which led to the expulsion of the entire Bulgarian team from the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a>, and their voluntary withdrawal from the <a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988 Summer Olympics</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Botev" title="Stefan Botev">Stefan Botev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikolaj_Pe%C5%A1alov" title="Nikolaj Pešalov">Nikolay Peshalov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Demir_Demirev" title="Demir Demirev">Demir Demirev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asen_Zlatev" title="Asen Zlatev">Asen Zlatev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blagoy_Blagoev" title="Blagoy Blagoev">Blagoy Blagoev</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yoto_Yotov" title="Yoto Yotov">Yoto Yotov</a> figure among the most distinguished weightlifters. <a href="/wiki/Naim_S%C3%BCleymano%C4%9Flu" title="Naim Süleymanoğlu">Naim Süleymanoğlu</a> an ethnic Turk, originally trained and competed for Bulgaria before defecting and competing for Turkey. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">Shooting sports</a> have also proven to be among Bulgaria's strongest disciplines. <a href="/wiki/Mariya_Grozdeva" class="mw-redirect" title="Mariya Grozdeva">Mariya Grozdeva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tanyu_Kiryakov" title="Tanyu Kiryakov">Tanyu Kiryakov</a> have won Olympic gold medals. <a href="/wiki/Ekaterina_Dafovska" title="Ekaterina Dafovska">Ekaterina Dafovska</a> won the Olympic gold in <a href="/wiki/Biathlon" title="Biathlon">biathlon</a> in the 1998 Winter Olympic Games, while <a href="/wiki/Evgenia_Radanova" title="Evgenia Radanova">Evgenia Radanova</a> is the most successful Bulgarian winter olympian with 3 medals in <a href="/wiki/Short_track_speed_skating" class="mw-redirect" title="Short track speed skating">short track speed skating</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Association_football">Association football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Association football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Football_in_Bulgaria" title="Football in Bulgaria">Football in Bulgaria</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> is the most popular sport in Bulgaria. Many Bulgarians closely follow the top Bulgarian league, currently known as the <a href="/wiki/First_Professional_Football_League_(Bulgaria)" title="First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)">First Professional Football League</a>; as well as the leagues of other European countries. The <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_football_team" title="Bulgaria national football team">national team</a> achieved its greatest success with a fourth-place finish at the <a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994 FIFA World Cup</a> in the United States. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mitko_Berbatov.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Mitko_Berbatov.jpg/150px-Mitko_Berbatov.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Mitko_Berbatov.jpg/225px-Mitko_Berbatov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Mitko_Berbatov.jpg/300px-Mitko_Berbatov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1899" data-file-height="2614" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dimitar_Berbatov" title="Dimitar Berbatov">Dimitar Berbatov</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Dimitar_Berbatov" title="Dimitar Berbatov">Dimitar Berbatov</a> (Димитър Бербатов) currently<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Bulgaria&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> ranks as one of the most famous Bulgarian football players. As of season 2012/2013, he plays for FC Fulham, rejoining with manager Martin Jol who brought him to England. Berbatov also spent four seasons at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester United">Manchester United</a>, where he scored his first two goals for the team in their 3–0 win away to <a href="/wiki/AaB_Fodbold" title="AaB Fodbold">Aalborg</a> in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_2008%E2%80%9309_group_stage" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Champions League 2008–09 group stage">Champions League group stage</a> on 30 September 2008, less than a month after he joined the team.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Georgi_Asparuhov" title="Georgi Asparuhov">Georgi Asparuhov</a>, nicknamed Gundi (1943–1971), also became extremely popular at home and abroad, having had offers from clubs in Italy and Portugal, and having won the Bulgarian football player No.1 award for the twentieth century.<sup id="cite_ref-capital_bg_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-capital_bg-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hristo_Stoichkov" title="Hristo Stoichkov">Hristo Stoichkov</a> has arguably become the best-known Bulgarian footballer of all time. His career peaked between 1992 and 1995, while he played for <a href="/wiki/FC_Barcelona" title="FC Barcelona">FC Barcelona</a>, winning the <a href="/wiki/European_Footballer_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="European Footballer of the Year">Ballon d'Or</a> in 1994. Additionally, he featured in the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_100" title="FIFA 100">FIFA 100</a> rankings. Three Bulgarians have won the European top scorers' <a href="/wiki/European_Golden_Shoe" title="European Golden Shoe">Golden Boot</a> award: <a href="/wiki/Hristo_Stoichkov" title="Hristo Stoichkov">Hristo Stoichkov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgi_Slavkov" title="Georgi Slavkov">Georgi Slavkov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Petar_Jekov" class="mw-redirect" title="Petar Jekov">Petar Jekov</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Sofia" title="PFC CSKA Sofia">CSKA Sofia</a> is one of the two best-performing Bulgarian football clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/PFC_Levski_Sofia" title="PFC Levski Sofia">Levski Sofia</a> became the first Bulgarian team to participate in the modern <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> in 2006/2007. <a href="/wiki/PFC_Slavia_Sofia" title="PFC Slavia Sofia">Slavia Sofia</a>, <a href="/wiki/PFC_Lokomotiv_Sofia" class="mw-redirect" title="PFC Lokomotiv Sofia">Lokomotiv Sofia</a> and <a href="/wiki/PFC_Litex_Lovech" class="mw-redirect" title="PFC Litex Lovech">Litex Lovech</a> have often played in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a>. More recently, <a href="/wiki/PFC_Ludogorets_Razgrad" title="PFC Ludogorets Razgrad">Ludogorets Razgrad</a> have become the country's dominant team, with an ongoing streak of six top-flight titles (2012–17). Other popular clubs include <a href="/wiki/PFC_Botev_Plovdiv" class="mw-redirect" title="PFC Botev Plovdiv">Botev Plovdiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/PFC_Cherno_More_Varna" title="PFC Cherno More Varna">Cherno More Varna</a>, <a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Varna" title="FC Spartak Varna">Spartak Varna</a> and <a href="/wiki/PFC_Lokomotiv_Plovdiv" title="PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv">Lokomotiv Plovdiv</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Volleyball">Volleyball</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Volleyball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_volleyball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national volleyball team">Bulgaria men's national volleyball team</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bulgaria_men%27s_national_volleyball_team_2014.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_volleyball_team_2014.JPG/253px-Bulgaria_men%27s_national_volleyball_team_2014.JPG" decoding="async" width="253" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_volleyball_team_2014.JPG/380px-Bulgaria_men%27s_national_volleyball_team_2014.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_volleyball_team_2014.JPG/506px-Bulgaria_men%27s_national_volleyball_team_2014.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4588" data-file-height="2756" /></a><figcaption>The team in 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>In its men's national volleyball side, controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Volleyball_Federation" title="Bulgarian Volleyball Federation">Bulgarian Volleyball Federation</a>, Bulgaria fields one of the leading <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a> teams in Europe and the world. As of January  2009<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Bulgaria&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the team held 4th place in the world according to <a href="/wiki/FIVB" class="mw-redirect" title="FIVB">FIVB</a> rankings.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bulgaria has regularly featured in the Top 10, and has earned <a href="/wiki/Silver_medal" title="Silver medal">silver medals</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Summer Olympics</a>, the 1970 <a href="/wiki/FIVB_Volleyball_Men%27s_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship">FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship</a> and the 1951 <a href="/wiki/Men%27s_European_Volleyball_Championship" title="Men's European Volleyball Championship">European Championship</a>, as well as numerous bronze medals, including at the <a href="/wiki/2007_FIVB_Men%27s_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 FIVB Men's World Cup">2007 World Cup</a> in Japan. As of 2009<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Bulgaria&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the most popular Bulgarian volleyball players include <a href="/wiki/Plamen_Konstantinov" title="Plamen Konstantinov">Plamen Konstantinov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matey_Kaziyski" title="Matey Kaziyski">Matey Kaziyski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Nikolov_(volleyball)" title="Vladimir Nikolov (volleyball)">Vladimir Nikolov</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rugby_union">Rugby union</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rugby union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Bulgaria" title="Rugby union in Bulgaria">Rugby union in Bulgaria</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rugby_match-_Bulgaria_-_Andora.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Rugby_match-_Bulgaria_-_Andora.jpg/254px-Rugby_match-_Bulgaria_-_Andora.jpg" decoding="async" width="254" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Rugby_match-_Bulgaria_-_Andora.jpg/381px-Rugby_match-_Bulgaria_-_Andora.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Rugby_match-_Bulgaria_-_Andora.jpg/508px-Rugby_match-_Bulgaria_-_Andora.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Bulgaria vs. Andora (2019)</figcaption></figure> <p>Rugby union in Bulgaria dates back to the 1960s, possibly earlier. Bulgaria also has its own international men, women's and sevens teams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_sports">Other sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bulgaria boasts great achievements in a great variety of other sports. <a href="/wiki/Maria_Gigova" title="Maria Gigova">Maria Gigova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maria_Petrova_(rhythmic_gymnast)" title="Maria Petrova (rhythmic gymnast)">Maria Petrova</a> have each held a record of three world-titles in <a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_gymnastics" title="Rhythmic gymnastics">rhythmic gymnastics</a>. Other famous gymnasts include <a href="/wiki/Simona_Peycheva" title="Simona Peycheva">Simona Peycheva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neshka_Robeva" title="Neshka Robeva">Neshka Robeva</a> (a highly successful coach as well). Bulgarian rhythmic gymnasts were particularly successful during the 1980s, forming a generation of gymnasts known as the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Girls_of_Bulgaria" title="Golden Girls of Bulgaria">Golden Girls of Bulgaria</a>. <a href="/wiki/Yordan_Yovchev" title="Yordan Yovchev">Yordan Yovchev</a> ranks as the most famous Bulgarian competitor in <a href="/wiki/Artistic_Gymnastics" class="mw-redirect" title="Artistic Gymnastics">Artistic Gymnastics</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Wrestling" title="Wrestling">wrestling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boyan_Radev" title="Boyan Radev">Boyan Radev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serafim_Barzakov" title="Serafim Barzakov">Serafim Barzakov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armen_Nazaryan" title="Armen Nazaryan">Armen Nazaryan</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Plamen_Slavov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Plamen Slavov (page does not exist)">Plamen Slavov</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiril_Sirakov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kiril Sirakov (page does not exist)">Kiril Sirakov</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sergey_Moreyko&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sergey Moreyko (page does not exist)">Sergey Moreyko</a> rank as world-class wrestlers. <a href="/wiki/Dan_Kolov" title="Dan Kolov">Dan Kolov</a> became a wrestling legend in the early 20th century while living in United States. Out of 1576 matches, he has 75 recorded losses. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Topalov-Kamsky-game-2-18-02-2009.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Topalov-Kamsky-game-2-18-02-2009.JPG/330px-Topalov-Kamsky-game-2-18-02-2009.JPG" decoding="async" width="252" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Topalov-Kamsky-game-2-18-02-2009.JPG/500px-Topalov-Kamsky-game-2-18-02-2009.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Topalov-Kamsky-game-2-18-02-2009.JPG/960px-Topalov-Kamsky-game-2-18-02-2009.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1016" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">World Chess Championship</a> - Challengers Match <a href="/wiki/Topalov" title="Topalov">Topalov</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kamsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamsky">Kamsky</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>, 2009: Round 2.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bulgarians have made many significant achievements in athletics. <a href="/wiki/Stefka_Kostadinova" title="Stefka Kostadinova">Stefka Kostadinova</a>, who still holds the women's <a href="/wiki/High_jump" title="High jump">high jump</a> world record, jumped 209 centimetres at the <a href="/wiki/1987_World_Championships_in_Athletics" title="1987 World Championships in Athletics">1987 World Championships in Athletics</a> in Rome to clinch the coveted title. <a href="/wiki/Yordanka_Donkova" title="Yordanka Donkova">Yordanka Donkova</a> held the world record in the 100 meters hurdles with 12.21 seconds set in Stara Zagora on 21 August 1988 for 28 years until it was broken in 2016 by <a href="/wiki/Kendra_Harrison" title="Kendra Harrison">Kendra Harrison</a>. Presently<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Bulgaria&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Bulgaria takes pride in its sprinters, especially <a href="/wiki/Ivet_Lalova" class="mw-redirect" title="Ivet Lalova">Ivet Lalova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tezdzhan_Naimova" title="Tezdzhan Naimova">Tezdzhan Naimova</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">Chess</a> has achieved great popularity. One of the top chess-masters and a former world champion, <a href="/wiki/Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov">Veselin Topalov</a>, plays for Bulgaria. At the end of 2005, both men's and women's world chess-champions came from Bulgaria, as well as the junior world champion. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Albena_Denkova" title="Albena Denkova">Albena Denkova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maxim_Staviski" title="Maxim Staviski">Maxim Staviski</a> have won the ISU world figure skating championships twice in a row (2006 and 2007) for ice-dance. </p><p>Bulgarians have also achieved major successes in <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Maleeva_sisters" title="Maleeva sisters">Maleeva sisters</a>: <a href="/wiki/Katerina_Maleeva" title="Katerina Maleeva">Katerina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manuela_Maleeva" title="Manuela Maleeva">Manuela</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magdalena_Maleeva" title="Magdalena Maleeva">Magdalena</a>, have each reached the top ten in world rankings, and became the only set of three sisters ranked in the top ten at the same time. Bulgaria has other well-known tennis players such as <a href="/wiki/Tsvetana_Pironkova" title="Tsvetana Pironkova">Tsvetana Pironkova</a> a Grand Slam semi-finalist and two-time Grand Slam quarter-finalist, <a href="/wiki/Sesil_Karatancheva" class="mw-redirect" title="Sesil Karatancheva">Sesil Karatancheva</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grigor_Dimitrov" title="Grigor Dimitrov">Grigor Dimitrov</a>, a two-time junior Grand Slam champion, 2014 Wimbledon semi-finalist, 2017 Australian Open semi-finalist, 2019 US Open semi-finalist and 2017 World Tour Finals champion. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Boyan_Petrov" title="Boyan Petrov">Boyan Petrov</a> (Bulgarian: Боян Петров, born 7 February 1973) is a Bulgarian zoologist and mountaineer, working at the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia.[1] As of July 2016, he has climbed 8 eight-thousanders, all without supplementary oxygen. This achievement makes him Bulgarian altitude climber with the highest number of peaks over 8000 meters. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Petar_Stoychev" title="Petar Stoychev">Petar Stoychev</a> (Петър Стойчев) set a new swimming world record for crossing the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> in 2007. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_first_ever_Aussie_rules_football_game_in_Bulgaria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/The_first_ever_Aussie_rules_football_game_in_Bulgaria.jpg/253px-The_first_ever_Aussie_rules_football_game_in_Bulgaria.jpg" decoding="async" width="253" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/The_first_ever_Aussie_rules_football_game_in_Bulgaria.jpg/380px-The_first_ever_Aussie_rules_football_game_in_Bulgaria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/The_first_ever_Aussie_rules_football_game_in_Bulgaria.jpg/506px-The_first_ever_Aussie_rules_football_game_in_Bulgaria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2278" data-file-height="1519" /></a><figcaption>Sofia Magpies vs Zagreb Hawks - the first ever Aussie rules football game in Bulgaria (06.04.2019)</figcaption></figure> <p>The country has strong traditions in <a href="/wiki/Amateur_boxing" title="Amateur boxing">amateur boxing</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Martial_arts" title="Martial arts">martial-arts</a> competitions. Bulgaria has achieved major success with its <a href="/wiki/Judo" title="Judo">judo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karate" title="Karate">karate</a> teams in European and World championships. Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov, best known as <a href="/wiki/Koto%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB_Katsunori" title="Kotoōshū Katsunori">Kotoōshū Katsunori</a>, has become well-known worldwide for his <a href="/wiki/Sumo" title="Sumo">sumo</a> prowess, becoming the first European to earn the title <a href="/wiki/Makuuchi#Ōzeki" title="Makuuchi">ozeki</a> in Japan. Bulgaria has also won several European sumo championships, and is often among the top competitors in this sport. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_cricket_team" title="Bulgaria national cricket team">Bulgaria national cricket team</a> became an associate member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Cricket_Council" title="International Cricket Council">ICC</a> in 2017. </p><p>Bulgaria intended to host the <a href="/wiki/2020_FIBA_Under-17_Basketball_World_Cup" title="2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup">2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup</a> with <a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a> as the host city between July 4 and 12 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/21/sports/summer-2004-games-weight-lifting-olympic-weight-can-one-man-lift-greece.html">"Medals"</a>. 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Aquatics <ul><li>Diving</li> <li>Swimming</li> <li>Synchronized Swimming</li> <li>Water polo</li></ul></li> <li>Archery</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Athletic_Federation" title="Bulgarian Athletic Federation">Athletics</a></li> <li>Badminton</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Basketball_Federation" title="Bulgarian Basketball Federation">Basketball</a></li> <li>Boxing</li> <li>Canoeing</li> <li>Cycling</li> <li>Equestrian</li> <li>Fencing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Hockey_Federation" title="Bulgarian Hockey Federation">Field hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Football_Union" title="Bulgarian Football Union">Football</a></li> <li>Golf</li> <li>Gymnastics</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Handball_Federation" title="Bulgarian Handball Federation">Handball</a></li> <li>Judo</li> <li>Modern pentathlon</li> <li>Rugby 7's</li> <li>Rowing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Sailing_Federation" title="Bulgarian Sailing Federation">Sailing</a></li> <li>Shooting <ul><li>Practical Shooting</li></ul></li> <li>Table tennis</li> <li>Taekwondo</li> <li>Tennis</li> <li>Triathlon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Volleyball_Federation" title="Bulgarian Volleyball Federation">Volleyball</a> <ul><li>Beach Volleyball</li></ul></li> <li>Weightlifting</li> <li>Wrestling</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/160px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/240px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/320px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" 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href="/wiki/Tsardom_of_Bulgaria_(1908%E2%80%931946)" title="Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946)">3rd Tsardom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_during_World_War_I" title="Bulgaria during World War I">War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_during_World_War_II" title="Bulgaria during World War II">War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Bulgaria" title="People's Republic of Bulgaria">People's Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bulgaria_since_1990" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Bulgaria since 1990">Bulgaria since 1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Bulgaria" title="Geography of Bulgaria">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_Mountains" title="Balkan Mountains">Balkan Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkan Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Black_Sea_Coast" title="Bulgarian Black Sea Coast">Black Sea coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Bulgaria" title="List of cities and towns in Bulgaria">Cities and towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Bulgaria" title="List of earthquakes in Bulgaria">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Bulgaria" title="List of islands of Bulgaria">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Bulgaria" title="Provinces of Bulgaria">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirin" title="Pirin">Pirin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rila" title="Rila">Rila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Bulgaria" title="List of rivers of Bulgaria">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodope_Mountains" title="Rhodope Mountains">Rhodope Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sredna_Gora" title="Sredna Gora">Sredna Gora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Bulgaria" title="List of villages in Bulgaria">Villages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Bulgaria" title="Politics of Bulgaria">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Bulgaria" title="Constitution of Bulgaria">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Bulgaria" title="Elections in Bulgaria">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Bulgaria" title="Foreign relations of Bulgaria">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Bulgaria" title="Government of Bulgaria">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Bulgaria" title="Human rights in Bulgaria">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Bulgaria">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Bulgaria" title="Law of Bulgaria">Law</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Bulgaria" title="Law enforcement in Bulgaria">enforcement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Armed_Forces" title="Bulgarian Armed Forces">Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_(Bulgaria)" title="Chief of the Defence (Bulgaria)">Chief of the Defence</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Bulgaria)" title="National Assembly (Bulgaria)">National Assembly</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairperson_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Bulgaria" title="Chairperson of the National Assembly of Bulgaria">Chairperson</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Bulgaria" title="List of political parties in Bulgaria">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Bulgaria" title="President of Bulgaria">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Bulgaria" title="Prime Minister of Bulgaria">Prime Minister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Bulgaria" title="Economy of Bulgaria">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Bulgaria" title="Agriculture in Bulgaria">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statistics_about_the_economy_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Statistics about the economy of Bulgaria">Economic statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Bulgaria" title="Energy in Bulgaria">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industry_of_Bulgaria" title="Industry of Bulgaria">Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_lev" title="Bulgarian lev">Lev <span style="font-size: 85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_National_Bank" title="Bulgarian National Bank">National bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Bulgaria" title="Science and technology in Bulgaria">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Stock_Exchange_%E2%80%93_Sofia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia">Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Bulgaria" title="Tourism in Bulgaria">Tourism</a></li> 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title="Bulgarian cuisine">Cuisine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_wine" title="Bulgarian wine">wine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_customs" title="Bulgarian customs">Customs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_dances" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulgarian dances">Dances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_literature" title="Bulgarian literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bulgaria" title="Music of Bulgaria">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Bulgaria" title="Public holidays in Bulgaria">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Bulgaria" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div 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Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Denmark" title="Sport in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Estonia" title="Sport in Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Finland" title="Sport in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_France" title="Sport in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Georgia_(country)" title="Sport in Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Germany" title="Sport in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Greece" title="Sport in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Iceland" title="Sport in Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport in the Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Israel" title="Sport in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a 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