site.bta46 Bulgarian Athletes to Vie for Olympic Glory in Paris

Boxer Stanimira Petrova and swimmer Lyubomir Epitropov have been named as Bulgaria’s joint flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday, July 26. For 19 days, more than 10,000 athletes from 206 nations will compete in 32 different sports in the world's foremost sports competition.

Since the creation of the modern Olympics in 1896, Bulgaria has won a total of 224 medals, including 54 gold medals, 88 silver medals and 82 bronze medals. This ranks the country 21st in the all-time Olympic Games medal table.

The Bulgarian delegation at the 2024 Summer Olympics consists of 115 people, including athletes, coaches, medical staff and officials. BOC President Stefka Kostadinova is the head of the delegation. A total of 46 Bulgarian athletes claimed 41 Olympic quotas, including Petrova and Epitropov. The 25-year-old swimmer will compete in the men's 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke events while two-time European champion Petrova will participate in the 54 kg event in the women’s boxing tournament.

In Paris, Bulgaria will be represented by athletes in 16 sports – rhythmic gymnastics (7 athletes), athletics (5 athletes), boxing (5 athletes), wrestling (5 athletes), swimming (4 athletes), badminton (3 athletes), weightlifting (3 ahtletes), rowing (2 athletes), judo (2 athletes), artistic gymnastics (2 athletes), shooting (2 athletes), canoe sprint (1 athlete), modern pentathlon (1 athlete), tennis (1 athlete), fencing (1 athlete), and taekwondo (1 athlete).

The Bulgarian delegation also includes a team of 40 coaches, 13 medical professionals and 9 officials.

The Paris 2024 Olympics will take place between July 26 and August 11.

Following is the full list of 115 members of Bulgaria’s Olympic delegation in Paris 2024:

Total number of athletes: 46

Badminton:

Kaloyana Nalbantova - Women's Singles

Gabriela Stoeva – Women’s Doubles

Stefani Stoeva – Women’s Doubles

Boxing:

Stanimira Petrova - Women's 54 kg

Svetlana Staneva - Women's 57 kg

Javier Ibanez Diaz – Men’s 57 kg

Radoslav Rosenov – Men’s 63.5 kg

Rami Kiwan – Men’s 71 kg

Wrestling:

Bilyana Dudova - Women's Freestyle 62 kg

Yuliana Yaneva - Women's Freestyle 76kg

Aik Mnatsakanian - Men's Greco-Roman 77kg

Magomed Ramazanov - Men's Freestyle 86 kg

Semen Novikov - Men's Greco-Roman 87kg

Weightlifting:

Ivan Dimov – Men's 61kg

Bozhidar Andreev – Men’s 73 kg

Karlos Nasar – Men’s 89 kg

Rowing:

Kristian Vasilev - Men's Single Sculls

Desislava Angelova - Women's Single Sculls

Judo:

Ivaylo Ivanov - Men’s 90 kg

Mark Hristov - Men’s 73 kg

Canoe Sprint:

Pamela Ivanova - Women's Kayak Single 500m

Athletics:

Mirela Demireva - Women's High Jump

Tihomir Ivanov - Men’s High Jump

Bozhidar Saraboyukov - Men's Long Jump

Plamena Mitkova - Women’s Long Jump

Gabriela Petrova - Women's Triple Jump

Modern Pentathlon:

Todor Mihalev - Men's Individual

Swimming:

Gabriela Georgieva - Women's 100m Backstroke; Women's 200m Backstroke

Petar Mitsin – Men’s 400m Freestyle; Men’s 200m Butterfly

Josif Miladinov - Men's 100m Butterfly

Lyubomir Epitropov - Men's 100m Breaststroke; Men's 200m Breaststroke

Artistic Gymnastics:

Kevin Penev - Men’s Event

Valentina Georgieva - Women’s Event

Shooting:

Antoaneta Kostadinova - 10m Air Pistol Women; 25m Pistol Women

Kiril Kirov - 10m Air Pistol Men

Taekwondo: 

Kimia Alizadeh - Women's – 57 kg

Tennis:

Viktoriya Tomova - Women's Singles

Fencing:

Yana Ilieva - Women's Sabre Individual

Rhythmic Gymnastics:

Stiliana Nikolova - Individual All-Around

Boryana Kaleyn - Individual All-Around

Elvira Krasnobaeva - Individual All-Around (substitute)

Sofia Ivanova - Group All-Around

Kamelia Petrova - Group All-Around

Rachel Stoyanov - Group All-Around

Margarita Vasileva - Group All-Around

Magdalina Minevska - Group All-Around

Coaches: 40

Petya Nedelcheva - Badminton (Women’s Doubles)

Stiliyan Makarski - Badminton (Women’s Singles)

Joel Soler Arrate - Boxing, Head Coach (Men’s Event)

Valentin Poptolev – Boxing, Assistant Coach (Men’s Event)

Alexander Alexandrov – Boxing, Assistant Coach (Men’s Event)

Borislav Georgiev – Boxing, Head Coach (Women’s Event)

Roman Tsvetkov – Boxing, Assistant Coach (Women’s Event)

Serafim Barzakov – Wrestling (Women’s Freestyle)

Simeon Shterev – Wrestling (Women’s Freestyle)

Soslan Farniev – Wrestling (Men's Greco-Roman)

Emil Budinov – Wrestling (Men's Greco-Roman)

Valentin Angelov – Wrestling (Men’s Freestyle)

Ivan Ivanov – Weightlifting

Plamen Bratoychev - Weightlifting

Nikola Kolev - Weightlifting

Petko Argirov – Rowing

Andrean Angelov - Rowing

Gancho Doykov - Judo

Krasimir Hristov - Judo

Tsvetan Tsvetanov – Canoeing

Marinus van Leeuwen - Athletics (High Jump)

Ivaylo Rusenov – Athletics (Long Jump)

Dimitar Karamfimov - Athletics (Long Jump)

Alexandros Pantazidis – Modern Pentathlon

Christian Minkowski – Swimming

Nikolay Vakareev – Swimming

Milko Tankushev – Artistic Gymnastics (Men’s Event)

Filip Yanev - Artistic Gymnastics (Women’s Event)

Hristo Hristov – Shooting

Rumyana Apostolova – Shooting

Farzad Zolghadri – Taekwondo, Head Coach

Davoud Etminani – Taekwondo

Konstantin Tomov – Tennis

Nikolay Shopov – Tennis (Strength and Conditioning Coach)

Ivaylo Vodenov – Fencing

Branimira Markova – Rhythmic Gymnastics, Head Coach

Valentina Ivanova – Rhythmic Gymnastics, Individual

Mariana Pamukova – Rhythmic Gymnastics, Individual

Vesela Dimitrova – Rhythmic Gymnastics, Group

Yasena Stoyneva – Rhythmic Gymnastics, Group

Team Leaders and Presidents of Sports Federations: 8

Iliana Raeva - Rhythmic Gymnastics

Velina Tsekova – Athletics

Ivan Kolev – Athletics

Krasimir Ininski – Boxing

Anton Kodzhabashev – Weightlifting

Rumen Stoilov – Judo

Georgi Avramchev – Swimming

Slavi Binev – Taekwondo

Medical Staff: 13

Stefan Strugarov – Head Team Physician

Ivan Ivanov – Physician

Mariyan Dobrev – Physician

Tatyana Yancheva – Psychologist

Lyubomir Panev – Physiotherapist

Georgi Ivanov – Physiotherapist

Daniel Dragomirov – Physiotherapist

Georgi Ryahov – Kinesiotherapist

Yasos Petousis – Kinesiotherapist

Yanislav Petkov – Kinesiotherapist

Mariy Ivanov – Kinesiotherapist

Dimitar Kalachev – Masseur

Steliyana Yankova - Neurofeedback Therapist

Officials: 9

Stefka Kostadinova - BOC President/ Delegation President

Belcho Goranov – BOC Secretary General/ Delegation Secretary General

Lyubomir Ganev - Olympic Attache

Kameliya Ignatova – Chef de Mission

Denitsa Pancheva – International Activity Coordinator/Protocol Manager

Liliya Pandurova – Sports Administrator

Hristiyan Yankov – Protocol/Transport

Todor Shabanski – Press Attache

Yordan Petkov – Photographer