On the penultimate day of the Paris Olympics, Bulgaria’s rhythmic gymnastics ensemble , which came first in the qualifications, is to vie for a gold medal. Yoana Georgieva will be the first to compete on this day in the 500 m. kayak single..
“These 2010 cms. prove that there is no limit to human capabilities, and disprove pessimists that some athletic records will be eternal,” Bulgarian Olympic Committee chair Stefka Kostadinova said in a comment on the breaking of the women’s high jump..
Tihomir Ivanov won the men's high jump competition at the Sinner Hochsprungmeeting tournament in Sinn, Germany. The 29-year-old Bulgarian champion jumped 2.21 metres in his second attempt . The host country's Tobias Potye was second with the same..
The Bulgarian athlete Tihomir Ivanov placed second in the high jump at the Athletics Baklaniada held in Kralevo (Serbia). The 29-year-old Bulgarian jumped 2.25 meters, or 3 centimeters less than the Turkish Alperen Acet who grabbed the gold. The third..
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Yordanka Blagoeva's world record in the high jump. The achievement of 24 September 1972 is the first world record for Bulgarian athletics. In Zagreb, Croatia, the Bulgarian athlete jumped 194 cm , crossing the bar..
On this day 35 years ago (30 August, 1987), Stefka Kostadinova set a world high jump record at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, clearing 209 cms., thus also breaking her own record by 1 cm. The record set by Kostadinova, then 22, remains unbroken to..
Iren Saraboykova grabbed the bronze in the high jump at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Banska Bystritsa, Slovakia. The contestant from Bulgaria qualified with 170 cms. last night, and in the finals today, improved her own record by 2..
Bulgaria’s Olympic medalist from Rio de Janeiro Mirela Demireva won a gold medal in the high jump at the international tournament in Udine, Italy. The Bulgarian athlete cleared 190 cms in her first attempt, after which Mirela Demireva made..
Mirela Demireva has qualified for the high jump final at the Tokyo Olympics. The silver medalist from Rio 2016 overcame the qualification level of 195 cm in the third attempt. The final in the discipline is on Saturday. "I have been preparing..
It has been a quarter of a century since today’s President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, Stefka Kostadinova, added the Olympic gold to her collection of medals. The events on August 3, 1996, which took place on a hot evening in front..
