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Sporting event delegation
Bulgaria first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games , with a single gymnast. However, since Charles Champaud was a Swiss national living in Sofia , some sources credit his appearance to Switzerland instead.
The Bulgarian Olympic Committee was created in 1923 and first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1924. The nation has participated in every Summer Games since then, except for 1932 (during the Great Depression ), 1948 (Bulgaria's role in World War II ) and 1984 (part of the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics ). Bulgaria first participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1936 and has attended every Winter Games since then.
Bulgarian athletes have won a total of 237 medals, with wrestling and weightlifting as the top medal-producing sports. After the fall of the communist regime in 1989–90, in Bulgaria's turbulent transition to free-market democracy, top-notch state support for Bulgarian Olympians disintegrated. Diminishing and marginalized medal returns were evident from the 2012 Summer Olympics , where Bulgaria, a former top-10 Olympic powerhouse in the late 1980s, fell out of its former high stature. Bulgaria's best performance to date has come in the 1980 Summer Olympics , where they finished third in the medal table. In the 1988 Summer Olympics , Bulgaria ranked 7th but won the nation's largest total of gold medals. Bulgaria's most successful Winter Olympics occurred in 1998 when the country ranked 15th in the medal table.
Medals by Summer Games [ edit ]
Medals by Winter Games [ edit ]
Medals by summer sport [ edit ]
Medals by winter sport [ edit ]
Multiple medal winners [ edit ]
Athlete
Sport
Gender
Years
Games
Total
Maria Grozdeva
Shooting
F
1992 , 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008 , 2012 , 2020
Summer
2
0
3
5
Nikolay Bukhalov
Canoeing
M
1988 , 1992 , 1996 , 2000
Summer
2
0
1
3
Tanyu Kiryakov
Shooting
M
1988 , 1992 , 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008
Summer
2
0
1
3
Boyan Radev
Wrestling
M
1964 , 1968
Summer
2
0
0
2
Petar Kirov
Wrestling
M
1968 , 1972 , 1976
Summer
2
0
0
2
Norair Nurikyan
Weightlifting
M
1972 , 1976
Summer
2
0
0
2
Vanja Gesheva
Kayaking
F
1980 , 1988
Summer
1
2
1
4
Enyu Valchev
Wrestling
M
1960 , 1964 , 1968
Summer
1
1
1
3
Rumyana Neykova
Rowing
F
1992 , 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008
Summer
1
1
1
3
Dimitar Dobrev
Wrestling
M
1956 , 1960
Summer
1
1
0
2
Lyubomir Lyubenov
Canoeing
M
1980
Summer
1
1
0
2
Stefka Kostadinova
Athletics
F
1988 , 1992 , 1996
Summer
1
1
0
2
Daniel Petrov
Boxing
M
1992 , 1996
Summer
1
1
0
2
Prodan Gardzhev
Wrestling
M
1960 , 1964 , 1968
Summer
1
0
1
2
Ivanka Hristova
Athletics
F
1964 , 1968 , 1972 , 1976
Summer
1
0
1
2
Siyka Kelbecheva
Rowing
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
1
0
1
2
Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruycheva
Rowing
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
1
0
1
2
Stoyan Deltchev
Gymnastics
M
1976 , 1980
Summer
1
0
1
2
Ivailo Marinov
Boxing
M
1980 , 1988
Summer
1
0
1
2
Yordanka Donkova
Athletics
F
1980 , 1988 , 1992
Summer
1
0
1
2
Valentin Yordanov
Wrestling
M
1988 , 1992 , 1996
Summer
1
0
1
2
Armen Nazaryan
Wrestling
M
2000 , 2004 , 2008
Summer
1
0
1
2
Aleksandar Tomov
Wrestling
M
1972 , 1976 , 1980
Summer
0
3
0
3
Evgenia Radanova
Short track speed skating
F
1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2010
Winter
0
2
1
3
Stancho Kolev
Wrestling
M
1960 , 1964
Summer
0
2
0
2
Osman Duraliev
Wrestling
M
1968 , 1972
Summer
0
2
0
2
Mariya Petkova
Athletics
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
0
2
0
2
Ginka Gyurova
Rowing
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
0
2
0
2
Mariyka Modeva
Rowing
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
0
2
0
2
Vesela Letcheva
Shooting
F
1988 , 1992
Summer
0
2
0
2
Yoto Yotov
Weightlifting
M
1992 , 1996
Summer
0
2
0
2
Petar Merkov
Canoeing
M
2000
Summer
0
2
0
2
Stanka Zlateva
Wrestling
F
2008 , 2012
Summer
0
2
0
2
Yordan Yovchev
Gymnastics
M
1992 , 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008 , 2012
Summer
0
1
3
4
Yordanka Blagoeva
Athletics
F
1972 , 1976
Summer
0
1
1
2
Atanas Shopov
Weightlifting
M
1972 , 1976
Summer
0
1
1
2
Krasimira Bogdanova
Basketball
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
0
1
1
2
Diana Dilova-Braynova
Basketball
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
0
1
1
2
Penka Metodieva
Basketball
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
0
1
1
2
Snezhana Mikhaylova
Basketball
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
0
1
1
2
Petkana Makaveeva
Basketball
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
0
1
1
2
Nadka Golcheva
Basketball
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
0
1
1
2
Penka Stoyanova
Basketball
F
1976 , 1980
Summer
0
1
1
2
Diana Paliiska
Canoeing
F
1988
Summer
0
1
1
2
Antoaneta Frenkeva
Swimming
F
1988
Summer
0
1
1
2
Tsvetanka Khristova
Athletics
F
1988 , 1992
Summer
0
1
1
2
Nikolay Peshalov
Weightlifting
M
1992 , 1996
Summer
0
1
1
2
Stefan Angelov
Wrestling
M
1972 , 1976
Summer
0
0
2
2
Martin Marinov
Canoeing
M
1988 , 1992
Summer
0
0
2
2
Medals by sport and year [ edit ]
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1980 Moscow
0
1
0
1
Total
0
1
0
1
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
2020 Tokyo
1
0
0
1
Total
1
0
0
1
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1988 Seoul
1
1
1
3
Total
1
1
1
3
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
2024 Paris
0
0
1
1
Total
0
0
1
1
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1988 Seoul
0
0
1
1
Total
0
0
1
1
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1980 Moscow
0
1
1
2
Total
0
1
1
2
Cross-country skiing [ edit ]
Short track speed skating [ edit ]
Bulgarian Olympic Flag Bearers [ edit ]
Bulgaria did not participate in 1984 due to a boycott .
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