Nikola Tschongarow

Nikola Tschongarow
nation	Bulgaria
birthday	20th September 1989 (age 30)
place of birth	Varna , Bulgaria
size	173 cm
Weight	64 kg
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom , super-G , downhill , combination
society	Ice Angels
status	active
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut November 15, 2009  Overall World Cup 109th ( 2011/2012 )  Combination World Cup 27. (2011/2012)
last change: February 18, 2014

Nikola Tschongarow ( Bulgarian Никола Чонгаров ; born September 20, 1989 in Varna ) is a Bulgarian ski racer . He drives in all disciplines and has competed in the World Cup and World Championships since 2009 .

Career

Tschongarow took part in the FIS races for the first time in January 2005 and was used for the first time in the European Cup two years later . While he achieved numerous victories and podium places in FIS races from February 2007, he was only able to score once in the European Cup, when he finished 24th in the slalom in Kirchberg in Tyrol on January 16, 2011 . From 2006 to 2009 Tschongarow took part in three Junior World Championships , with his best result being eighth in the slalom of the 2009 Junior World Championships .

Since 2009 Tschongarow has also competed in the World Championships in the general class. His best World Cup result to date was 22nd in the Super Combined in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2011 . Tschongarow first took part in a World Cup race in November 2009. He has never qualified for the second round in the technical disciplines of slalom and giant slalom and initially only achieved placements in the bottom field in downhill runs and (super) combinations, but won on January 22, 2012 with 15th place in the classic Hahnenkamm - Combination in Kitzbühel for the first time world cup points. Another point win followed on February 12, 2012 with place 24 in the super combination of Sochi ( Krasnaya Polyana ).

successes

Olympic games

• Sochi 2014 : 23rd super combined, 38th downhill, 39th super G

World championships

• Val-d'Isère 2009 : 42nd giant slalom
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011 : 22nd super combination, 31st slalom, 39th descent
• Schladming 2013 : 17th super combination, 34th giant slalom

Junior World Championships

• Québec 2006 : 50th Super-G, 63rd Downhill
• Altenmarkt / Flachau 2007 : 68th giant slalom
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2009 : 8th slalom, 11th combination, 33rd giant slalom, 40th Super-G, 58th descent

World cup

• 1 place in the top 20

More Achievements

• 3-time Bulgarian champion (giant slalom 2012, Super-G 2011 and 2012)
• 1 Top 30 placement in the European Cup
• 1 Top 15 placement in the Nor-Am Cup
• 10 victories in FIS races

Web links

• Nikola Tschongarow in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Nikola Tschongarow in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Profile on the website of the Bulgarian Ski Association (English)