Dimitar Slatanov
Dimitar Slatanov | |
portrait | |
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Date of birth | November 9, 1948 |
place of birth | Ichtiman, Bulgaria |
size | 1.95 m |
position | Universal |
societies | |
1967-1980 1980-1982 |
CSKA Sofia Klippan Turin |
National team | |
1967-1980 | A national team |
successes | |
1968 1969 1970 1972 1976 1980 1981 1982 8 times |
Sixth Olympic champion European championship vice-world champion Fourth Olympic champion European cup winners' cup Olympic silver Italian champions Second European championship Bulgarian champions |
As of June 30, 2020 |
Dimitar Slatanow ( Bulgarian Димитър Златанов , English transcription: Dimitar Zlatanov ; born November 9, 1948 in Ichtiman ) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and coach.
Career
Slatanov took part in the Olympic Games three times with the Bulgarian national team. He finished sixth in Mexico in 1968 , fourth in Munich in 1972 and won the silver medal in Moscow in 1980 . In addition, Slatanow played four times at world and European championships and was runner- up in 1970 . With his club CSKA Sofia he was Bulgarian champion eight times and won the European Cup in 1969 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1976 . With Klippan Turin he was Italian champion in 1981 and reached the final in the European Cup a year later .
After his playing days, Slatanow was a coach at CSKA Sofia and various Italian clubs. In 2007 he was the first Bulgarian to be inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame .
Web links
- Dimitar Slatanow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Volleyball world championships with line-up
- Profile at volleybox.net (English)
- Profile at the Italian Volleyball League (Italian)
- 70th birthday at balkanvolleyball.org (English)
- CEV EuroVolley 2019 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Hall of Fame. Accessed June 30, 2020. (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Slatanov, Dimitar |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Златанов, Димитър (Bulgarian); Zlatanov, Dimitar (English transcription) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian volleyball player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ichtiman , Bulgaria |