Georgi Kassabow (biathlete)
Georgi Kassabov 
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| Full name | Георги Касабов |
| Association |
 Bulgaria
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| birthday | October 6, 1978 |
| place of birth | Samokov |
| Career | |
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| society | Slavia Sofia |
| Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup | 2003 (?) |
| European Cup / IBU Cup victories | - |
| Debut in the World Cup | 1997 |
| World Cup victories | - |
| status | active |
| World Cup balance | |
| last change: September 6, 2010 | |
Georgi Kassabow ( Bulgarian Георги Касабов ; born October 6, 1978 in Samokow , Bulgaria ) is a former Bulgarian biathlete .
Georgi Kassabow lives in Samokow. He starts for Slavia Sofia and started biathlon in 1990. In 1997 he contested his first race in the Biathlon World Cup with a sprint in Oberhof and finished 96th. In the same place he achieved his best result in a pure World Cup race in 1999 with 54th place in a pursuit race.
The first major event in 1997 was the Junior World Championships in Forni Avoltri , where he was 46th. 1998 Kassabow started in Nagano at his first international championship in the performance area, the Olympic Winter Games , in which the Bulgarian finished 67th in the individual and 57th in the sprint. In 2000 he took part in the Biathlon European Championships in Zakopane and was 23rd in the individual, 17th in the sprint and 18th in the pursuit. Shortly afterwards, he also took part in the 2000 Biathlon World Championships at Holmenkollen in Oslo and finished 84th in the individual and 81st in the sprint. In the following year he also took part in the European Championships and was 45th in the sprint, 37th in the individual and did not finish the individual in Haute-Maurienne .
Also at the Biathlon World Championships 2001 in Pokljuka Kassabow was used, in which he was 53rd in the individual and 85th in the sprint. In Salt Lake City , the Bulgarian was able to take part in the Olympic Games for the second time in 2002 , where he was 65th in the individual, 60th in the sprint and 56th in the pursuit. The last major event was the 2002 European Biathlon Championships in Kontiolahti . In Finland he finished 40th in both the sprint and the pursuit. In 2003 he contested his last international race in Obertilliach in a race in the Biathlon European Cup .
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
- 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
- Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
- Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
- Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
| placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | Season | total |
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| Scoring | ||||||
| Starts | 16 | 35 | 2 | 53 | ||
| Status: end of career | ||||||
Web links
- Georgi Kassabow (biathlete) in the IBU database (English)
- Georgi Kassabow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kassabov, Georgi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kasabov, Georgi (English transcription in international use); Касабов, Георги (Bulgarian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Samokov , Bulgaria |