Olympic Winter Games 2002 / Participant (Bulgaria)

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In 2002 Bulgaria took part in the Winter Olympics for the 16th time. A total of 23 athletes were sent to Salt Lake City to compete in seven different disciplines. A bronze medal in biathlon as well as a silver and bronze medal in the short track could be won. In the medal table, the country took 20th place. The most successful athlete was Evgenia Radanova , who won both medals on the short track.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was skier Stefan Georgiev .

Overview of the participants

biathlon

Women

• Iwa Karagiosowa

  7.5 km sprint: 41st place (23: 18.0 min)

  15 km individual: 32nd place (51: 59.3 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 4th place (1: 29: 25.8 h)

• Pavlina Filipova

  7.5 km sprint: 17th place (22: 20.6 min)

  10 km pursuit: 12th place (32: 35.1 min)

  15 km individual: 20th place (50: 47.5 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 4th place (1: 29: 25.8 h)

• Ekaterina Dafowska

  7.5 km sprint: 15th place (22: 17.7 min)

  10 km pursuit: 10th place (32: 22.6 min)

  15 km individual: 5th place (48: 15.5 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 4th place (1: 29: 25.8 h)

• Irina Nikultschina

  7.5 km sprint: 11th place (21: 57.0 min)

  10 km pursuit: bronze (31: 15.8 min)

  15 km individual: 43rd place (53: 16.7 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 4th place (1: 29: 25.8 h)

Men

• Georgi Kassabov

  10 km sprint: 60th place (27: 55.8 min)

  12.5 km pursuit: 56th place (40: 38.5 min)

  20 km individual: 65th place (59: 16.1 min)

bob

Men, twos

• Miroslaw Danow , Stefan Wassilew

  32nd place (3: 18.02 min)

figure skating

Men

• Ivan Dinew

  13th place (20.0)

Ice dance

• Albena Denkova , Maxim Stawiski

  7th place (14.0)

Short track

Women

• Daniela Wlaewa

  3000 m relay: 6th place (4: 20.703 min, B final)

• Anna Krastewa

  1000 m: 18th place (1: 39.195 min, lead)

  3000 m relay: 6th place (4: 20.703 min, B final)

• Marina Georgieva-Nikolova

  500 m: 15th place (45.916 s, quarter-finals)

  1500 m: 18th place (2: 33.362 min, lead)

  3000 m relay: 6th place (4: 20.703 min, B final)

• Evgenia Radanova

  500 m: silver (44.252 s)

  1000 m: 5th place (1: 34.702 min, B final)

  1500 m: bronze (2: 31.732 min)

  3000 m relay: 6th place (4: 20.703 min, B final)

Men

• Kiril Pandov

  1000 m: 25th place (1: 31.842 min, lead)

  1500 m: 27th place (2: 27.730 min, lead)

• Assen Pandow

  500 m: 31st place (1: 17.124 min, lead time)

• Miroslav Boyajiev

  500 m: 25th place (43.462 s, preroll)

  1000 m: 26th place (1: 32.421 min, lead)

  1500 m: 11th place (2: 29.307 min, B final)

Alpine skiing

Women

• Nadezhda Vasileva

  Giant Slalom: 42nd place (2: 44.43 min)

  Slalom: 28th place (1: 59.04 min)

Men

• Angel Pumpalow

  Slalom: 23rd place (1: 51.93 min)

  Combination: Eliminated

• Stefan Georgiev

  Giant Slalom: 38th place (2: 33.01 min)

  Slalom: Eliminated (1st run)

  Combination: 16th place (3: 23.39 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Ivan Bayraktarov

  1.5 km sprint: 61st place (3: 18.97 min, qualification)

  15 km classic: 60th place (45: 41.2 min)

  20 km pursuit: 70th place (31: 17.1 min, only classic, not qualified for freestyle)

• Slavcho Batinkov

  1.5 km sprint: 58th place (3: 14.21 min, qualification)

  15 km classic: task

  20 km pursuit: 72nd place (:, min, only classic, not qualified for freestyle)

Ski jumping

• Georgi Sharkov

  Individual, normal hill: 45th place (76.5 points, qualification)

  Individual, large hill: 39th place (75.3 points, qualification)

Web links

• Bulgaria at the Olympic Winter Games 2002. in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Medal table on sports-reference.com (English). Retrieved June 8, 2012