Wassil Etropolski

Wassil Etropolski medal table
fencing
Bulgaria
World championships
gold	Vienna 1983	saber
bronze	Barcelona 1985	saber
silver	Barcelona 1985	Saber crew
bronze	Sofia 1986	Saber crew
silver	Lausanne 1987	Saber crew

Wassil Etropolski ( Bulgarian Васил Етрополски ; born March 18, 1959 in Sofia ) is a former Bulgarian saber fencer .

successes

Wassil Etropolski became individual world champion in Vienna in 1983 . Because of this success, he was voted Bulgarian Sportsman of the Year . In 1985 he finished third in Barcelona while winning silver with the team. In the team competition, he won bronze in Sofia in 1986 and silver in Lausanne in 1987 . He took part in the Olympic Games twice: in 1980 he just missed a medal win in Moscow with fourth place in the individual. He finished eighth with the Bulgarian team. BothAt the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , where he was the flag bearer of the Bulgarian delegation at the opening ceremony , he reached 13th place in the individual and again eighth place with the team.

His twin brother Christo Etropolski was also a fencer.

Web links

• Wassil Etropolski in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )