List of Bulgarian sportspeople

Famous or notable Bulgarian sportspeople include:

Athletics

 * Yordanka Blagoeva - Olympic silver and bronze medalist
 * Rostislav Dimitrov
 * Svetla Dimitrova
 * Yordanka Donkova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
 * Ivanka Khristova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
 * Tsvetanka Khristova - Olympic silver and bronze medalist
 * Stefka Kostadinova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
 * Ivet Lalova - European Champion
 * Tereza Marinova - Olympic gold medalist
 * Khristo Markov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Svetla Mitkova
 * Petya Pendareva
 * Mariya Petkova - Double Olympic silver medalist
 * Petar Petrov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Iva Prandzheva
 * Nikolina Shtereva - Olympic silver medalist
 * Vasilka Stoeva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Atanas Tarev
 * Daniela Yordanova
 * Diana Yorgova - Olympic silver medalist
 * Ginka Zagorcheva

Badminton

 * Petya Nedelcheva
 * Linda Zechiri

Basketball

 * Denis Agre
 * Krasimira Bogdanova
 * Diana Braynova-Dilova
 * Vanya Dermendzhieva
 * Silviya Germanova
 * Nadka Golcheva
 * Krasimira Gyurova
 * Kosta Iliev
 * Petkana Makaveeva
 * Penka Metodieva
 * Angelina Mikhaylova
 * Snezhana Mikhaylova
 * Kostadinka Radkova
 * Margarita Shtarkelova
 * Gergina Skerlatova
 * Evladiya Slavcheva-Stefanova
 * Mariya Stoyanova
 * Penka Stoyanova
 * Todorka Yordanova

Biathlon

 * Krasimir Anev
 * Ekaterina Dafovska - Olympic gold medalist
 * Pavlina Filipova
 * Vladimir Iliev
 * Irina Nikulchina - Olympic bronze medalist

Boxing

 * Angel Angelov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Boris Georgiev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Aleksandar Khristov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Vladimir Kolev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Georgi Kostadinov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Petar Lesov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Ivailo Marinov - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
 * Ivan Mihailov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Alexander Nikolov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Boris Nikolov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Daniel Petrov - Olympic gold and silver medalist
 * Tervel Pulev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Svilen Rusinov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Georgi Stankov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Serafim Todorov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Tontcho Tontchev - Olympic silver medalist

Canoeing

 * Borislav Ananiev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Borislav Borisov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Nikolay Bukhalov - Double Olympic gold medalist
 * Ivan Burtchin - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Fedia Damianov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Andrian Dushev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova - Olympic gold, double silver and bronze medalist
 * Nikolai Ilkov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Borislava Ivanova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Milko Kazanov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Lazar Khristov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Lyubomir Lyubenov - Olympic gold and silver medalist
 * Ivan Manev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Martin Marinov - Double Olympic bronze medalist
 * Petar Merkov - Double Olympic silver medalist
 * Bozhidar Milenkov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Diana Paliiska - Olympic silver and bronze medalist
 * Ognyana Petrova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Blagovest Stoyanov - Olympic bronze medalist

Cross-country skiing

 * Ivan Lebanov - Olympic bronze medalist

Equestrian

 * Petar Mandajiev - Olympic silver medalist

Fencing

 * Vasil Etropolski - World Champion

Figure skating

 * Albena Denkova
 * Maxim Staviski

Football

 * Dimitar Berbatov
 * Lachezar Dafkov
 * Georgi Danov
 * Zdravko Dermenov
 * Stanimir Dimitrov
 * Emil Donchev
 * Nikolay Godzhev
 * Georgi Gradev
 * Stoyan Grigorov
 * Krastina Ivanova
 * Milan Karatantchev
 * Kaloyan Kopchev
 * Miroslav Kosev
 * Aneliya Kukunova
 * Blagomir Mastagarkov
 * Aleksandar Mitushev
 * Yonko Nedelchev
 * Lyubomir Nyagolov
 * Boris Papazov
 * Genko Papazov
 * Hristo Petev
 * Dimitar Ralchev
 * Tsvetelin Ralchovski
 * Raycho Raychev
 * Svetoslav Sakadzhiyski
 * Samir Seliminski
 * Aleksandar Shalamanov
 * Shaban Shefket
 * Veselin Shulev
 * Hristo Stoichkov
 * Simona Stoyanova
 * Archontis Stoyianov
 * Ivana Taneva
 * Stelian Trasborg
 * Dimitar Tsenovski
 * Yuksel Yumerov

Gymnastics

 * Stoyan Deltchev - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
 * Diana Dudeva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Adriana Dunavska - Olympic silver medalist
 * Lubomir Geraskov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Maria Gigova - Multiple World Champion
 * Diliana Gueorguieva
 * Lilia Ignatova
 * Zhaneta Ilieva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Velik Kapsazov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Eleonora Kezhova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Elizabeth Koleva
 * Mila Marinova
 * Zornitsa Marinova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Sylvia Miteva
 * Elizabeth Paisieva
 * Bianka Panova
 * Simona Peycheva
 * Diana Popova
 * Iliana Raeva
 * Anelia Ralenkova
 * Kristina Rangelova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Neshka Robeva
 * Boriana Stoyanova - World Champion
 * Ivelina Taleva - Olympic silver medalist
 * Galina Tancheva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Vladislava Tancheva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Julia Trashlieva
 * Yordan Yovchev - Olympic silver, triple olympic bronze medalist

Martial arts

 * Tsvetana Bozhilova - judoka
 * Georgi Georgiev - Olympic bronze medalist judoka
 * Alexandar Komanov - karateka and mixed martial arts fighter
 * Iliyan Nedkov - Olympic bronze medalist judoka
 * Stanoy Tabakov - sambo and mixed martial arts fighter
 * Betina Temelkova (born 1997) - Bulgarian-Israeli judoka
 * Dimitar Zapryanov - Olympic silver medalist judoka

Rowing

 * Anka Bakova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Lalka Berberova - Olympic silver medalist
 * Rumelyana Boncheva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Bogdan Dobrev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Nadiya Filipova - Olympic silver medalist
 * Anka Georgieva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Kapka Georgieva - Olympic silver medalist
 * Magdalena Georgieva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Ginka Gyurova - Double Olympic silver medalist
 * Siyka Kelbecheva - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
 * Stoyanka Kurbatova - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
 * Stefka Madina - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Mariyka Modeva - Double Olympic silver medalist
 * Dolores Nakova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Rumyana Neykova - Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
 * Mincho Nikolov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Violeta Ninova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Svetla Otsetova - Olympic gold medalist
 * Lyubomir Petrov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Ivo Rusev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Mariana Serbezova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Radka Stoyanova - Olympic silver medalist
 * Rita Todorova - Olympic silver medalist
 * Lilyana Vaseva - Olympic silver medalist
 * Iskra Velinova - Olympic silver medalist
 * Ivo Yanakiev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Reni Yordanova - Olympic silver medalist
 * Zdravka Yordanova - Olympic gold medalist

Shooting

 * Lyubcho Dyakov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Maria Grozdeva - Double Olympic gold, triple Olympic bronze medalist
 * Tanyu Kiryakov - Double Olympic gold medalist
 * Vesela Letcheva - Double Olympic silver medalist
 * Nonka Matova - Olympic silver medalist
 * Emil Milev - Olympic silver medalist

Skiing

 * Kilian Albrecht - alpine skiing
 * Marina Georgieva-Nikolova - Short track speed skiing
 * Petar Popangelov - alpine skiing
 * Evgenia Radanova - Double Olympic silver and Olympic bronze medalist in short track speed skiing
 * Kiril Trayanov - alpine skiing and vert skating
 * Vladimir Zografski - World junior champion in ski jumping

Snowboarding

 * Aleksandra Zhekova

Swimming

 * Mihail Alexandrov
 * Tanya Dangalakova - Olympic gold medalist
 * Antoaneta Frenkeva - Olympic silver and bronze medalist
 * Bistra Gospodinova
 * Denislav Kalchev
 * Ivanka Moralieva
 * Petar Stoychev - World Champion in open water swimming

Table tennis

 * Daniela Guergueltcheva - European Champion

Tennis

 * Grigor Dimitrov
 * Sesil Karatantcheva
 * Katerina Maleeva
 * Magdalena Maleeva
 * Manuela Maleeva
 * Tsvetana Pironkova

Vert skating

 * Pavel Mitrenga

Volleyball

 * Todor Aleksiev
 * Yordan Angelov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Verka Borisova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Tsvetana Bozhurina - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Dimitar Dimitrov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Stefan Dimitrov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Rositsa Dimitrova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Tanya Dimitrova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Maya Georgieva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Margarita Gerasimova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Tanya Gogova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Stoyan Gunchev - Olympic silver medalist
 * Hristo Iliev - Olympic silver medalist
 * Valentina Ilieva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Rumyana Kaisheva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Matey Kaziyski
 * Anka Khristolova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Petko Petkov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Kristiana Petlichka
 * Silviya Petrunova - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Dobriana Rabadzhieva
 * Teodor Salparov
 * Kaspar Simeonov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Tsvetan Sokolov
 * Vanya Sokolova
 * Galina Stancheva - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Hristo Stoyanov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Radostin Stoychev
 * Mitko Todorov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Tsano Tsanov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Hristo Tsvetanov
 * Emil Valtchev - Olympic silver medalist
 * Antonina Zetova
 * Dimitar Zlatanov - Olympic silver medalist

Weightlifting

 * Yordan Bikov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Blagoy Blagoev - Olympic silver medalist
 * Galabin Boevski - Olympic gold medalist
 * Stefan Botev - Double olympic bronze medalist
 * Velichko Cholakov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Milen Dobrev - Olympic gold medalist
 * Borislav Gidikov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Valentin Hristov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Ivan Ivanov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Nedelcho Kolev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Aleksandar Kraychev - Olympic silver medalist
 * Mladen Kuchev - Olympic silver medalist
 * Sevdalin Marinov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Georgi Markov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Sevdalin Minchev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Yordan Mitkov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Andon Nikolov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Norair Nurikyan - Double Olympic gold medalist
 * Nikolay Peshalov - Olympic gold, silver, double bronze medalist
 * Yanko Rusev - Olympic gold medalist
 * Krastyu Semerdzhiev - Olympic silver medalist
 * Atanas Shopov - Olympic silver and bronze medalist
 * Trendafil Stoychev - Olympic silver medalist
 * Georgi Todorov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Stefan Topurov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Alan Tsagaev - Olympic silver medalist
 * Aleksandar Varbanov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Valentin Yordanov - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
 * Yoto Yotov - Double Olympic silver medalist
 * Asen Zlatev - Olympic gold medalist

Wrestling

 * Ismail Abilov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Lyutvi Ahmedov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Ivo Angelov - World champion
 * Stefan Angelov - Double Olympic bronze medalist
 * Stoyan Apostolov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Stoyan Balov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Serafim Barzakov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Krali Bimbalov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Slavcho Chervenkov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Dimitar Dobrev - Olympic gold and silver medalist
 * Vladimir Dubov - World silver medalist
 * Miho Dukov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Osman Duraliev - Olympic silver medalist
 * Prodan Gardzhev - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
 * Rangel Gerovski - Olympic silver medalist
 * Valentin Getsov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Kamen Goranov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Hasan Isaev - Olympic gold medalist
 * Angel Kerezov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Petar Kirov - Double Olympic gold medalist
 * Ivan Kolev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Stancho Kolev - Double Olympic silver medalist
 * Atanas Komchev - Olympic gold medalist
 * Dimo Kostov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Georgi Markov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Hussein Mehmedov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Mladen Mladenov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Said Mustafov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Armen Nazaryan - Double Olympic gold medalist
 * Ognyan Nikolov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Stoyan Nikolov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Pavel Pavlov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Dinko Petrov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Kiril Petkov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Boyan Radev - Double Olympic gold medalist
 * Valentin Raychev - Olympic gold medalist
 * Georgi Raykov - Olympic gold medalist
 * Alexander Rusev - Professional wrestler
 * Nermedin Selimov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Simeon Shterev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Petko Sirakov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Nikola Stanchev - Olympic gold medalist
 * Rahmat Sukra - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Kiril Terziev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Enyu Todorov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Aleksandar Tomov - Triple Olympic silver medalist
 * Bratan Tsenov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Ivan Tsonov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Enyu Valchev - Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
 * Zhivko Vangelov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Radoslav Velikov - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Yavor Yanakiev - Olympic bronze medalist
 * Ivan Yankov - Olympic silver medalist
 * Valentin Yordanov - Olympic gold and bronze medalist
 * Taybe Yusein - Double World silver medalist
 * Nejdet Zalev - Olympic silver medalist
 * Stanka Zlateva - Double Olympic silver medalist