Bulgaria’s athlete Tihomir Ivanov placed third at his first Diamond League high jump final. The Bulgarian athlete jumped 230 centimeters at the tournament in Zurich which is his personal best for the season. Ivanov won USD 10,000 from the prize fund.
Bulgaria’s athlete Tihomir Ivanov earned gold medal at the high jump event at the Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy. Ivanov jumped 2.30 meters at the final and beat his personal best for the season of 2.26 meters. Thus, Tihomir Ivanov got a quota to..
Minister of Youth and Sports Krasen Kralev awarded the title Athlete No.1 of Bulgaria for 2018 to Mirela Demireva. This is the second time Bulgaria’s top competitor in the high jump has won the traditional rankings of the Bulgarian..
Thirty years ago on August 30, 1987, Bulgaria’s athlete Stefka Kostadinova set a new high jump world record at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. The Bulgarian athlete jumped 209 centimeters, thus beating her own personal best by 1 centimeter. Many athletes,..
In his debut in a start of the Diamond League, Tihomir Ivanov finished fourth in the high jump event in Paris with a result of 228 cm. Ivanov jumped 228 in his first try but then failed three times at 230. Winner became Mutaz Barshim with 235 cm, followed..
Five years ago, one of the country's top athletes, Bulgaria's first high jump world record holder Yordanka Blagoeva entered the surgeryof a foremost rheumatologist, Prof. Zlatimir Kolarov. While the two were discussing treatment for her bad..
Today Yordanka Blagoeva, the first Bulgarian to have set a world record in athletics, 194 cm in the high jump (1972), celebrates her 70 th birthday. Yordanka Blagoeva is holder of two Olympic medals – a silver one from Munich 1972 , and a bronze..
Bulgarian athlete Mirela Demireva who won a silver medal in high jump at the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, continues with her wonderful performance. Demireva who scored a personal best of 1.97 meters in 2016 placed second at the..
