The Bulgarian athlete Tihomir Ivanov placed second in the high jump at the Athletics Baklaniada held in Kralevo (Serbia). The 29-year-old Bulgarian jumped 2.25 meters, or 3 centimeters less than the Turkish Alperen Acet who grabbed the gold. The third..
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Yordanka Blagoeva's world record in the high jump. The achievement of 24 September 1972 is the first world record for Bulgarian athletics. In Zagreb, Croatia, the Bulgarian athlete jumped 194 cm , crossing the bar..
On this day 35 years ago (30 August, 1987), Stefka Kostadinova set a world high jump record at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, clearing 209 cms., thus also breaking her own record by 1 cm. The record set by Kostadinova, then 22, remains unbroken to..
Iren Saraboykova grabbed the bronze in the high jump at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Banska Bystritsa, Slovakia. The contestant from Bulgaria qualified with 170 cms. last night, and in the finals today, improved her own record by 2..
Bulgaria’s Olympic medalist from Rio de Janeiro Mirela Demireva won a gold medal in the high jump at the international tournament in Udine, Italy. The Bulgarian athlete cleared 190 cms in her first attempt, after which Mirela Demireva made..
Mirela Demireva has qualified for the high jump final at the Tokyo Olympics. The silver medalist from Rio 2016 overcame the qualification level of 195 cm in the third attempt. The final in the discipline is on Saturday. "I have been preparing..
It has been a quarter of a century since today’s President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, Stefka Kostadinova, added the Olympic gold to her collection of medals. The events on August 3, 1996, which took place on a hot evening in front..
Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova has been given a special section in the first 3D Museum of World Athletics launched by the World Athletics Association . Kostadinova, who is a world champion in the high jump discipline and currently the president of..
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..
