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17/08/2026

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17/08/2026

🇧🇬🏆 DID YOU KNOW?

🥇 58 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS

BULGARIA’S GOLDEN SPORTING LEGACY

From Nikola Stanchev’s historic first gold in 1956 to the three Olympic champions crowned in Paris 2024, Bulgarian athletes have created one of the most remarkable sporting traditions in Europe.

Here is the complete 58-gold journey — including repeat champions! 🇧🇬

🇦🇺 1956 — MELBOURNE

🥇 Nikola Stanchev — Wrestling

🇮🇹 1960 — ROME

🥇 Dimitar Dobrev — Wrestling

🇯🇵 1964 — TOKYO

🥇 Boyan Radev — Wrestling
🥇 Enyu Valchev — Wrestling
🥇 Prodan Gardzhev — Wrestling

🇲🇽 1968 — MEXICO CITY

🥇 Petar Kirov — Wrestling
🥇 Boyan Radev — Wrestling

🇩🇪 1972 — MUNICH

🥇 Georgi Kostadinov — Boxing
🥇 Norair Nurikyan — Weightlifting
🥇 Yordan Bikov — Weightlifting
🥇 Andon Nikolov — Weightlifting
🥇 Petar Kirov — Wrestling
🥇 Georgi Markov — Wrestling

🇨🇦 1976 — MONTREAL

🥇 Norair Nurikyan — Weightlifting
🥇 Yordan Mitkov — Weightlifting
🥇 Svetla Otsetova & Zdravka Yordanova — Rowing
🥇 Siyka Kelbecheva & Stoyanka Gruycheva — Rowing
🥇 Ivanka Khristova — Athletics
🥇 Hasan Isaev — Wrestling

🇷🇺 1980 — MOSCOW

🥇 Petar Lesov — Boxing
🥇 Lyubomir Lyubenov — Canoe Sprint
🥇 Stoyan Deltchev — Artistic Gymnastics
🥇 Yanko Rusev — Weightlifting
🥇 Asen Zlatev — Weightlifting
🥇 Valentin Raychev — Wrestling
🥇 Ismail Abilov — Wrestling
🥇 Georgi Raykov — Wrestling

🇰🇷 1988 — SEOUL

🥇 Hristo Markov — Athletics
🥇 Yordanka Donkova — Athletics
🥇 Ivailo Marinov — Boxing
🥇 Vanya Gesheva — Canoe Sprint
🥇 Lyubomir Geraskov — Artistic Gymnastics
🥇 Tanyu Kiryakov — Shooting
🥇 Tanya Dangalakova — Swimming
🥇 Sevdalin Marinov — Weightlifting
🥇 Borislav Gidikov — Weightlifting
🥇 Atanas Komshev — Wrestling

🇪🇸 1992 — BARCELONA

🥇 Nikolay Bukhalov — Canoe Sprint ×2
🥇 Ivan Ivanov — Weightlifting

🇺🇸 1996 — ATLANTA

🥇 Stefka Kostadinova — Athletics
🥇 Daniel Petrov — Boxing
🥇 Valentin Yordanov — Wrestling

🇦🇺 2000 — SYDNEY

🥇 Tereza Marinova — Athletics
🥇 Tanyu Kiryakov — Shooting
🥇 Mariya Grozdeva — Shooting
🥇 Galabin Boevski — Weightlifting
🥇 Armen Nazaryan — Wrestling

🇬🇷 2004 — ATHENS

🥇 Mariya Grozdeva — Shooting
🥇 Milen Dobrev — Weightlifting

🇨🇳 2008 — BEIJING

🥇 Rumyana Neykova — Rowing

🇯🇵 2020 — TOKYO

🥇 Ivet Goranova — Karate
🥇 Stoyka Krasteva — Boxing
🥇 Simona Dyankova, Stefani Kiryakova, Madlen Radukanova, Laura Traets & Erika Zafirova — Rhythmic Gymnastics

🇫🇷 2024 — PARIS

🥇 Semen Novikov — Greco-Roman Wrestling
🥇 Magomed Ramazanov — Freestyle Wrestling
🥇 Karlos Nasar — Weightlifting

❄️ 🇯🇵 1998 — NAGANO

🥇 Ekaterina Dafovska — Biathlon
Bulgaria’s only Winter Olympic gold medal.

⭐ AND THE STORY CONTINUES…

STILIANA NIKOLOVA 🤸🇧🇬
🏆 2026 European Champion — Clubs
🥈 European All-Around
🥇 European Team Champion
She has continued Bulgaria’s remarkable rhythmic-gymnastics tradition in 2026.

KARLOS NASAR 🏋️🇧🇬
🥇 2024 Olympic Champion
🥇 2025 World Champion
🥇 2025 European Champion
🥇 2026 European Champion — his fourth consecutive continental title.

These achievements are separate from Bulgaria’s 58 Olympic gold medals.

🇧🇬 58 GOLD MEDALS.
🏆 GENERATIONS OF CHAMPIONS.
❤️ ONE PROUD BULGARIA.

Which Bulgarian champion is your favourite?

💬 Tell us their name!
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12/08/2026

🇧🇬💪 DID YOU KNOW?

WHY ARE EXERCISES CALLED “BULGARIAN”?

Bulgaria has left a huge mark on modern strength training. 🏋️🇧🇬

For decades, Bulgarian weightlifting was among the world’s most successful systems, producing elite Olympic, World and European champions.

🏆 At the heart of this legacy was legendary coach Ivan Abadjiev, whose demanding training philosophy transformed Bulgarian weightlifting and made the country a global powerhouse.

🌍 Another important figure was Bulgarian coach Angel Spassov, who travelled to the United States in the late 1980s and helped introduce Bulgarian training methods to American strength coaches.

💪 One exercise became particularly associated with this influence:

THE BULGARIAN SPLIT SQUAT

Also called the rear-foot-elevated split squat, it became widely known by the “Bulgarian” name after Spassov demonstrated it while teaching Bulgarian training methods.

⚠️ Interesting fact: The exercise itself wasn’t necessarily invented in Bulgaria. Its exact origin is debated. What is clear is that Bulgarian coaches helped popularise it internationally, giving it the name we know today.

And there is also the Bulgarian deadlift, another unilateral strength exercise that carries the Bulgarian name.

🇧🇬 BULGARIA: A SMALL COUNTRY WITH A HUGE STRENGTH LEGACY.

From Olympic weightlifting to exercises found in gyms around the world, Bulgarian training continues to influence strength and conditioning.

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💬 Have you ever done a Bulgarian Split Squat?
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04/08/2026

Random Pomorie shots

03/08/2026

A bit of the old Anchialo (a city near salt), nowadays Pomorie (at the seaside).