Bojidar Spiriev
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Dr. Bojidar Spiriev a hydrogeological engineer and athletics statistician
credited with the creation of the official IAAF Scoring Tables in Athletics.
), a town in southwestern Bulgaria
. He married Hungarian
long jump champion Irén Kun in 1961 and moved to Hungary. However, it was not until 1992 that he was granted Hungarian citizenship
. He is the father of former athlete and athletics manager Attila and chess player Peter.
Dr. Spiriev created the "Hungarian" Scoring Tables of Athletics in 1979, which later turned into the official IAAF Scoring Tables. Together with Attila they created the World Rankings system in athletics. They also founded All-Athletics.com, the most comprehensive worldwide athletics database website.
Dr. Spiriev died on 10 January 2010 at the age of 77.
Statistician
A statistician is someone who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. The core of that work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it...
credited with the creation of the official IAAF Scoring Tables in Athletics.
Biography
Dr. Spiriev was born in Nevrokop (today Gotse DelchevGotse Delchev (town)
Gotse Delchev , is a town in Blagoevgrad Province of Bulgaria with a population of 23,573.In 1951 the town was renamed after the Bulgarian revolutionary Georgi Nikolov Delchev. It had hitherto been called Nevrokop ....
), a town in southwestern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. He married Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
long jump champion Irén Kun in 1961 and moved to Hungary. However, it was not until 1992 that he was granted Hungarian citizenship
Hungarian nationality law
right|100pxHungarian nationality law is based on the principles of jus sanguinis. Hungarian citizenship is acquired mainly on the basis of a Hungarian parent, or by naturalisation. Children born in Hungary to foreign parents do not generally acquire Hungarian citizenship...
. He is the father of former athlete and athletics manager Attila and chess player Peter.
Dr. Spiriev created the "Hungarian" Scoring Tables of Athletics in 1979, which later turned into the official IAAF Scoring Tables. Together with Attila they created the World Rankings system in athletics. They also founded All-Athletics.com, the most comprehensive worldwide athletics database website.
Dr. Spiriev died on 10 January 2010 at the age of 77.