Bulgaria at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
Short track speed skating
Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics, was held over thirteen days, from 12 February to 25 February. Eight events were contested at Torino Palavela. In the men's competition, Ahn Hyun-Soo earned a medal in each event, winning three golds...

 
Women's 500 m
Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
-Heats:The first round was held on 12 February. There were eight heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.Heat 1Heat 2Heat 3Heat 4Heat 5Heat 6Heat 7Heat 8-Quarterfinals:...


Alpine skiing

Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Stefan Georgiev
Stefan Georgiev
Stefan Georgiev is an alpine skier from Bulgaria. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics, 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was a 16th place in the combined in 2002.-External links:...

Men's slalom 58.30 54.25 n/a 1:52.55 25
Men's combined 1:43.86 Did not finish
Maria Kirkova
Maria Kirkova
Maria Kirkova is a female skier from Bulgaria. She took part in the Alpine skiing events at the 2010 Winter Olympics, as well as having competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics, and the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007....

Women's slalom 46.58 Did not finish
Mihail Sediankov Men's slalom Did not finish
Men's combined 1:46.10 49.11 48.69 3:23.90 31
Dean Todorov Men's slalom 1:00.69 Did not finish


Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Ekaterina Dafovska
Ekaterina Dafovska
Ekaterina Dafovska is a Bulgarian biathlete. At the age of 15 years she signed up in the sports club of her hometown, where she went in for biathlon. She won a gold Olympic medal at the 15 km Individual event during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...

Women's sprint
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
The Women's 7.5 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 16 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over three loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting ten times, five prone and five standing...

24:23.2 2 33
Women's pursuit
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's pursuit
The Women's 10 kilometre biathlon pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 18 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing...

42:07.68 3 28
Women's mass start
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's mass start
The Women's 12.5 kilometre biathlon mass start competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 25 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing...

42:09.4 3 8
Women's individual 52:45.1 3 11
Pavlina Filipova
Pavlina Filipova
Pavlina Ivanova Filipova is a Bulgarian biathlete. She has competed in three Winter Olympic Games. In 1998 and 2002, Filipova posted fourth-place finishes in the 15 km individual and 4 x 7.5 km relay, respectively.- Titles :* World Cup**No victories in World Cup events...

Women's sprint
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
The Women's 7.5 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 16 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over three loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting ten times, five prone and five standing...

24:53.2 2 46
Women's pursuit
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's pursuit
The Women's 10 kilometre biathlon pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 18 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing...

43:04.53 8 32
Women's individual 56:07.7 5 43
Nina Kadeva Women's individual 57:15.0 5 54
Irina Nikulchina
Irina Nikulchina
Irina Nikulchina is a Bulgarian biathlete.At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City she won a bronze medal in the 10 km Pursuit competition. She had also competed in the cross country skiing events 1994, 1998 and the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...

Women's sprint
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
The Women's 7.5 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 16 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over three loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting ten times, five prone and five standing...

24:30.4 4 36
Women's pursuit
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's pursuit
The Women's 10 kilometre biathlon pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 18 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing...

42:26.84 7 30
Women's individual 54:29.3 6 28
Radka Popova Women's sprint
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
The Women's 7.5 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 16 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over three loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting ten times, five prone and five standing...

26:01.1 2 58
Women's pursuit
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's pursuit
The Women's 10 kilometre biathlon pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 18 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing...

LAP 5 n/a
Vitaliy Rudenchyk Men's sprint 27:59.1 1 21
Men's pursuit
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit
The Men's 12.5 kilometre biathlon pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 18 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing...

39:04.76 4 33
Men's individual 1:02:30.0 6 61
Pavlina Filipova
Pavlina Filipova
Pavlina Ivanova Filipova is a Bulgarian biathlete. She has competed in three Winter Olympic Games. In 1998 and 2002, Filipova posted fourth-place finishes in the 15 km individual and 4 x 7.5 km relay, respectively.- Titles :* World Cup**No victories in World Cup events...


Radka Popova
Irina Nikulchina
Irina Nikulchina
Irina Nikulchina is a Bulgarian biathlete.At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City she won a bronze medal in the 10 km Pursuit competition. She had also competed in the cross country skiing events 1994, 1998 and the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...


Ekaterina Dafovska
Ekaterina Dafovska
Ekaterina Dafovska is a Bulgarian biathlete. At the age of 15 years she signed up in the sports club of her hometown, where she went in for biathlon. She won a gold Olympic medal at the 15 km Individual event during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...

Women's relay
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's relay
The Women's 4 x 6 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 23 February, at Cesana San Sicario...

1:20:38.7 17 8


Key: LAP indicates an athlete was lapped, and did not finish the race.

Cross-country skiing

Distance
Athlete Event Final
Total Rank
Ivan Bariakov Men's 15 km classical
Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical
The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 17 February at Pragelato....

44:06.3 67
Men's 30 km pursuit
Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit
The Men's 30 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 12 February at Pragelato....

Did not finish


Sprint
Athlete Event Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank
Ivan Bariakov Men's sprint
Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint
The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 22 February at Pragelato.Vasili Rotchev was the defending World Champion at this event, but he won in the classical style. The last free style sprint at the World Championships was won by...

2:32.18 71 Did not advance 71

Figure skating

Athlete Event CD SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Ivan Dinev
Ivan Dinev
Ivan Dinev is a Bulgarian figure skater. He is an 11-time Bulgarian national champion and competed at 14 European Championships. He is the first Bulgarian skater to medal at a Grand Prix event, which he did at Trophée Lalique in 1999. He is also the first Bulgarian skater to land a quadruple jump...

Men's
Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's singles
Men's single skating was contested during the figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics.This individual event was structured in a similar manner to the pairs event, with a short program and a free skate...

n/a 63.64 15 Q 116.47 18 180.11 17
Albena Denkova
Albena Denkova
Albena Denkova is a Bulgarian ice dancer. With partner and fiance Maxim Staviski, she is the 2006 & 2007 World Champion, the 2003 & 2004 European silver medalist, and the 2006 Grand Prix Final champion...


Maxim Staviski
Maxim Staviski
Maxim Staviski is a Bulgarian ice dancer. With partner and fiancée Albena Denkova, he is the 2006 & 2007 World Champion, the 2003 & 2004 European silver medalist, and the 2006 Grand Prix Final champion...

Ice dance 37.65 3 55.85 5 96.03 5 189.53 5
Rumyana Spasova
Stanimir Todorov
Stanimir Todorov
Stanimir Todorov is a Bulgarian pair skater. He competed with Rumiana Spassova. They are three-time Bulgarian national champions and placed 19th at the 2006 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Bulgarian pair skaters to compete at the Olympics.-External links:*...

Pairs n/a 37.27 19 73.98 18 111.25 19


Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Luge

Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Peter Iliev
Peter Iliev
Peter Iliev is a Bulgarian luger who has competed since 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 31st in the men's singles event at Turin in 2006....

Men's singles 54.806 55.189 55.761 53.927 3:39.683 31

Short track speed skating

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Evgenia Radanova
Evgenia Radanova
Evgenia Radanova is a Bulgarian female short track speed skater and cyclist who has participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. She is the world record holder in the 500 m short track distance with 43.671s, which she set in Calgary, Canada on 19 October 2001...

 
Women's 500 m
Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres
-Heats:The first round was held on 12 February. There were eight heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals.Heat 1Heat 2Heat 3Heat 4Heat 5Heat 6Heat 7Heat 8-Quarterfinals:...

45.703 1 Q 44.252 1 Q 44.711 2 Q 44.374
Women's 1000 m
Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres
-Heats:The first round was held on 12 February. There were eight heats of three or four skaters each, with the top two finishers moving on to the quarterfinals...

1:35.765 1 Q Disqualified
Women's 1500 m
Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
-Heats:There were six heats of four or five skaters each, with the top three finishers advancing to the semifinals.Heat 1Heat 2Heat 3Heat 4Heat 5Heat 6-Semifinals:...

2:27.155 1 Q n/a 2:27.145 3 Final B
2:29.314
6


Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Qualifying First Round Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Total Rank
Petar Fartunov
Petar Fartunov
Petar Fartunov is a Bulgarian ski jumper, born 1989. He holds the Bulgarian record in ski jumping because of his jump down to 175 metres in Planica 2009. He has also competed in the Olympic Games in Torino 2006. -Sources:...

Normal hill 85.0 49 Did not advance
Large hill 26.6 52 Did not advance
Georgi Zharkov Normal hill 77.5 51 Did not advance
Large hill 59.3 44 Did not advance


Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Parallel GS
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Aleksandra Zhekova
Aleksandra Zhekova
Aleksandra Zhekova is a snowboarder from Bulgaria. She competed for Bulgaria at the 2010 Winter Olympics in snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom. Zhekova was Bulgaria's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.- References :...

Women's parallel giant slalom
Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's parallel giant slalom
-Classification 5-8:The four quarterfinal losers entered the consolation bracket, where they raced for positions five through eight....

1:25.01 25 Did not advance 25


Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Aleksandra Zhekova
Aleksandra Zhekova
Aleksandra Zhekova is a snowboarder from Bulgaria. She competed for Bulgaria at the 2010 Winter Olympics in snowboard cross and parallel giant slalom. Zhekova was Bulgaria's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.- References :...

Women's snowboard cross
Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's snowboard cross
The women's snowboard cross event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia, a village in the Province of Turin, Italy. Competition took place on February 17, 2006.-Medalists:-Qualification:...

1:35.50 22 Did not advance
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