Bulgaria at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria at the 2010 Winter Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Vancouver
Competitors	19[1] in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Aleksandra Zhekova (opening)[1] Evgenia Radanova (closing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Bulgaria participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Bulgarian team consisted of 19 athletes in 6 sports.^[1]

The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria qualified three alpine skiers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Kilian Albrecht	Men's slalom	50.08	52.28	1:42.36	20
	Men's giant slalom	DNS
Stefan Georgiev	Men's slalom	50.86	53.06	1:43.92	25
	Men's super-G			1:36.32	41
	Men's downhill			DNF
	Men's combined	2:02.77	54.64	2:57.41	34
	Men's giant slalom	1:23.82	1:25.09	2:48.91	48

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Maria Kirkova	Women's slalom	DNF
	Women's super-G			DNF
	Women's downhill			1:56.80	33
	Women's giant slalom	DNF

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria qualified six biathletes (five male and one female).

Men

Athlete	Event
		Time	Misses	Rank
Krasimir Anev	Individual	52:09.2	2 (0+2+0+0)	25
	Sprint	26:09.1	0 (0+0)	25
	Pursuit	37:24.2	3 (2+0+0+1)	45
Martin Bogdanov	Individual	58:29.6	4 (1+2+0+1)	84
Vladimir Iliev	Individual	57:37.8	5 (2+1+1+1)	79
	Sprint	28:45.0	3 (1+2)	83
Miroslav Kenanov	Sprint	28:40.2	1 (1+0)	82
Michail Kletcherov	Individual	54:54.6	3 (1+1+1+0)	63
	Sprint	27:23.1	0 (0+0)	59
	Pursuit	37:08.1	0 (0+0+0+0)	44
Krasimir Anev Miroslav Kenanov Michail Kletcherov Vladimir Iliev	Relay	1:29:39.7	9 (0+9)	16

Women

Athlete	Event
		Time	Misses	Rank
Nina Klenovska	Individual	45:49.8	3 (0+1+1+1)	48
	Sprint	22:32.4	3 (1+2)	61

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event
		Time	Rank
Veselin Tsinzov	Men's 15 km freestyle	36:11.7	50
	Men's 30 km pursuit	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event
		Time	Rank
Teodora Malcheva	Women's 10 km freestyle	29:52.4	66
Antonia Grigorova	Women's 10 km freestyle	28:27.7	60
	Women's 15 km pursuit	49:31.5	62

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Iliev	Men's singles	50.348	34	50.701	35	50.921	34	50.427	35	3:22.398	35
Ivan Papukchiev	Men's singles	50.932	37	50.909	36	51.105	37	50.386	34	3:23.332	37

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Asen Pandov	Men's 1000 m	1:28.580	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marina Georgieva-Nikolova	Women's 500 m	DSQ	Did not advance
	Women's 1500 m	2:28.732	3 Q			2:25.604	7	Did not advance
Evgenia Radanova	Women's 500 m	45.125	1 Q	44.047	3	Did not advance
	Women's 1000 m	1:32.829	4	Did not advance
	Women's 1500 m	2:23.698	3 Q			2:24.376	2	2:19.411	7

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Ivan Ranchev	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:22.83	26	Did not advance
Aleksandra Zhekova	Women's parallel giant slalom	DNS

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Aleksandra Zhekova	Women's snowboard cross	DNF			Did not advance

See also

• Bulgaria at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

References

1. Ванкувър 2010 Archived May 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)