Borislav Yordanov

Borislav Yordanov (Bulgarian: Борислав Йорданов; 7 December 1908 – 1990)[1] was one of the first Bulgarian competitors at the Winter Olympics.

Biography

Yordanov was born on 7 December 1908. He participated at the only discipline in the alpine skiing program – combined (downhill and a two-legged slalom) – at the debut of the sport at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He was 30th of 66 participant after the downhill and 42nd after the first leg of the slalom, but he did not finish the race.[2] He is the leading and oldest skier in the Bulgarian alpine skiing team at the Olympics.[3]

After the Olympics, Yordanov was a founding member of the National Sports Academy "Vasil Levski" and was chair of the department for "Theory of body education". He was a member of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.[4]

References

  1. ^ Biography of Borislav Yordanov (in Bulgarian)
  2. ^ "Borislav Yordanov". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Фалшифицират Зимна олимпиада". www.bgdnes.bg. BgDnes. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.


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