Bulgaria at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 21 competitors in 6 sports.

Bulgaria at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Bulgaria
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org/home-en
in Pyeongchang
Competitors	21 in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Radoslav Yankov (opening)[1] Yordan Chuchuganov (closing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	1	3
Biathlon	5	5	10
Cross-country skiing	2	1	3
Luge	1	0	1
Ski jumping	1	0	1
Snowboarding	1	2	3
Total	12	9	21

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Bulgaria has qualified 2 men and 1 female competitors

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Albert Popov	Men's slalom	DNF
	Men's giant slalom	1:12.39	34	1:11.21	22	2:23.60	28
Kamen Zlatkov	Men's slalom	DNF
	Men's giant slalom	1:17.65	59	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maria Kirkova	Women's slalom	54.87	41	54.14	35	1:49.01	35
	Women's giant slalom	1:18.39	46	1:14.38	37	2:32.77	40

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Bulgaria has qualified a team of 5 men and 5 women.^[2][3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Krasimir Anev	Sprint	25:08.8	2 (1+1)	37
	Pursuit	37:57.9	5 (0+0+3+2)	45
	Individual	50:41.8	1 (0+0+0+1)	25
Dimitar Gerdzhikov	Sprint	26:47.9	4 (2+2)	81
	Individual	52:12.0	3 (2+0+1+0)	43
Vladimir Iliev	Sprint	25:42.7	4 (0+4)	54
	Pursuit	38:08.7	7 (1+3+2+1)	46
	Individual	50:25.9	3 (0+1+1+1)	19
Anton Sinapov	Sprint	25:47.9	3 (2+1)	56
	Pursuit	40:49.1	8 (0+1+3+4)	60
	Individual	54:48.4	5 (0+2+0+3)	71
Krasimir Anev Dimitar Gerdzhikov Vladimir Iliev Anton Sinapov	Team relay	LAP	16 (6+10)	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Desislava Stoyanova	Sprint	24:54.3	5 (2+3)	76
	Individual	50:25.9	7 (2+2+2+1)	79
Emilia Yordanova	Sprint	23:50.0	1 (1+0)	60
	Pursuit	37:04.3	6 (2+1+3+0)	55
	Individual	50:56.3	6 (4+0+1+1)	82
Stefani Popova	Individual	50:20.3	5 (1+0+2+2)	77
Daniela Kadeva	Sprint	24:39.2	3 (2+1)	72
	Individual	46:52.7	3 (0+0+1+2)	53
Milena Todorova	Sprint	25:33.6	2 (1+1)	84
Daniela Kadeva Stefani Popova Desislava Stoyanova Emilia Yordanova	Team relay	1:14:38.0	11 (4+7)	16

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Emilia Yordanova Daniela Kadeva Krasimir Anev Vladimir Iliev	Team relay	1:12:31.7	11 (0+11)	17

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Bulgaria has qualified 2 male and 1 female athletes.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Deficit	Rank
Yordan Chuchuganov	Men's 15 km freestyle	40:39.6	+6:55.7	95
Veselin Tzinzov	Men's 15 km freestyle	36:17.3	+2:33.4	36
	Men's 50 km classical	DNF
Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova	Women's 10 km freestyle	29:32.8	+4:32.3	66

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yordan Chuchuganov	Men's sprint	3:32.62	68	Did not advance
Veselin Tzinzov		3:28.19	59	Did not advance
Yordan Chuchuganov Veselin Tzinzov	Men's team sprint	—				17:38.26	12	did not advance
Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova	Women's sprint	3:59.77	66	did not advance

Luge

Main articles: Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Bulgaria qualified 1 sled.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pavel Angelov	Men's singles	51.569	37	49.449	36	50.094	39	did not advance		2:31.112	37

Ski jumping

Main articles: Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Bulgaria has qualified 1 male athlete: Vladimir Zografski.

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vladimir Zografski	Men's normal hill	98.5	118.8	17 Q	101.5	106.8	23 Q	108.5	119.7	8	226.5	14
	Men's large hill	123.0	94.3	31 Q	119.5	105.9	35	Did not advance

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Bulgaria has qualified 1 male and 1 female athletes. On 25 January they received a reallocation quota in the Women's giant slalom.

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Radoslav Yankov	Men's giant slalom	1:26.04	19	did not advance
Teodora Pencheva	Women's giant slalom	1:38.63	27	did not advance

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Best	Seed
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank			Position	Position	Position	Rank
Aleksandra Zhekova	Women's snowboard cross	1:20.23	9	Bye		1:20.23	9	1 Q	3 FA	6	6

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal final; FB – Qualify to consolation final