Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Encyclopedia
The Bulgarian Olympic Committee is a non-profit organization
serving as the National Olympic Committee
of Bulgaria
and a part of the International Olympic Committee
. It was formed on 30 March 1923 (with Bulgaria participating in the Olympic Games
since the first modern Olympiad in 1896
) and disbanded between September 1944 and 1952, since when it has continuously represented the country in the Olympic movement.
Non-profit organization
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serving as the National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
of 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...
and a part of the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
. It was formed on 30 March 1923 (with Bulgaria participating in the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
since the first modern Olympiad in 1896
1896 Summer Olympics
The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...
) and disbanded between September 1944 and 1952, since when it has continuously represented the country in the Olympic movement.
Heads of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee
- Eftim Kitanchev (1923–1925)
- Dimitar StanchovDimitar StanchovDimitar Yanev Stanchov, sometimes transliterated as Stancioff, was a Bulgarian diplomat and politician who served as acting Prime Minister from 12–16 March 1907 following the assassination of Dimitar Petkov...
(1925–1929) - Velizar Lozanov (1929–1941)
- Rashko Atanasov (1941–1944)
- Vladimir StoychevVladimir StoychevVladimir Dimitrov Stoychev was a Bulgarian Colonel General, diplomat and horse rider.Vladimir Stoychev was born in Sofia, the capital of the Principality of Bulgaria. He graduated from the Theresian Military Academy in Vienna, and the Military School and the Military Academy in Sofia...
(1959–1982) - Ivan SlavkovIvan SlavkovIvan Slavkov was a Bulgarian sports boss linked to the Communist-era nomenklatura. He served as the President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee between 1982 and 2005 and was a member of the International Olympic Committee between 1987 and 2005.During the Communist regime in Bulgaria, Slavkov...
(1982–2005) - Stefka KostadinovaStefka KostadinovaStefka Kostadinova is a Bulgarian retired athlete and the current women's world record holder in the high jump. She is the current president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.-Career:...
(2005–)