Bulgaria at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
Flag of Bulgaria IOC code  BUL NOC Bulgarian Olympic Committee Website www.bgolympic.org (Bulgarian) (English)
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	21 (11 men, 10 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Ekaterina Dafovska (opening) Evgenia Radanova (closing)
Medals Rank: 21	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 1
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Bulgaria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Evgenia Radanova	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Stefan Georgiev	Men's slalom	58.30	54.25	n/a	1:52.55	25
	Men's combined	1:43.86	Did not finish
Maria Kirkova	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

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Ekaterina Dafovska	Women's sprint	24:23.2	2	33
	Women's pursuit	42:07.68	3	28
	Women's mass start	42:09.4	3	8
	Women's individual	52:45.1	3	11
Pavlina Filipova	Women's sprint	24:53.2	2	46
	Women's pursuit	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	Women's sprint	24:30.4	4	36
	Women's pursuit	42:26.84	7	30
	Women's individual	54:29.3	6	28
Radka Popova	Women's sprint	26:01.1	2	58
	Women's pursuit	LAP	5	n/a
Vitaliy Rudenchyk	Men's sprint	27:59.1	1	21
	Men's pursuit	39:04.76	4	33
	Men's individual	1:02:30.0	6	61
Pavlina Filipova Radka Popova Irina Nikulchina Ekaterina Dafovska	Women's relay	1:20:38.7	17	8

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

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Ivan Bariakov	Men's 15 km classical	44:06.3	67
	Men's 30 km pursuit	Did not finish

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Ivan Bariakov	Men's sprint	2:32.18	71	Did not advance					71

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ivan Dinev	Men's	n/a		63.64	15 Q	116.47	18	180.11	17
Albena Denkova Maxim Staviski	Ice dance	37.65	3	55.85	5	96.03	5	189.53	5
Rumyana Spasova Stanimir Todorov	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

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Peter Iliev	Men's singles	54.806	55.189	55.761	53.927	3:39.683	31

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Evgenia Radanova	Women's 500 m	45.703	1 Q	44.252	1 Q	44.711	2 Q	44.374
	Women's 1000 m	1:35.765	1 Q	Disqualified
	Women's 1500 m	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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First Round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Petar Fartunov	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

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Aleksandra Zhekova	Women's parallel giant slalom	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	Women's snowboard cross	1:35.50	22	Did not advance

References

• Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Bulgaria at the Wayback Machine