The Most Famous
GYMNASTS from Bulgaria
This page contains a list of the greatest Bulgarian Gymnasts. The pantheon dataset contains 370 Gymnasts, 2 of which were born in Bulgaria. This makes Bulgaria the birth place of the 34th most number of Gymnasts behind South Africa, and Finland.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bulgarian Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Bulgarian Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Charles Champaud (b. 1865)
With an HPI of 57.38, Charles Champaud is the most famous Bulgarian Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Charles Champaud (Bulgarian: Шарл Шампо; born 1865 – date of death unknown), also known as Charles Champoff and Charles Champov, was a Swiss artistic gymnast and pole vaulter. Born in Switzerland, he moved to Bulgaria in May 1894 to teach gymnastics. He was one of two people to be credited with introducing association football to Sofia a year later. As part of the Yunak Gymnastic Society, he participated at the 1896 Summer Olympics. He participated in the men's vault, men's pommel horse, and men's parallel bars, though did not medal. He was also entered to compete in the men's pole vault though did not start in his event. Various sources have listed Champaud as competing for either Bulgaria and Switzerland, though was considered as part of the Bulgarian delegation as he represented his gymnastics club in the country. He was the first Bulgarian Olympian.
2. Stoyan Deltchev (b. 1959)
With an HPI of 50.00, Stoyan Deltchev is the 2nd most famous Bulgarian Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Stoyan Deltchev (Bulgarian: Стоян Делчев, born in Plovdiv, July 3, 1959) is a Bulgarian retired artistic gymnast and a European and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he won a gold medal in horizontal bar and a bronze medal in the all-around, and he won the all-around at the 1979 European Championships.
3. Adriana Dunavska (b. 1969)
With an HPI of 44.29, Adriana Dunavska is the 3rd most famous Bulgarian Gymnast. Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Adriana Dunavska (Bulgarian: Адриана Дунавска) (born 21 April 1969) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 1988 Olympic all-around silver medallist, 1987 World all-around silver medallist, 1989 World all-around bronze medallist and the 1988 European all-around champion. She also won a gold medal at the 1987 World Championships with the rope. Her twin sister, Kamelia Dunavska, was also a competitive rhythmic gymnast.
4. Lubomir Geraskov (b. 1968)
With an HPI of 42.33, Lubomir Geraskov is the 4th most famous Bulgarian Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Lubomir Gueraskov (Bulgarian: Любомир Герасков, born 27 December 1968) was a Bulgarian gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he won Olympic gold on pommel horse. He also won two bronze medals at the 1987 World Championships, along with assisting his team to a third place finish at the 1989 European Championships.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Bulgarian gymnasts born between 1865 and 1969. Of these 4, 2 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Bulgarian gymnasts include Stoyan Deltchev, and Adriana Dunavska. The most famous deceased Bulgarian gymnasts include Charles Champaud, and Lubomir Geraskov. As of April 2024, 2 new Bulgarian gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Adriana Dunavska, and Lubomir Geraskov.
